Webcam snapshot in flash

I'm mildly familiar with action script. I would like to take
a snapshot from the local webcam and have a preview of the captured
image on the stage, and then upload the captured image to a
ColdFusion server to be saved as a jpg.
After searching online I've found many examples but none of
them work for me. At this time I can only show webcam on the stage.
Could someone help? Thanks in advance!

There is currently a problem (internal bug #2589240) where webcam resolution cannot be increased beyond 320x240 on linux. We're hoping to address this in a future release. Please feel free to ping me with status updates in the future either on this thread or at [email protected]
Thanks,
Chris
Ps. This also effects AIR applications.

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I am working on a locally run flash application that is very
similar to your post about wanting to save a snapshot of a local
webcam. Could you share your code for doing that or explain your
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I am using PartyBooth software (www.partyboothapp.com) that I purchased through adobe AIR. This is a simple application that lets you use a webcam to run a photobooth.
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