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Picam 1.x Tutorial

Taking Pictures

Once you have a camera instance, it is simple to capture a picture.

Take Picture

Invoke the takePicture method to capture a picture from the camera.

This method takes a PictureCaptureHandler parameter - in this example the picture will be saved to disk:

MyCameraApplication.java
import uk.co.caprica.picam.Camera;
import uk.co.caprica.picam.CameraConfiguration;
import uk.co.caprica.picam.CaptureFailedException;
import uk.co.caprica.picam.FilePictureCaptureHandler;
import uk.co.caprica.picam.enums.AutomaticWhiteBalanceMode;
import uk.co.caprica.picam.enums.Encoding;
 
import java.io.File;
 
import static uk.co.caprica.picam.CameraConfiguration.cameraConfiguration;
 
public class MyCameraApplication {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        CameraConfiguration config = cameraConfiguration()
            .width(1920)
            .height(1080)
            .automaticWhiteBalance(AutomaticWhiteBalanceMode.AUTO)
            .encoding(Encoding.JPEG)
            .quality(85);
        try (Camera camera = new Camera(config)) {
            camera.takePicture(new FilePictureCaptureHandler(new File("photo.jpg")));
        }
        catch (CaptureFailedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        // Camera will be automatically closed
    }
}

Picture capture handlers will be explained in the next tutorial.