Photobooth is one of the new “fun” apps that was added to OS X last year. What you may have found though is that there are times when you don’t want the screen to flash when taking a shot. This is especially true on the new 24in iMacs whose big bright screen produces a flash so bright that it often results in photos that are almost completely washed out.
There is however a way to take a picture with Photobooth without the flash firing. All you need to do is hold the Shift key down while you take the shot. Better still if you don’t want to wait for the 3 second timer before the shot is taken hold the Alt key down as well, the picture will take instantly.
alt works –
shift doesn't – i still get the annoying flash.
Thats odd Amanda, it definitely works for me ?
The flash was why I was Shift+3 and cropping the screenshot before.
Now I don't have to.. thanks for the timesaver!
Holding Shift down, then clicking on the Photo button worked a charm! Thanks!
And if you hold down shift and alt at the same time, then click the take photo button it takes it instantly too! Great advice thanks so much! Saves me having to do tons of tricky editing on the photos.
Thanks – both shift and alt work for me (on new 21.5 iMac)
you have to press left shift and left alt at the same time it works for me and i have 10.6.8 mac os x
I downloaded “MORE ICHAT EFFECTS” and all of them turn out so bright, that they are completely white. The shift doesn’t work. Please help. Before you take the picture it looks fine, but after it is all white, and you can’t see a thing. Please help!!!! The effect are so cool, but the y don’t work
WoW! this works! i have been trying for a long time! Thanks =D