Unfortunately, the morons removed the ability to set the resolution of the photo from the Camera app in Windows 8.1. I hate them – they take out basic functionalities from the OS.
Swipe up from the bottom of screen and, in the contextual menu on the bottom, you will see a “Change Camera” button. If you are using a mouse, right-click to see that menu.
Bernard Scott
9 years ago
Sadly no mouse, I hate relying on the sensor pad sometimes. Tried the swipe-in anyway and nothing came up.
lililola12343
9 years ago
i want to save as preview my photos i don’t want to take a picture from left and saved from right i hate it what can i do? please help
Hafizul
9 years ago
Hello Dani,
First of all , Thanks a lot for such a wonderful tutorial with the required screen shots. I have facing one problem – when I had windows8.0 , camera was working absolutely fine but after installing windows8.1 , after clicking on camera app , BLACK screen comes instead of the image of whatever is there in front of camera , however upon clicking photo is taken. But as I cant see myself before taking photo , I am not able to adjust my position and all.
Please help me resolve this issue. Thanks in advance!!! Merry Christmass….God Bless You!!!!
Sara
9 years ago
Is there anyway to lengthen the amonut of time the video feature records? Mine only recorded for 3 hours.
rub1nskij
9 years ago
When I open the app, it gets all laggy until I start recording and when I’m taking a picture, it gets hard because of the lag
Caroline
9 years ago
I accidentally uninstalled rather than unpinned the built-in Camera app. Any ideas how to get it back? I searched the App store for “Camera” but of course got about 40 gazillion apps, none of which look like the Camera icon I had before.
Thank you! I am able to go to that link in my browser. I select “View in app store” or just click on the camera icon. The app store opens but just takes me to the main page where once again all I can do is search for apps. I try searching camera or Microsoft camera, but that particular app never is listed.
Any other way to access that you know of?
The only other way I know to get it back is to reset Windows 8.1 to its defaults. But that means that you will have to reinstall all your other programs. 😐
teresa henning
8 years ago
thankyou
Matt
8 years ago
Is there anyway to use it as a webcam? As in not freakin full screen. I would like to be able to surf while the camera is on.
you can’t minimize it, exactly, but you can do “split-screen” and it will keep recording. then you just make the webcam’s side of the split screen as small as possible without closing it entirely.
Shannon
8 years ago
I have a Toshiba C50-B Series and I can get to the black screen and it says you must have a web cam to use the camera. But the sales rep said I have a web cam on it. I am confused
gelgel
8 years ago
Hi. When I record a video, there is no sound. what should i do? thanks
mars
8 years ago
when I turned on the camera, I can’t see anything on the screen but it can take pictures, it also works when i uses skype. It just annoys me that i can’t record a video because all i can see is a black screen
Rosemary Pacheco
8 years ago
Im having an issue with my Windows 8.1 camera app and its storage. I see the videos when I swipe, they are both there – but I cant find them in the camera roll to upload to Youtube – help! I only see 8 stills, and non videos – ( but again, asI said, they are there when I swipe on my touch screen and can be watched ???? I need to upload this to Youtube for a casting director asap -if anyone can tell me how to access for uploading -I’d be grateful. I have never had a problem before accessing the videos for upload to anything!
Kevin
8 years ago
I have the 8.1 Camera app. I am using an external microphone, but am unable to take video using the microphone as the audio source. the microphone works fine when running apps like udacity.
No mic settings can be found in charms -> settings
after launching the camera can’t find the switch camera button that is present in all apps upon right click on screen nothing happens …can’t find switch to fromt or back camea button
ko123454321
8 years ago
is there a way to be on a MS Word document and hit insert picture then take the picture and have it go right to the work document without storing it to the camera roll file?
Richard
7 years ago
I am having the worst time trying to locate the pics and VDO taken by this camera. they are not located in my pictures folder. I have searched the pc for “camera roll” with no success. Yet, when i open the camera i can view the pictures taken… So they are still in my pc somewhere. Can you help me to find them?
Stuart
7 years ago
Hi! when I use the camera to record, it come out quite nice but regardless of whether im using a headset or the built in mic, i have no sound on videos. Can anyone help?
krystal Morse
7 years ago
I don’t know what happened or what I did but I seem to have lost my Microsoft account & apps on my phone Lumia 640….. I’ve had this very phone for 2, no, June will be 3 yrs. I don’t even have a camera on my phone or any of my windows apps. Anymore. Can you please help me figure it out. I do not have my laptop as it was stolen & this phone & my laptop were connected…synced together.
George Lowsley
6 years ago
Hi you may be able to help me, I have windows 8.1 on my laptop and when I click on my camera all I get is a very dark screen with the two buttons for Camera and Video but I see nothing else, the camera seems to work as I can take a picture without seeing what I am taking and the picture when I bring it up is below central in the frame. I tried uninstalling the drivers but when the reinstall nothing has changed I tried to uninstall the camera but could not and tried to install the camera but it came up a message the the camera is not compatible with my system so I am at a loss as to what to do next.
Sorry this is a long message but I thought if I gave the full story you may be able to help and I may add I am not fully computer literate so any help would be gratefully received.
Regards George [email protected]
Max
5 years ago
Thank you! My girlfriend spent hours practicing to get a take of a video for a homework assignment and couldn’t find where it was saved. As usual the Microsoft help page was completely useless. Glad I found this!
My problem in the camera is that I can’t find pause button and I tried searching everywhere and I can’t find how to get pause button back so what are the steps should be taken to get pause button back on my camera
Unfortunately, the morons removed the ability to set the resolution of the photo from the Camera app in Windows 8.1. I hate them – they take out basic functionalities from the OS.
Indeed. On my webcam I can set the resolution for video recordings but not for pictures.
But is there a way I can reverse the view of the camera and snap pics from the BACK of the laptop? Kinda like how you’d do on your phone?
Do you have a camera on the back of your laptop?
It’s built-in, but I can only see the light from the front. Which would lead me to believe that’s all there is to it….logic-wise at least lol
Swipe up from the bottom of screen and, in the contextual menu on the bottom, you will see a “Change Camera” button. If you are using a mouse, right-click to see that menu.
Sadly no mouse, I hate relying on the sensor pad sometimes. Tried the swipe-in anyway and nothing came up.
i want to save as preview my photos i don’t want to take a picture from left and saved from right i hate it what can i do? please help
Hello Dani,
First of all , Thanks a lot for such a wonderful tutorial with the required screen shots. I have facing one problem – when I had windows8.0 , camera was working absolutely fine but after installing windows8.1 , after clicking on camera app , BLACK screen comes instead of the image of whatever is there in front of camera , however upon clicking photo is taken. But as I cant see myself before taking photo , I am not able to adjust my position and all.
Please help me resolve this issue. Thanks in advance!!! Merry Christmass….God Bless You!!!!
Is there anyway to lengthen the amonut of time the video feature records? Mine only recorded for 3 hours.
When I open the app, it gets all laggy until I start recording and when I’m taking a picture, it gets hard because of the lag
I accidentally uninstalled rather than unpinned the built-in Camera app. Any ideas how to get it back? I searched the App store for “Camera” but of course got about 40 gazillion apps, none of which look like the Camera icon I had before.
This is the Camera app by Microsoft:
http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/camera/1f9239de-0aab-489b-85f3-379e82e34820
Thank you! I am able to go to that link in my browser. I select “View in app store” or just click on the camera icon. The app store opens but just takes me to the main page where once again all I can do is search for apps. I try searching camera or Microsoft camera, but that particular app never is listed.
Any other way to access that you know of?
Thanks so much!
The only other way I know to get it back is to reset Windows 8.1 to its defaults. But that means that you will have to reinstall all your other programs. 😐
thankyou
Is there anyway to use it as a webcam? As in not freakin full screen. I would like to be able to surf while the camera is on.
you can’t minimize it, exactly, but you can do “split-screen” and it will keep recording. then you just make the webcam’s side of the split screen as small as possible without closing it entirely.
I have a Toshiba C50-B Series and I can get to the black screen and it says you must have a web cam to use the camera. But the sales rep said I have a web cam on it. I am confused
Hi. When I record a video, there is no sound. what should i do? thanks
when I turned on the camera, I can’t see anything on the screen but it can take pictures, it also works when i uses skype. It just annoys me that i can’t record a video because all i can see is a black screen
Im having an issue with my Windows 8.1 camera app and its storage. I see the videos when I swipe, they are both there – but I cant find them in the camera roll to upload to Youtube – help! I only see 8 stills, and non videos – ( but again, asI said, they are there when I swipe on my touch screen and can be watched ???? I need to upload this to Youtube for a casting director asap -if anyone can tell me how to access for uploading -I’d be grateful. I have never had a problem before accessing the videos for upload to anything!
I have the 8.1 Camera app. I am using an external microphone, but am unable to take video using the microphone as the audio source. the microphone works fine when running apps like udacity.
No mic settings can be found in charms -> settings
Thanks,
How can I use front camera?
after launching the camera can’t find the switch camera button that is present in all apps upon right click on screen nothing happens …can’t find switch to fromt or back camea button
is there a way to be on a MS Word document and hit insert picture then take the picture and have it go right to the work document without storing it to the camera roll file?
I am having the worst time trying to locate the pics and VDO taken by this camera. they are not located in my pictures folder. I have searched the pc for “camera roll” with no success. Yet, when i open the camera i can view the pictures taken… So they are still in my pc somewhere. Can you help me to find them?
Hi! when I use the camera to record, it come out quite nice but regardless of whether im using a headset or the built in mic, i have no sound on videos. Can anyone help?
I don’t know what happened or what I did but I seem to have lost my Microsoft account & apps on my phone Lumia 640….. I’ve had this very phone for 2, no, June will be 3 yrs. I don’t even have a camera on my phone or any of my windows apps. Anymore. Can you please help me figure it out. I do not have my laptop as it was stolen & this phone & my laptop were connected…synced together.
Hi you may be able to help me, I have windows 8.1 on my laptop and when I click on my camera all I get is a very dark screen with the two buttons for Camera and Video but I see nothing else, the camera seems to work as I can take a picture without seeing what I am taking and the picture when I bring it up is below central in the frame. I tried uninstalling the drivers but when the reinstall nothing has changed I tried to uninstall the camera but could not and tried to install the camera but it came up a message the the camera is not compatible with my system so I am at a loss as to what to do next.
Sorry this is a long message but I thought if I gave the full story you may be able to help and I may add I am not fully computer literate so any help would be gratefully received.
Regards George
[email protected]
Thank you! My girlfriend spent hours practicing to get a take of a video for a homework assignment and couldn’t find where it was saved. As usual the Microsoft help page was completely useless. Glad I found this!
Happy to help. 😉
My problem in the camera is that I can’t find pause button and I tried searching everywhere and I can’t find how to get pause button back so what are the steps should be taken to get pause button back on my camera