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You purchased a mini computer, installed OPERATION, you want to take a photo and does not work.

The reason is that you need a program for a webcam laptop. In the pre-installed Windows 7, XP or 8, usually (but not always) it is, and if installing yourself - no.

Honestly, find a free simple program to make a photo with a laptop webcam not easy.

The names are written, you enter the site and there is nothing like - no - one nonsense. You have to overflow tens of pages, while you find something.

But do not be sad in this article (slightly below) there is a direct link Download free free program for webcam computer or laptop to subsequently make a photo.

She is in Russian, simple, small and at the same time very effective (smarter) - satisfies almost everyone (read comments).

Download a free webcam program on a laptop at the very end of this page. Since the installation occurs as usual - I will not describe it, but how to use a few words of Kin.

How to use: instruction

We run (the label should be on the desktop). You must see the window as in the figure below:

First, let's configure your webcam, for this, as shown above, press "Settings". Here you can configure the brightness and format in which your photos will be, but we are interested in another, the place of preservation (otherwise you will not find your photo).

In addition to the photo you can record and video. For this, there is also a good free program in Russian.

For this, as shown in the figure below, press the icon under the "Directory to save images". Before you have a new window.

In it, on the left side, find the "desktop", highlight it and press "OK". All now your photos, webcam will save your laptop on the desktop.

Now you can proceed to using the webcam through a laptop for its direct destination. To do this, in the webcam, click "take a picture".

Everything will go automatically longer. The webcam will save, what will see and placed on. Only this is not the only feature of it if you start the start, it will be at the given time intervals on your own (for free) to photograph everything to fall on the eyes (depending wing to go).

This can be finished. In my opinion, every user has a minimal knowledge. After all, there is a link not only from where to download a free program for webcam laptop, but also detailed instructions with pictures as it uses.

Maybe I am mistaken, but it seems to me that this is the best program for a webcam laptop. It is free, very, very small, simple, in Russian and photo to get high quality. What else needs a newcomer.

Of course, the laptop has webcams better quality, but they are usually paid, 100 times larger and not always in Russian, the truth with the ability to do specials. Effects.

Developer URL:
http://ddd-soft.net.ru/

Operations:
XP, Windows 7, 8, 10

Interface:
Russian

There are such moments when we simply do not work for a laptop. Whether it is not yet configured on the new acquisition, or the one that has already worked before has ceased to work. Here is the listing of options when it may not arrange the work of the camera on a laptop:

Often, when buying a new laptop, the camera does not work at all. In this case, it needs to be configured.
Your camera works not entirely correctly, that is, the image upside down, the picture is colorless and so on.
Sometimes there were cases when the camera worked in normal mode, but the picture quality left much to be desired.
Your camera works flawlessly, but you want to expand its functionality. For example, take a photo, or trim the video.

There are still a lot of problems that users put in front of them, using the webcam, but these are the most common.

How to make a web camera on a new laptop

If you have never used the camera on your laptop, but they wanted to do it, make sure that it is installed as the equipment in your software. To do this, we do the following actions:

On the desktop by clicking the right key on the "My Computer" icon, from that list, which was highlighted, we find and choose the "Management" item.
In the left column, you should notice the "Device Manager" directory - click on it, after which you mark the label "Image processing devices" in the right column. If the camera is installed, then according to the idea it should be in this directory.

In any case, there is it there or not, you need to perform the actions specified in the "Universal Medical Procedures" item (this is installing or replacing drivers to your webcam).

- In order to delete all the drivers, repeat the procedure specified above, after which you click on the name of your camera twice and press the Delete button in the Driver tab. After that confirm the removal.

- If you do not have drivers or you just deleted them, you should install new ones. To do this, insert the drives with the drivers in the laptop and set the drivers from the WEBCAM folder. The disc should go with the laptop itself, however if it is missing, download all the drivers from the official site of the laptop manufacturer.

How to fix problems with incorrect camera work (image upside down and the like).

Often the reason for such a confusion is the zoe in the work of the drivers. Through this, follow the procedure specified above. If the installation of new drivers did not help, contact the service center, while this is already a problem with the equipment.

How to make the picture quality on the camera is better (in the event that it is disgusting).

The quality of the picture is already problems with the camera itself, so you need to either replace it, or buy a new webcam in any electronics store. There you will already pick up the quality you need.

How to expand the functional features of your camera

To do this, you will need to install special programs. Often it is a software that you can download from official suppliers of your operating systems.

You are conveniently located with a laptop in the hope of communicating with the other in Skype., and the program reports that the WEB camera is not available. Do not hurry to get upset, as it still does not mean that your laptop requires repair. It is possible that the WEB camera is disabled, and you just need to connect it. It is quite easy and will not require special skill and time.

Instructions for the inclusion of Web Camera

First of all, check if the WEB camera is enabled

To do this, run the program that manages the work of the Web camera. Or run the camera test directly from the client program window. If after starting the image does not arrive on the screen, and the menu items are not available, it means that the camera should be connected as a device.

Find the "FN" label key on the keyboard

Usually it is located on the left side of the keyboard next to " Ctrl" Keystroke " FN.Allows you to use other function keys with which devices are available. They are usually labeled in blue and are located in the top row of the keyboard. Using such a key, you can turn on the web chamber. Carefully consider the keyboard and locate the web chamber icon. Press the " FN."And holding it down, press the second key with the web chamber icon. The desktop displays the WEB camera pattern with the inscription " ON." The camera is ready to work.

We achieve regular means of Windows

From the menu that appears after clicking the " Start", Select" Control Panel", And find the tab" Administration"And double click on it. Find the label in the window " Computer Management"And open the console window. On the left side of the window, find the snap " Equipment dispatcher"And run it.

Structured Computer Device List

Open the attached list under the "+" icon in the string " Image processing device" In this list you will see the name of your camera. Click on it right mouse and select from the proposed menu " Enable" It will remain just clicking in the next window " OK"To confirm the inclusion. If you are not found in the WEB camera icon device list, you may need to reinstall the WEB camera driver.

N.Romodanov

Original: "Add a Customizable Webcam Widget to Your Desktop With The Simple & Lightweight CamDesk"
Posted by: yaara lancet
Publication Date: June 15, 2012
Translation: N.Romodanov
Translation Date: June 2012

Webcams are cool. Indeed, there is no limit to what you can do with a webcam. Now the camera may not be as interesting as it was before, but it is still one of the most useful devices that I have. One thing that seems strange to me with webcams is the insufficient flexibility of its use.

How to make me see on my working what comes from my webcam and no matter what I do? What if I don't like to sit in a videochat and staring at the chat client?

Not so long ago, I came across the CamDesk program. This is a tiny open source application, which provides a really simple solution to the problems mentioned above using a webcam. With CamDesk, you can get a permanent data stream, coming from any of your webcams, and enter the custom window, and you can, regardless of what you do, monitor everything that happens before the webcam. The program can be used for any purpose: from tracking your cats and monitoring the entrance door and to constant broadcasting your image in the videochat or video record. Sumptuously!

Installing CamDesk.

CamDesk is an open source project that is still being developed by several independent developers. So, he is gorgeous with its simplicity, but only in some places is lacking. It is reported that the CamDesk program is available for Windows, Linux, Chrome and Android systems, but as for the last two implementations, they are still far to the end of the development stage, and even the developers themselves do not recommend downloading them.

If you are using the Linux system, when you download TAR archive, you will find in it installation instructions. With your permission, I will currently focus on the Windows version versions. To install CamDesk for Windows, you must have the .NET Framework 4 package. This is all what is really necessary in order to install CamDesk (unless, of course, you have 1.17 MB of free space on your hard disk).

CamDesk is a tolerated application and an installation process, as such, is absent. Just unpack files and run the EXE file. Now you are ready to try some webcam features!

Using CamDesk.

If more than one webcam is connected to your computer, then the first thing you need to do is choose the camera that you want to use for constant video transmission. Unfortunately, the camera cannot be changed inside the CamDesk program, and there is no other option, except to restart the CamDesk program every time you want to change the video source. As this is a very small and fast application, its reboot should not cause too many headaches.

Now that you have selected the source of the signal, video channels should appear on your desktop. It looks like this:

After you shake (what seems to me, it seems to do), you can run a video chat or start a video, or just view web pages and at the same time see yourself if you want. You can move a window with a video image, dragging it with the mouse, and put it in a less prominent place on the desktop. Click on the video right-click to access some additional parameters.

From the opened menu you can run and stop video, switch to full screen mode, access additional settings and stop the CamDesk application. For each operation there are hot keys if you, of course, prefer to use them. Let's see what additional settings are seized for us.

This is Bibi, my old cat, for which I am trying to watch with my other webcam. In the additional settings window, although it looks a bit unattractive, several useful settings are offered. Here you can fix the video window and make it so that it is on the screen always over other windows, or cancel the fixation and make it leaks exactly as other windows. You can also change the size of the video and select it to your taste, and you can also change its transparency.

This last parameter will be interesting if you want to follow yourself or for someone else and at the same time something else to do and do not want the video image to close something valuable on the screen. For this, you can specify the video image to be translucent, and you will not lose sight of it.

If you have an external webcam, you can, no matter what you do on your computer, always do not lose sight of the object, followed by. So I can write this post and watch out if my cat awoke.