{"id":4092,"date":"2008-01-14T18:03:30","date_gmt":"2008-01-14T17:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/no-scanner-use-your-webcam\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:36:11","slug":"no-scanner-use-your-webcam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/no-scanner-use-your-webcam\/","title":{"rendered":"No scanner? Use your webcam!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" title=\"Use your iSight as a scanner\" id=\"image4091\" alt=\"Use your iSight as a scanner\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/01\/isight-scanner-250.png\" \/>This one goes straight to the top of the &#8220;It&#8217;s so simple, I can&#8217;t believe I never thought of it!&#8221; pile. If you&#8217;ve ever needed to get an image onto your PC, you&#8217;ll know how frustrating it can be to be without a scanner. Johnny at Drawn.ca has an <a href=\"http:\/\/drawn.ca\/2008\/01\/11\/using-isight-and-photobooth-as-a-scanner\/\">interesting (but pretty rough) workaround<\/a> using his Mac&#8217;s iSight and PhotoBooth. As he points out, you can actually use any webcam or even your normal digital camera for a really high-res effect. Actually, although this technique isn&#8217;t perfect, it really is a quick and convenient method for sharing something in print format, digitally or online.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Check out the Drawn.ca video too&#8230;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">[youtube]Igclad33McM[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">[Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/drawn.ca\/2008\/01\/11\/using-isight-and-photobooth-as-a-scanner\/\">Drawn.ca<\/a>, and: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogvecindad.com\/si-no-tienes-una-scanner-a-mano-utiliza-isight-y-photobooth\/2008\/01\/11\">blogvecinidad.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one goes straight to the top of the &#8220;It&#8217;s so simple, I can&#8217;t believe I never thought of it!&#8221; pile. If you&#8217;ve ever needed to get an image onto your PC, you&#8217;ll know how frustrating it can be to be without a scanner. Johnny at Drawn.ca has an interesting (but pretty rough) workaround using &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/no-scanner-use-your-webcam\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;No scanner? Use your webcam!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2002,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2658],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-4092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionscanner"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.4 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This one goes straight to the top of the &quot;It&#039;s so simple, I can&#039;t believe I never thought of it!&quot; pile. 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