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Photo Booth photo delay time?

Is there a Setting or Preference by which you can set the delay timer before a photo is taken in Photo Booth?

3 seconds isn't really long enough to stage a photo if you're also IN the photo. Is there a way to edit that setting, or, alternately, to program the application to take many photos in a row until it's told otherwise?

Thanks in advance, Mac wizards!

-Luke

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Feb 27, 2009 9:31 PM

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Posted on Mar 1, 2009 5:57 PM

Welcome to Discussions, -Luke

I agree with Ralph. You can enable or disable the 3 second countdown in Photo Booth, but you cannot otherwise adjust it. Photo Booth, a rather basic app that allows few adjustments, won't do what you want. Moreover, Photo Booth is not scriptable, so you cannot control it with AppleScript.

If you cannot find some application other than Photo Booth that will do what you want, you may be able to use Apple Script &/or Automator with a different application ( QuickTime Pro, iChat, etc.) to do something like what you want. 

You may be able to use Automator's " Take Picture" or " Take Video Snapshot" process to automate a workflow that will meet your needs.

If not, and if the help file linked here does not give you some ideas, check out the two threads listed below to see if they might give you an idea for a starting point. 

 • http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7769315 Michael Paine's suggestion for:

   iSightCapture at ScriptBuilders:
    http://scriptbuilders.net/files/isightcapture1.1.html and

   the 2006-06-21 "Neoporcupine" Automating iSight blog entry:
    http://neoporcupine.blogspot.com/2006/06/automating-isight.html

   seem worth consideration for your proposed use.

 • http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7032270
   Some of the ideas there might give you a useful idea.

When you have identified an application or approach you want to use, seek more specific help in AppleScript, Automator, or the relevant Application Discussions Forum.

When you have a solution, please post it back here if you are willing to share it with others who might want an answer to the same or a similar question.

Cheers,
EZ Jim

G5 DP 1.8GHz w/Mac OS X (10.5.6) PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11)   iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9)  External iSight
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Mar 1, 2009 5:57 PM in response to Luke Peacock

Welcome to Discussions, -Luke

I agree with Ralph. You can enable or disable the 3 second countdown in Photo Booth, but you cannot otherwise adjust it. Photo Booth, a rather basic app that allows few adjustments, won't do what you want. Moreover, Photo Booth is not scriptable, so you cannot control it with AppleScript.

If you cannot find some application other than Photo Booth that will do what you want, you may be able to use Apple Script &/or Automator with a different application ( QuickTime Pro, iChat, etc.) to do something like what you want. 

You may be able to use Automator's " Take Picture" or " Take Video Snapshot" process to automate a workflow that will meet your needs.

If not, and if the help file linked here does not give you some ideas, check out the two threads listed below to see if they might give you an idea for a starting point. 

 • http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7769315 Michael Paine's suggestion for:

   iSightCapture at ScriptBuilders:
    http://scriptbuilders.net/files/isightcapture1.1.html and

   the 2006-06-21 "Neoporcupine" Automating iSight blog entry:
    http://neoporcupine.blogspot.com/2006/06/automating-isight.html

   seem worth consideration for your proposed use.

 • http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7032270
   Some of the ideas there might give you a useful idea.

When you have identified an application or approach you want to use, seek more specific help in AppleScript, Automator, or the relevant Application Discussions Forum.

When you have a solution, please post it back here if you are willing to share it with others who might want an answer to the same or a similar question.

Cheers,
EZ Jim

G5 DP 1.8GHz w/Mac OS X (10.5.6) PowerBook 1.67GHz (10.4.11)   iBookSE 366MHz (10.3.9)  External iSight

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