cheese

cheese [-w|--wide] [-d|--device DEVICE] [-f|--fullscreen] [-h|--help] [-v|--version]

Cheese is a GNOME webcam application that takes photos and videos from your webcam. It functions as a virtual photo booth with real-time preview, visual effects, and easy sharing capabilities.The application supports over 20 visual effects including distortions, color filters, and artistic overlays powered by GStreamer. Captured photos are saved to ~/Pictures and videos to ~/Videos.

-w, --wide

Start in wide mode with thumbnails displayed to the right of the video preview

Use the specified device as the video capture device (e.g., /dev/video0)

Start in fullscreen mode

Print help information and exit

Print version information and exit

Requires a working webcam with Video4Linux (V4L2) support. Effects availability depends on GStreamer plugins installed on the system.

Cheese was created as part of Google Summer of Code 2007 by Daniel G. Siegel, mentored by Raphaël Slinckx. It has since become part of the GNOME desktop suite, using GStreamer for video processing and effects.

guvcview(1), v4l2-ctl(1)

Source code