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I've got a couple of webcams and getting the blighters to work on linux can be a pain in the backside - even after confirming that it is recognised etc. I have a Labtec clone drone of a dull thing, and I also have an Intel Pro, both have pretty low res but at the end of the day I was never going to use them for video conferencing. The Labtec is the biggest pain as it doesn't work at all, the Intel on the other hand does work - I won't say 100% as sometimes it appears as if it can't be arsed to do anything ( a bit like me so I won't hold a grudge against it).

Seeing as I knew it was working (thanks to the Gstreamer Properties option in GNOME, I wanted to test it out and Cheese seemed like a fun app to try out. I know I've mentioned it before, but here goes again You can install Cheese with the delightful 1-Click option

Here you can see some images taken with Cheese:


Photo with no effects


The Dice effect


The Edge effect


The Warp effect


The Vertigo effect


The Saturation effect


The Shagadelic effect

You can also combine effects if you wish:


Saturation and Shagadelic effects together

Cheese isn't just limited to stills, it can do video too. Saying that this is one aspect that my Intel webcam really can't be arsed with So if I could ask folk to try it out and let me know what your milage is, that would be great. Also if people can recommend a webcam that works flawlessly with openSUSE that would be handy. So for now, happy snapping.