How to Zoom in Skype

Select 'Tools' from the menu bar and then click 'Options.' Select 'Video Settings' from under General in the left pane and then wait for Skype to detect your camera.
Click 'Webcam Settings' on the Video Settings pane to access your webcam options.
Select the 'Camera Control' tab and then drag the slider next to 'Zoom' to the right or left to increase or decrease zoom.
Click 'OK' to close the settings window and then click 'Save' to apply your changes.
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How to Connect a USB Camera to a Macbook Pro

Boot the MacBook Pro into Mac OS X.
Insert one end of the USB cable into the camera.
Insert the other end of the USB cable into an available USB port on the MacBook Pro.
Power on the still camera.
Double-click the icon on the desktop representing the camera's internal storage. This allows you to view the pictures stored on the camera.
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How to Download Photos to a Mac Computer

Connect your digital camera's USB cable to the camera's USB port.
Plug the digital camera's USB cable into a USB port on your Macintosh
Set your camera to 'play' mode and turn it on.
Wait for iPhoto to open. It will say 'Loading photos...' then 'Ready to import X (the number of photos on your camera) items'.
Click 'Import' and wait for your photos to show up in your iPhoto library. Turn off your digital camera, unplug the USB cable and you're done.
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How to Use Print Screen Function on Mac

Hold down Apple key ⌘ + Shift + 3 simultaneously to get a picture of your entire desktop. If your audio is turn on, you will hear a click similar to that of a camera. You will then find a picture on your desktop entitled 'Picture N' ,n being the first unused number.
Hold down Apple key ⌘ + Shift + 4 and release to capture a certain area of the screen. A cropping tool will appear and you can select the area of the screen you would like to capture.
To do a screen capture of a specific application window, Hold down Apple key ⌘ + Shift + 4 and release. Click the spacebar and a camera icon will appear. Move this icon to the application window you want to capture and press 'Enter.'
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How to Set Up a Built

Turn on your Mac and click on the Photo Booth program icon on the desktop dock (menu bar). If you don't see Photo Booth on the dock, click on the hard drive icon, then click 'Applications' and look for it in the list of programs. Wait for the program to open on your desktop. All Macs with built-in webcams come with the Photo Booth program so it shouldn't matter what model Apple computer you are using.
Check the indicator light next to the camera at the top of your computer screen. If it is flashing green that means the camera is ready.
Choose an effect to add to the picture, if you like, by clicking the 'Effects' tab at the right of the screen. You can choose from a variety of colors and effects, such as 'Black and White,' 'Sepia' or even 'Comic Book.'
Situate yourself in front of the camera lens and frame yourself using the camera window. When you are ready to take the picture, find the camera icon in the center of the 'Photo Booth' window and click it. You can save the photo in a variety of places by clicking any one of the 'Save To' icons next to the camera icon in the Photo Booth program screen.
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How to Use a MacBook Camera (11 Steps)

Navigate to the Applications folder in the Finder, then double-click on the Photo Booth application icon. When Photo Booth opens, you should be staring at a live image of yourself taken by the iSight camera.
Click on the red camera icon directly beneath the image. The app will provide a three-second countdown and will then snap a still photo through the iSight.
Click on the new photo that has just been dropped into the line of photos below the live image. A strip of menu icons should appear. Click on the various icons to either use the newly created image in a new email, import the image into iPhoto, make the image your new Account Picture, or make it your new Buddy Picture in iChat.
Click on the grayed-out camera icon, and it will turn red to let you know this function is active again. Click on the gray filmstrip icon to the left of the camera icon. The camera icon will turn into a video camcorder icon. Click this icon to begin shooting video with the iSight camera.
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How to Use an iCamera on an Apple Laptop

Click 'Go' at the top of the menu bar on the laptop screen, and click 'Applications' from the sub-menu. Double-click the 'iChat' icon to launch the application.
Click the username in your buddy list, and click the video camera icon next to the buddy's name. In order to video chat, the other user must be online and have a webcam, according to the Apple iChat support page.
Click the 'Effects' button in the bottom left corner of the video chat window to add special effects to the background. Click the arrow icon at the bottom of the video chat window to expand the size of the window.
Click the red button in the top left corner of the video chat window to end the video chatting session.
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How to Use a Mac Camera for Security (7 Steps)

Open the iChat application and create a new iChat account. You will be prompted to do this if you have not used iChat before, or you can find it by opening 'Preferences' in the iChat menu and clicking on the 'Accounts' tab.
Create a second new iChat account (or AIM for a Windows computer) for the computer you will use to monitor the security camera.
Click on the 'Privacy' tab for your first new account and select 'allow specific people.' Enter the account of your monitor computer.
Select 'Alerts' and 'Video Invitation.' Turn off the default value of 'play a sound.' Turn on 'Run an AppleScript script' and select 'Auto accept' from the menu.
Add iChat to your auto-login items by opening the 'Accounts' preference pane in 'System Preferences,' clicking on 'Login Items' and dragging the iChat application to the list. iChat will now run whenever you are logged in to this account.
Turn your monitor backlight off, so it is not obvious that the computer is on.
Connect to the iChat account of this computer from any other Macintosh running iChat, or any computer running an AIM video-chat client. The security Mac will automatically accept the invitation and display the video captured live by its camera.
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How to Check a MacBook Camera

Click the 'Photobooth' icon on your MacBook's dock or from the 'Applications' folder. The webcam should turn on, presenting an image from the camera on the screen.
Check to see if the computer recognizes the camera if the image from the webcam does not appear. Click 'Finder' on the dock and click 'Utilities.'
Click the 'System Profiler' icon. Click the 'USB' entry under the 'Hardware' section. The 'Built-in iSight' entry should appear under the 'USB High-Speed Bus.'
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How to Import From a Sony Digital8 Camcorder (4 Steps)

Plug the FireWire cable into the FireWire port on the Sony Digital8 video camera.
Attach the opposite end of the cable into a FireWire port on the computer system.
Open Windows Movie Maker, then power on the Sony Digital8 camcorder. Select the 'Capture' option, then click the Sony Digital8 camcorder as the device you want to import from.
Click 'Record' and the video content begins to import on the computer. Click 'Stop' at any time to stop the import process.
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