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Picture taken from webcam to be set as display picture by riahc4 on 03-05-2009 at 12:47 AM
Hey
Im wondering where the display picture when you take a picture/video from your webcam is stored so I can get it and send it to other people.
RE: Picture taken from webcam to be set as display picture by Nagamasa on 03-05-2009 at 02:46 AM
I'm not sure where it's stored, but a method to get it is to sign in with another account and "steal" your own display picture.
RE: Picture taken from webcam to be set as display picture by tony on 03-05-2009 at 03:20 AM
Printscreen > Paint > Save it
RE: Picture taken from webcam to be set as display picture by Joshua on 03-05-2009 at 07:04 AM
quote:
Originally posted by tony
Printscreen > Paint > Save it
You forgot Crop it.
RE: Picture taken from webcam to be set as display picture by riahc4 on 03-05-2009 at 03:47 PM
By your method, quality would be lost and you have to have another account.
This isnt for me BTW it is for another person.
RE: Picture taken from webcam to be set as display picture by tony on 03-05-2009 at 05:13 PM
Add yourself to the contact list, then save the image as PNG32
RE: Picture taken from webcam to be set as display picture by riahc4 on 03-05-2009 at 08:06 PM
quote:This too would be a lost in quality, besides also the file size. (don't think because PNG is lossless that it doesnt lose information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_file_format )
Originally posted by tony
Add yourself to the contact list, then save the image as PNG32
RE: Picture taken from webcam to be set as display picture by haydos on 03-05-2009 at 08:33 PM
Isn't it stored the same place as your usual display pictures?
ie: %userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\<your_windows_live_id>\ObjectStore
See: tid=25512&pid=246186#pid246186
RE: Picture taken from webcam to be set as display picture by CookieRevised on 03-06-2009 at 09:17 AM
quote:Can you explain that further, since that isn't very correct...
Originally posted by riahc4
quote:This too would be a lost in quality, besides also the file size. (don't think because PNG is lossless that it doesnt lose information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_file_format )
Originally posted by tony
Add yourself to the contact list, then save the image as PNG32
If you're talking about a static picture then there will be no quality loss at all if you simply grab that picture again and save it as a PNG.
If you're talking about a video, then yes you will loose the video when you grab it as a picture. But even then, the image you would grab would be exactly the same, without any quality loss, than the original frame.
quote:correct.
Originally posted by haydos
Isn't it stored the same place as your usual display pictures?
ie: %userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\<your_windows_live_id>\ObjectStore
See: tid=25512&pid=246186#pid246186