cheese r1002 - in trunk/help: . C
- From: dgsiegel svn gnome org
- To: svn-commits-list gnome org
- Subject: cheese r1002 - in trunk/help: . C
- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 22:41:04 +0000 (UTC)
Author: dgsiegel
Date: Mon Sep 8 22:41:04 2008
New Revision: 1002
URL: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/cheese?rev=1002&view=rev
Log:
documentation update (not yet finished), courtesy of joshua henderson
Modified:
trunk/help/C/cheese.xml
trunk/help/ChangeLog
Modified: trunk/help/C/cheese.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/help/C/cheese.xml (original)
+++ trunk/help/C/cheese.xml Mon Sep 8 22:41:04 2008
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
</para>
</abstract>
<copyright>
- <year>2007</year>
+ <year>2007,2008</year>
<holder>daniel g. siegel (dgsiegel gmail com)</holder>
<holder>Jaap A. Haitsma (jaap haitsma org)</holder>
</copyright>
@@ -58,15 +58,15 @@
<authorgroup>
<author>
- <firstname>Jaap</firstname>
- <surname>Haitsma</surname>
- <email>jaap haitsma org</email>
- </author>
- <author>
<firstname>Joshua</firstname>
<surname>Henderson</surname>
<email>joshhendo gmail com</email>
</author>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Jaap</firstname>
+ <surname>Haitsma</surname>
+ <email>jaap haitsma org</email>
+ </author>
<!-- This is appropriate place for other contributors: translators,
maintainers, etc. Commented out by default.
@@ -109,6 +109,20 @@
</revdescription>
</revision>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>0.3</revnumber>
+ <date>2008-08-20</date>
+ <revdescription>
+ <para role="author">Jaap A. Haitsma
+ <email>jaap haitsma org</email>
+ </para>
+ <para role="author">Joshua Henderson
+ <email>joshhendo gmail com</email>
+ </para>
+ <para role="publisher">Jaap A. Haitsma</para>
+ </revdescription>
+ </revision>
+
</revhistory>
<legalnotice>
@@ -190,21 +204,22 @@
</figure>
</para>
-
+
<para>
You are able to select numerous effects to apply to your photo. To apply
- an effect, just click on the name or image above, and the button will turn
- to a blue shade. Selecting multiple effects will apply all the effects to
+ an effect, just click on the effect that you want. The button will appear highlighted.
+ Selecting multiple effects will apply all the effects to
your image (for example, if you apply âHulkâ and âHorizontal Flipâ, the
input from the webcam will be altered to have a green shade and be up side down).
+ To disable all effects, just click on the âNo Effectâ button.
</para>
</section>
-
+
<section id="using-photomode">
<title>Photo Mode</title>
<para>
Photo mode is the default mode that &app; opens in. When not in photo mode,
- click the button labelled âPhotoâ or press Alt â P to change to photo mode.
+ click the button labelled âPhotoâ, press Alt + P or Menu: Cheese - Photo to change to photo mode.
Photo mode will take a single photo every time the button labelled âTake a
photoâ or the Spacebar is pressed, and will save to disk.
</para>
@@ -214,7 +229,7 @@
<title>Video Mode</title>
<para>
Video mode is a mode that allows you to take short videos using the webcam.
- When not in video mode, click the button labelled âVideoâ or press Alt â V to
+ When not in video mode, click the button labelled âVideoâ, press Alt â V or Menu: Cheese - Video to
change to video mode. Video mode will start recording a video every time the
button labelled âStart Recordingâ or the Spacebar is pressed. The video will stop
recording and save to disk when the button labelled âStop Recordingâ
@@ -224,7 +239,7 @@
<para>
The video mode does look any different to the screen shot of photo mode,
except that the button labelled âTake a photoâ will be either âStart Recordingâ
- or âStop Recordingâ (depends if you are currently recording or not),
+ or âStop Recordingâ,
and the button labelled âVideoâ is greyed out, whereas the button
labelled âPhotoâ is not.
</para>
@@ -247,8 +262,8 @@
</para>
<para>
- To take the photo, press the button labelled âTake a photoâ. You will then
- see &application; count down from 3. At the end of the count, your entire screen
+ To take the photo, press the button labelled âTake a photoâ or press the spacebar. You will then
+ see &application; count down from 3 or instantly take the photo, depending on your settings. When the photo is taken, your entire screen
will flash white, and the photo that was just taken will appear in the photo
stream at the bottom of the program window.
</para>
@@ -261,7 +276,7 @@
</para>
<para>
- To start recording a video, press the button labelled âStart Recordingâ or press the Spacebar.
+ To start recording a video, press the button labelled âStart Recordingâ or press the spacebar.
The time of how much video has been recorded will appear in the bottom right
hand corner.
</para>
@@ -269,11 +284,8 @@
<note>
<para>
If your video appears to be jerky or have a low
- frame rate (only updating the picture every few seconds), it does not mean
- that the original recording is also of bad quality. It has probably a more
- constant and higher frame rate than what you see.
- To stop recording, press the button labelled âStop Recordingâ.
- The video recorded will appear in the photo stream at the bottom of the program.
+ frame rate (only updating the picture every few seconds), it does not mean that the recording
+ has a similar frame rate. In many cases, the recorded file will have a better frame rate.
</para>
</note>
</section>
@@ -316,7 +328,7 @@
<note>
<para>
- This will only move the image to the trash/garbage bin, as well as remove from
+ This will only move the image to the "trash", as well as remove from
your photo stream. This will not remove the photo from your computer. To remove
it from your trash, you will need to empty your trash.
</para>
@@ -451,6 +463,29 @@
</para>
</section>
+ <section id="faq-no-camera-found">
+ <title>"No Camera Found" Error Message</title>
+ <para>
+ "When I launch &app;, I get the message "No Camera Found" but I have my webcam plugged into my computer".
+
+ There are many situations this can happen in, and the exact problem that is causing this needs to be isolated.
+ If possible, try each of the following to try and get your webcam working.
+ 1. Plug your webcam into another computer. If it works there, then it is a problem with
+ with the connection to your computer, or the operating system if it was a different
+ one on the other computer. Check the ports on your computer (try another one) and
+ consult support personel for your particular operating system.
+ 2. See if your camera is being detected by your computer, on Linux, open up the terminal or console and type
+ "dmesg" before you plug in your webcam. Notice the most recent entries, and then plug in your webcam. Type
+ "dmesg" again and see if the most recent entries differ. If the message mentions a USB device being detected,
+ and your webcam is the only USB device that has been changed, then your computer is detecting your webcam
+ fine. If not, then test to see if the webcam is working on another computer. This may only work with USB
+ webcams.
+ 3. As &app; uses the gstreamer backend, it is most likely because gstreamer is not detecting the webcam (or
+ gstreamer has become corrupt). Please contact support personel for the particular operating system that
+ you are running with as many details as possible. For Ubuntu, please use the <ulink url="http://ubuntuforums.org/"; type="http">Ubuntu Forums</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
<section id="faq-supported-webcams">
<title>Which cameras are supported</title>
<para>
@@ -466,7 +501,7 @@
<para>
&app; was initially written by daniel g. siegel <email>dgsiegel gmail com</email>.
as a Google Summer of Code project. Later Jaap A. Haitsma <email>jaap haitsma org</email> and also
- others joined daniel in improving Cheese.
+ others joined daniel in improving &app;.
To find more information about &app;, please visit the
<ulink url="http://www.gnome.org/projects/cheese"; type="http">
&application; web page</ulink>.
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