Photo Booth

Draw on the glass.

Turn on your camera and hold up one finger.

Photos you take appear here.

Gesture guide.

Portal hands

Touch thumb and index finger into a circle, with your other fingers open.

Press and drag to open a portal. Choose what’s inside in Adjust.

Motion sculpture

Make a pose, then use Add pose. Keep up to six together.

Add a pose, then drag it into place. Adjust the pose size.

Face typography

Move your eyebrows and mouth. The words follow your face.

Choose your words in Adjust, then look toward the camera.

Pixel sorting

Move to pull the pixels into streaks. Hold still to let them settle.

Start your camera and move. Adjust the streak length.

Living collage

Move to shift the layers. Pause to let them settle.

Start your camera. Adjust the distance between paper layers.

Invisible instrument

Enable sound, then raise open hands. Height chooses notes; closing your hands stops them.

Enable sound, then press and drag to play. Move up for higher notes.

Together

Bring two people into view. Connect, exchange palettes, or mirror each other.

Start your camera with two people, then choose a style in Adjust.

Your words

Add a name or phrase in Adjust.

Write a phrase in Adjust, then start your camera.

Light painting

Point one finger to paint with light. Open your hand to pause.

Drag to paint glowing trails. Choose a color and fade time in Adjust.

Time mirror

Move and watch each band arrive a little later.

Start your camera. Adjust how far back the reflection looks.

Particle portrait

Move to scatter the particles. Hold still to let them settle.

Start your camera to become a portrait of floating particles.

Silhouette window

Move in front of the camera. Your outline stays clear.

Choose ASCII, mist, or particles for the background in Adjust.

Expression mirror

Smile to send out ripples. Blink to change the palette.

Start your camera and look toward it. Smile or blink to play.

ASCII Matrix

Move to reshape the characters around you.

Start your camera to turn the scene into ASCII.

ASCII Eyes

Look around, blink, or wink. The characters follow your eyes.

Choose your eye color in Adjust, then start your camera.

Draw

Point to draw. Open your hand to pause.

Drag to draw on the glass.

Palm wipe

Sweep an open palm across the glass.

Drag to wipe a wide patch of glass.

Water trails

Point and draw to leave a trail of water.

Drag to draw a trail of water.

Move drawing

Pinch near a drawing, then move your hand. Your marks stay when you switch effects.

Drag a mark to move it. Draw something first.

Liquid lens

Pinch and move to look through the lens.

Press and drag to move the lens.

Stretch

Pinch with both hands and pull apart.

Drag to stretch, or use two fingers on a touchscreen.

Reflection echoes

Move your body to leave echoes behind.

Start your camera and move to leave fading echoes.

Water ripples

Point and move your finger to make ripples.

Touch or drag the glass to make ripples.

Gravity mirror

Raise an open hand and tilt it. Lower it to settle.

Drag to tilt your reflection. Release to settle.

Freeze

Hold a pinch to freeze yourself. Release before repeating. The last three reflections stay until you clear them.

Use Freeze frame to leave a still reflection.

Disappear

Use the toolbar’s Disappear button after saving an empty background. In Draw or Water trails, raise both open hands, close your fists, and hold. Repeat to return. Disappear works with every effect.

Keyboard shortcuts

Space
Take a picture, or start and stop recording
E
Show or hide effects
1–4
Photo, four photos, video, or loop
M
Mute or unmute the shutter
F
Fullscreen
Esc
Close panels

Select the matching effect before using its gesture. Reflection effects need your camera. Keep the camera still after saving a background. Photos are saved only in this browser.