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i've been searching to no avail I just need a FREE(no demo) program to capture an image from a webcam in windows 7. The webcam is built in, it works fine, but I have no programs to capture. MovieMaker wasn't installed and I installed that, but there is no option in that to even record.

Everything I'm finding is either for chatting or doing video. i need a static picture taken. And I want to be able to have it automically save the captured images without me having to go to another menu and setting up a new file. it should be sequential in other words. IT CANNOT BE WEB BASED!

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  • Shopping recommendations are off topic here. I suggest editing your question to ask for a process instead of a product Sep 28, 2013 at 18:43

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1) best and fastest tool for this is Microsoft AMcap.

It works via native DirectX functions

Its free and comes via DirectX SDK - and here is a direct link to Amcap.exe.

2) free online flash app

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  • Exactly What I needed. for #1 . #2 though I had specifically asked not to include, I cannot used a program that has access to the internet as I'm scanning sensitive information. But Perhaps it will help someone else so I'll allow it.
    – UserZer0
    Sep 28, 2013 at 21:50
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I found out that in Windows 7 you can't use "Take a picture" anymore (like in Windows XP). You could try starting Paint and choosing "From scanner or camera" in 'main'-pulldown, but you need to save them manually.

You want a program that captures it manually but saves automatically. There are tons on the web.

One i found is WebCamImageSave.

Haven't tried it myself but should be able to do what you want.

You can also manually capture a single image by pressing F8. and if you disabled automatically capture every... it saves just 1 image after pressing f8.

WebCamImageSave

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  • You didn't explain how you can do this in windows itself. This is exactly what I wanted to do. I have no use for a program that captures periodically. Yes there are a ton of them out there.
    – UserZer0
    Sep 28, 2013 at 21:51
  • Wow, you're right. Windows 7 does not have "Take a picture" anymore. You could use Paint to import "From scanner or camera" but have to save it manually. But the given solution with WebCamImageSave does give you the abilty to just automatically save 1 image with a click of the button (f8). I adjusted my answer.
    – Rik
    Sep 28, 2013 at 22:14
  • Thanks Much better. I'l probably end up using this now. Haven't tried it yet though.
    – UserZer0
    Sep 29, 2013 at 13:47
  • For some reason though what you mentioned about paint doesn't work for me. When I go to paint I can see the import from scanner or camera, but it's greyed out. WebCamImageSave is exactly what I was looking for though.
    – UserZer0
    Sep 29, 2013 at 13:49
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FFMpeg can do this.
You can capture, crop, resize, change quality, (... and so on) with it.
Also it can capture video, audio and so on.
It has no GUI, but if you can use command-line, then it can be the easiest way for you.
The advantage is that it is a standalone, open-source application, and doesn't require any dlls and installation. And there are versions for Linux, Windows, OS X. You can download them here.

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  • No gui wouldn't be very helpful to most people on this, you can't see what your doing. But FFMpeg is definitely one of the best tools you can use.
    – UserZer0
    Sep 28, 2013 at 21:53
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    @UserZer0 yes, and that's why I wrote "if you can use command-line"
    – Jet
    Sep 29, 2013 at 5:41
  • What is the command to do this? Mar 17, 2017 at 3:08

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