Photo booth

For the physical vending machine, see Photo booth.

Photo Booth
Developer	Apple Inc.
Latest release	1.3
OS	Mac OS X v10.5
Genre	Photo capture program
License	Proprietary
Website	Photo Booth

Photo Booth is a small software application by Apple Inc. for Mac OS X for taking photos and (since Mac OS X v10.5) video with an iSight camera. It features 17 (16 filters, 1 normal) built-in effects that can be applied to photos. The program is bundled with all new Macintosh computer with built-in iSight cameras, which is used to take the photographs . Ph. Developers will be able to develop custom effects and share them online.^[1] The software integrates with instant messaging programs such as OS X's built-in iChat Software or Adium, for taking a picture to use as an avatar or Buddy icon.

Effects

Photo Booth has two sets of image effects that can be applied when taking a picture. The first set may be described to contain photographic filters similar to those in Adobe Photoshop:

• Sepia
• Black & White
• Glow
• Comic Book
• Normal
• Colored Pencil
• Thermographic camera
• X-Ray
• Pop Art
• Custom Background
• Preset Background

Photo Booth's sepia effect

Photo Booth's thermal camera effect.

The second set has been described by Apple's CEO Steve Jobs as a set of "Teenage Effects", being a collection of effects that manipulate the shape of the image, rather than filtering it:

• Bulge
• Dent
• Twirl
• Squeeze
• Mirror
• Light Tunnel
• Fisheye
• Stretch

Photo Booth also has a feature to automatically flip pictures when taken, as iSight captures a mirrored image.

See also

• iMac
• MacBook
• MacBook Pro
• iSight

External links

• Apple's Description of the iSight and Photo Booth capabilities on the iMac
• Private website with more information, especially how to create your own Photo Booth effects