Chromebook Camera

Chromebook Camera Usage

The Camera App can be accessed from the launcher, the white circle in the bottom left corner of the screen.

You may want to consider pinning it to your app shelf by doing a two-finger click on the app and choosing “pin to shelf.”

Camera Buttons

  1. Toggle Camera: switch back and forth between the webcam (top of the screen) and the tablet camera (bottom left corner of keyboard)
  2. Camera/Video Toggle: switch back and forth between still camera and video camera mode.
  3. Take a Picture/Start recording button. In video mode, press again to stop recording.
  4. Delay (only on still camera): if turned on, delays the camera 5 seconds after the red button is pushed before it snaps photo. Not available in video camera mode.
  5. Gallery: here is where you can access your photos and videos once you’ve taken them.

Gallery

  1. Where your photos and videos appear.
    • Select multiple images:
      • In a row, click a picture, hold shift, and click a picture another picture. All images between those pictures will be selected.
      • Individual pictures in different places: click a picture, then hold ctrl and keep clicking the images you want to select.
  2. Print button
  3. Download button. You can choose Google Drive here to upload them.
  4. Trash can: delete photos or videos.
  5. Go back: returns to camera.