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  1. June 29th, 2011 06:39 AM #1
    chriscam
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    Default Photobooth using Webcam & Flashlites

    hy chris !
    would there be a way in implementing some sort of flash trigger while using a webcam ? i know, it doesn´t really make sense in technical terms regarding the amount of light. it is more about the exitement of having a flashlight when triggering the release.
    could there be some sort of external hardware you could trigger (USB I/O interface) ? this would make it possible to release any sort of "excitement feature", wich could be the bench dropping by 2cm when the picture is taken or turn on a horn, stuff like that...
    thx, chris
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  2. June 29th, 2011 08:40 AM #2
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    Webcam Photobooth can run an optional command or play a .wav sound file when each screen is displayed. The command can be a .bat batch file or a .exe executable and you could use this to control a relay or other hardware to trigger lights or other special effects.
    The sound file could be used to play a silly sound e.g. a horn or klaxon.

    Please see this page from the help file for more info (at the bottom of the page):
    http://www.breezesys.com/Webcam/help...ooth_setup.htm
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  3. June 29th, 2011 03:49 PM #3
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    this could be good. I know there are some hardware controllers out there, they just need the in-between programming if the webcam software is capable of outputing a file to trigger an event..
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  4. June 30th, 2011 07:41 AM #4
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    thx chris, tough i am on mac only :-)
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  5. July 1st, 2011 07:50 AM #5
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    QuoteOriginally Posted by chriscam View Post
    thx chris, tough i am on mac only :-)
    I'm sorry these options and Webcam Photobooth are only available on Windows. You can run it on a Mac if you use bootcamp to run Windows or run Windows emulation using Parallels or VMWare.
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