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Mac 101: Taking PhotoBooth pictures without flash, count-down
We love the quick tips that Tekzilla brings everyday. The other day they showed off a tip that we just couldn't turn down spreading. When you're in PhotoBooth you can use two key combos to either turn off the flash or temporarily disable the count-down. Hold down the shift key when you press the take picture button and your picture will be taken without using the flash. If you hold down the option key when you press the take picture button your picture will be taken without using the count-down delay. If you hold down both the shift and options keys, your picture will be taken immediately and without the flash.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Riddle said 9:27AM on 6-13-2008
And how to disable flash permanently? I’ve never used it anyway. Any *.plist hacks, guys?
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navstar said 11:17AM on 6-13-2008
Finally! I hate that flash!
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Mystic said 11:23AM on 6-13-2008
Press 'return' to take a picture.
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Mark P said 11:27AM on 6-13-2008
I was surprised the other day to find out the Apple remote cannot be used with PhotoBooth (without additional software)..
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urth said 2:01PM on 6-13-2008
tried shift and photo in photobooth- did nothing.
only flash work-around , that I know , is to press ctrl-option-cmd-8 to invert screen then flash is black and then return screen to normal.
why you say shift work but not working for me?
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Sigourney said 3:00PM on 6-14-2008
I have a mac computer and my friends and I were useing the photo booth when somthing came up and told us to shut down but we didn't and now my photo booth doesn't work, is there any way i can down load it back on,.. or???
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dazonic said 9:16PM on 6-14-2008
Is there a way to disable both of these when using 'take video snapshot' in Automator?
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yakov chodosh said 4:35AM on 6-15-2008
can we start putting spaces in between separate words? the program is called "Photo Booth"
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