Cheese webcam software for ubuntu 10.04

After installing Ubuntu 10.04 LTS(Lucid Lynx), Are you wondering for the drivers or software for your webcam? Don’t worry! I will tell you about an excellent software for your webcam and then you can record photos and videos along with a lot of fun effects. Not only this, you can also share your photos very easily by using an excellent photo manager, ”F-Spot” which came as default application in Ubuntu 10.04 release.

Cheese : For your webcam

The software that you can use very easily for taking photos and videos is “cheese”. Actually it was written in 2007 as a part of Google Summer of code. Cheese can also create some fancy effect in photos and videos by using Gstreamer.

Requirements for Using Cheese :
*GNOME 2.28
*GStreamer 0.10
*webcam

How to install Cheese in Ubuntu 10.04?

It is very simple ..it will take two steps and few minutes to install.

step1: Go to Ubuntu Software Center or Synaptic Package Manager and search for cheese.
step2: Click to install.
step3: Thats it, You can go to Applications> Sound and Video > Cheese Webcam Booth