Capturing with iSight

Basically, why can't use my iSight as a Twain resource in PhotoShop or Image Capture?

Basically, because iSight is a DV Firewire device, not a TWAIN one.
You have many options for image capture (snapshot) from this list: Some Applications You Can Use With iSight.
For even more options, you could use movie clip apps like QuickTime Pro or iMovie (4 or later) to make a short clip and export still images from the clip.
Once captured, you can:• open the file with Preview (if that is your default viewer) and use the Preview > File > Save As... menu choice to save it as a different file type,
• open the file from within PhotoShop or Image Capture by using the applications File > Open... command, or
• you can use <control> Click > Open With... > to select the application to open your snapshot file.I know these suggestions will not TWAIN capture, but they are the best workarounds that I know.
Jim

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Quick capture with iSight or any DV-cam

Hello. I like making stopmotion movies (claymation, Wallace and Gromit, Nightmare Before X-mas) and I was wondering if there is some way to take a quick-shot with the iSight camera.
I know that there are alot of applicatios such as iStopmotion out there that allows me to do this, but all I really need is a way to take just a picture, it can be saved as a jpeg or a png or anything, doesnt matter. And to pay 50-100$ for an application that just takes pictures seems quite alot. I might as well use a normal camera and take real pictures. But the thing is that its hard to make it stand still then, so I really want to be able to control the camera from my computer. I can do this with Photobooth but that kind of ***** since you have to wait for 3 seconds and then a flash goes off.
I mean, with QuickTime Pro (or iMovie) you can easily shoot a video with a plugged in DV-cam, so why should it be so hard to take just a picture?
Do any of you know of some way to just take a quick pictures with the iSight? It would also be great if it worked with a Quicktime compatible DV-camera too. And preferebly it should be free.
Thanks in advance. I don't really know if this is the right place to post this is though...

Hello, Petter
...Photobooth ... you have to wait for 3 seconds and then a flash goes off.
See beancurd's post http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5695879#5695879 :
"hold shift to disable flash, hold option to disable countdown, combine for both."
Do any of you know of some way to just take a quick pictures with the iSight?
(0) Here are some ways of varying convenience using the apps that came with your Mac and/or Leopard:
• Mac OS X 10.5 Help: About Photo Booth
• Mac OS X 10.5 Help: Shortcuts for taking pictures of the screen
(When your camera's image is visible on the display.)
• iChat 4.0 Help: Taking a snapshot of a video chat
• iMovie 6.0 Help: Capturing a still image from your video
(1) For other apps, see the Snapshot Apps and Webcam Apps in
Some Applications You Can Use With iSight
For any of the above methods, you can use Preview > Tools > Flip Horizontal or image editor software (like PhotoShop) to reverse "mirror-image" images that you have made.
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz w/Mac OS X (10.4.11) G5 DP 1.8 w/Mac OS X (10.5.1) External iSight

Audio low - clips captured with iSight

Hi there,
The video clips that I've captured of myself speaking into the built-in camera with iSight play back with very low volume audio.
I have clicked on "View-Show volume levels" and increased the volume to 150%, but still same problem.
After I exported for Web or for Email - made it into a .mov Quicktime clip -- and sent it to friends, they same the same thing -- LOW VOLUME.
Please someone help me out
Thank you!

Hi Jamila
You got one of three ways:
2. Extract Your sound and select this + Export as QuickTime as an audio file .aiff.
This file You can open in an audio editor like
- SoundEdit16™ (costs)
- Audacity (free)
- Garageband (included)
and increase as much You need
or
3. Extract the sound. Now You got an audio clip under Your video-clip in timeline.
Select this audio clip + goto Edit + Copy + Paste + Paste + Paste + Paste
Loud enough ???
Yes it is this simple.
Yours Bengt W

Streaming isight to desktop, for conference capture with picture collage

I need to live stream my isight to my desktop so I can insert it into another application which will be sent out on a live stream chat. How do I do it.
I am trying to send a collage of <5-10 pictures, and a life video of my self taken with my isight camera> to be captured as part of a video conference with my voice. During the conference I will be adding pictures, resizing them and moving them around in a program screen such as I-web with a blank white background. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to best do this.
Which programs would be best to capture the isight video to my desktop with out any (or to much extra stuff around the video), and to assemble a collage in with the video and other pictures.
I have been looking for a conferencing program which lets me do this for broadcasting to a larger size group and only find Adobe Connect which can do all this at an extremely high price tag. My second option is to broadcast a program or screen capture which gives me the freedom to create and manipulate my contents live.
Any ideas how one can best do this. I can email a copy of a sample page taken off adobe if you do not totally understand.

"this" = wirecast looks PERFECT, Yeah!!! . I will try it out and get back to you and let you know how it works.
From what I understand about wire cast with Darwin, I can broadcast it direct from my laptop, is that correct or do I still need an independent osx server. Can I broadcast it live to a page on my web site which has a chat built into it so that people can participate in the chat while watching the live stream?
This all looks too perfect, I am looking forward to trying it out tomorrow.
thanks
maury

How do I capture still images with iSight?

Is that possible. Do I need software to do this?
Please help

Hello, Judith,
iSight needs software to do ANYTHING.
Several apps that you can use to capture still images are listed in the Some Applications you can use with iSight FAQ, starting with iChat AV.
The iChat AV menu command for a video snapshot is shown right at the top. You just need to have the Video Preview (My iSight) window active to do it.

Recording with iSight???

Hello!
I was wondering if it is possible to record off of my television with iSight/iMovie? Simply pointing the iSight at the TV really isn't what I'm looking for. I was hoping that there is a way I could get iSight/iMovie to work as a capture card.
If this is possible, what types of cables would I need?
Thanks,
Hunter

Welcome to Apple Discussions, JHB1422
The only way to use iSight to capture your TV is the way you do NOT want to use.
Neither iSight nor iMovie can function as a capture card. Additional hardware is required.
There are a number of Mac compatible TV capture devices available. The Apple Store sells Elgato EyeTV Hybrid.
Your Apple retailer may be able to suggest other ways depending upon what equipment you already own. Moreover, your dealer can certainly help you determine what cables are needed to connect your system components to any new equipment you select.
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz w/Mac OS X (10.4.11) G5 DP 1.8 w/Mac OS X (10.5.1) External iSight

Excise Invoice is captured with another Po -During MIGO- Only refer Excise

Hi,
I have did a PO with two line item say Material M1 and M2..
step1- We did J1IEX with capture excise invoice option for material M1 and M2.
step 2- We did GR for material M1 only where i have selected my excise tab as Only refer Excise
step 3- Now we are trying to do GR for 2nd line item material M2, where we getting error msge as
*Excise Invoice is captured with another Purchase Order
Message no. 4F278*
I have searched in forum and found related info in the belw links
CIN related error at the time of GRN
GR for Import PO,
where experts are suggesting to apply a note 843490 &994052. seems these notes for older version.. my client version is ECC 6.03
Please let me know if any note available or any other methods to solve my issue (we don't want to put the excise invoice with suffix of * or /1).
regards
Jay
Edited by: Jayakumar Raju A.S on Sep 6, 2010 11:28 AM

Hi,
System takes only single excise invoice in system.
here i suggest wat u can do ( very tricky)
for first goods receipt excise invoice is 123
then u cant give same for other GR it will give an error at this time u can provide excise invoice as (123.).
Means one dot at beginnig or at the end.
Note : Hence forth for same excise invoice u should have only one GR.

Excise Invoice is captured with another Purchase Order

Hi
We have a scenrio, transfer the material from debond plant to mfg plant after imported material in kept in Bonding area. STO po is raised to from imported plant to mfg plant with Imported duties as delivery costs.
Bill of entry is provided for all the materials as one. While capturing the excise amount at line item level is difficult so, captured at first line item level as total because material is Same (Material is Split valuated materials with 3 batches). First GR is done properly but next GR for 2nd and 3 rd line items are refered with earlier Bill of entry, system promprts the error message "Excise Invoice is captured with another Purchase Order".
Please do the needful.
Regards
Mohan

Hi,
Please be informed that for one a GR document wrt PO only one excise invoice can exist.
Ex PO-4500000010
GR no 5000000010
only one excise can exist and if the same excise invoice is reffered to another GR with the same PO system will throw an error message. Please let me know the exact business requirement in detail.
Naveen

Log and capture with Sony A1U camera, Sony HD700 HDV deck

Hello,
I am still having problems capturing HDV from a Sony GV HD700.
It sees the deck, can capture some, but then crashes. Anybody have experience
with certain decks and cameras not able to capture with Final cut 7?
I am stumped. Settings are HDV.....1080I 60 ... on presents.
thanks

[Read this|http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/professionalformatsandworkfl ows/#chapter=2%26section=0] to make sure that you are doing everything right.

I can capture with iMovie 6, but not with FCP 6.0 ('no data from device')

I didn't have any problem with FCP 5, but am getting nowhere with FCP 6 using the same settings (I think). FCP seems to see the camcorder, but can't control it and, even if I manually start the camera, reports 'no data from device' when I do a 'Capture Now'. Device control isn't critical, but I'd sure like to find out why it doesn't see the data stream from the camera (Sony HDR-HC7 / FW400). I must be missing a setting some place, but sure can't find it. On the other hand, I have full device control and zero dropout capture with iMovie (exact same hardware configuration). Any ideas?

Wolfgang Matzl wrote:
canopus works fine, as well as all other devices.
i have tons of tapes and tried a few, none worked.
i tried to capture on both my new imac and my mbpro, no way.
but now i'm sure there is something wrong with the sony handycam, i tried to import with my old final cut studio, and it's not possible, also. fc pro says: waiting for timecode.
so i'm confused now. does the sony dcr-trv not send a timecode? maybe, and this will explain the troubles. but on the other hand i imported successfully some footage with exact this device.
maybe i used the canopus then to correct the timebase, i can't remember how i did it. but this would mean i have to accept loss of quality, since i have to connect the sony with s-vhs with the canopus and convert it.
right now i'm importing a tape with imovie and will have a look how the result is, but as far as i remember, the audio has to be re-rendered when importing in fcpx…
My finger is pointing to a Timecode issue.
Is timecode enabled in the camera?
Is it continuous on the tape?
Al

Issues Capturing with Final Cut Express

Hi
I am currently having issues capturing with Final Cut Express. I am using a Firewire 800 gold speed cable 9pin/4pin with my Sony LSF-S58 camera. I use mini DV tapes and usually capture on other computers with no problems. However this time I am using Final Cut Express version 4.0.1 along with a Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter so it'll connect with my MAC Book Pro (Operating system OS X 10.6.8). The issue is when I open Final Cut's capture option there is a message at the bottom that says "No Communicatin" I have tried various settings within easy set-up and nothing seems to work as well as browsing this help board along with others looking for the answer. Any help anyone can provide would be great. Thanks.

When I Google LSF-S58, I get a Sony Lens Hood, not a camera. Are you recording in HD or SD?
Have you used the Thunderbolt to Firewire convertor successfully on your computer with other devices?
Have you used the Thunderbolt port successfully with other Thunderbolt devices?
I don't know if this is applicable to your computer, but there is a Thunderbolt software update for 10.6.8 here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1452?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
MtD

Capture with Scene Detect: Clip Name Keeps Changing

I am editing weddings and my raw footage is usually on 3 tapes. I capture with Scene Detect checked and I name the clip "Clip", so Premiere labels each clip as Clip 01, Clip 02, Clip 03, etc. But when I put in my 2nd tape, Premiere starts labelling them Clip 01 1, Clip 02 1, Clip 03 1, etc. How can I get Premiere to continue from the last number of the previous tape, (the same way that Scenalyzer does automatically)?

How can I get Premiere to continue from the last number of the previous tape
You can't. Once you stop capture, PP will always restart the numbering, even if it's from the same tape.
What I do is use Bridge to Batch Rename the clips.

Recording in QT with iSight - recording time & higher quality video

Hi
I would like to make long recordings with iSight & QT. I want to just click the record button and forget about it for several hours. I know I have ample disk space. I'm wondering if there is any automatic shut-off feature that I have to be aware of. Is the iSight/QT set to stop recording after a certain amount of time?
Also, while I like the quality of the "Better" setting (H.264, 240x180), I'm wondering how to get even better quality within QT. "Good" and "Better" seem to be the only two settings.
Many thanks
steve

iSight automatically shuts off (actually goes to low-power mode; see How to turn iSight (really) off) only if it is not in use.
Video files require large amounts of disk space. If you are using external Firewire drives for "several hours" of disk space, be aware of Possible hardware or software conflicts. iSight can be picky about how and with what it shares the Firewire connections on your Mac.
You are correct that there is no "More Than Better" setting in QuickTime Pro. For more info on QT settings and whether QT Pro can automatically shut off, try QT Discussions if you do not get authoritative answers here.

Cant use tetherd capture with nikon d810 on lightroom 5.6 get camera not detected i check and my lightroom up to date

need help
what can I do
I can't use tethered capture with Nikon d810 on light room 5.6 get camera not detected my light room up to date
any idea?
thanks

Wait.
Lightroom does not support tethering on the D810 yet.
Tethered camera support in Lightroom

IMac 17" with isight RAM question

I want to expant RAM on my old iMac - iMac 17" with iSight, 1.9 GHz, introduced october 2005
Is this RAM module going to be compatible?
DDR2
*2 GB*
*533 MHz*
PC4300
1,8V
*240 pins*
*Cas Latency: 4*
My concern is if the certificate (PC4300) is going to be compatible. Apple website says that there should be certificate PC2 4200.
Thank you for your answer. Greeting from Czech Republic.

Welcome to Discussions - the specs for your memory are
iSight:
1. PC2-4200
2. unbuffered
3. nonparity
4. 240-pin
5. 533 MHz
but I think the 4300 would work, just make sure that you can return it if it doesn't and that you get a lifetime guarantee.

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