How to do a Web Cam

[+shopcat]

I am not computer savvy,so I need to know what to tell my friends to do in order for me to get this Cache. How do you get the picture of the Web Cam , and how would i post it. Thanks, Shopcat

[+Prime Suspect]

I am not computer savvy,so I need to know what to tell my friends to do in order for me to get this Cache. How do you get the picture of the Web Cam , and how would i post it. Thanks, Shopcat

What's the ID of the cache? These have a number of different user interfaces.

[+Team Neos]

For a lot of webcam caches, the URL the helper needs to go to get to the camera is listed on the page. A few make you search for the webcam yourself as part of the puzzle. Almost all webcam caches have directions on the page for how to get the shot you need. Some webcams have controls to move the camera around so your friend can find you in the shot, while others have a place the camera always points where you will stand while you pal takes the shot.

 

In general, you frame the shot and save it--usually by some method like right clicking on the photo and pasting into it Paint on a PC--or hitting the PrintScreen button or the Control Button and the PrintScreen Button at the same time and then opening Paint and clicking into the box and clicking on "paste" to put the image into Paint. Then you save the Paint image with a name you can remember. Then upload the photo to the log when you are logging the cache.

 

If you'll be using a Mac, the directions are a little different.

 

If you have a particular imaging software you want you use, they usually have directions for how to save a screen shot in their help section. (Photoshop, Roxio, HP viewer, FinePix, ect) You can even use Excel, if you have that in MS office.