Say Cheese
December 11, 2008 | Posted by apokalyptik
Some of your may have noticed that, for a while now, Gravatar.com has been sporting a fancy new method for setting your Gravatar image — Taking a photo with your webcam! I just figured that I would drop a note in here and make a “formal” announcement about it. Just choose the “A webcam attached to your computer” from the “Add an image” page. A lot of people ask where they can get images to use (since Gravatar.com does not provide any images to choose from,) and this is a great way to get started!
Note: If you’re using a Mac with an iSight you will probably have to right click on the webcam applet, choose settings, click on the last little tab (looks like a webcam,) and choose the correct camera. This will probably be true of any computer with multiple video sources. I would set this default for you but flash is a black-box (they protect you from malicious sites trying to play with your settings — as they should!)
So… go forth… and say cheese!
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Mohan Says:
December 12, 2008 at 3:08 am
Nice… the product is shaping up well with new features. Keep up the good work. Cheers!
projectlib Says:
– - – cheese…..
December 12, 2008 at 4:49 am
Smiling for new avatar…
Relenta Says:
December 12, 2008 at 11:35 am
Cheese indeed!
Jhay Says:
December 12, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Nice
Simon Says:
December 12, 2008 at 2:03 pm
This is a great new feature.
About to blog it on wpsos
david Says:
December 14, 2008 at 11:08 am
i think it’s cool, I hope it will be easy to implement into the comment system, maybe we can use flash to retrieve the images directly to profiles so people can update them on the fly?
Garritt Says:
December 14, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Great idea. I am using Gravatars on my site now. I have a question though. Does the application alert the user before taking the picture? If not, we could end up with some very interesting Gravatar images. Keep up the good work.
Chocksy Says:
December 15, 2008 at 3:10 am
Cheese.
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chicagostarbaby Says:
December 15, 2008 at 4:49 am
Hello! Thanks for the insightful information! Very interesting indeed! I am smiling over here and saying “CHEESE!” Have a great day, and I will practice to get the “CHEESE” perfectly!
wakca Says:
December 16, 2008 at 4:52 am
Hai, usefull information
dan Says:
December 21, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Keep up the good work. Cool, I hope it will be easy to use.
bombchell Says:
December 24, 2008 at 6:56 pm
lol guess i didnt notice since i just joined gravatar
menj Says:
December 26, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Great development for Gravatar most certainly! Keep up the good work.
ready32860 Says:
January 4, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Cool!!!
webneedz Says:
January 5, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Nice, thanks.
Will be using that function soon
stvproductions Says:
July 25, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Yeah, The webcame future is nice!
vivitaylor Says:
September 28, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Cheese
the webcam feature is really cool, really like it alot.