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So, do the majority of webcams display an image of you as if you are having your picture taken, or do they show you as if you are looking in the mirror?<\/p>\n

I have seen people use webcam pics on their websites, as their avatar, etc. Often times when there’s writing in the picture, it’s horizontally flipped. This ANNOYS me.<\/p>\n

Despite my annoyance, I’m genuinely unqualified to make a judgment regarding what looks “right” and “wrong”. What’s more natural? To see one’s self as a camera does, or as in a mirror? <\/p>\n

Let’s throw out the obvious flipped nature of mirrored text. What is more natural to you? If you spend a fair amount of time talking to others via your webcam, wouldn’t the webcam-as-camera be more natural to them? Do they care either way?<\/p>\n

Is a mirrored webcam a tool of the ego? Am I crazy?<\/p>\n

This beat-up old Dell laptop I am using has a checkbox by which you can choose to flip the webcam image horizontally. I think<\/span> it defaults to *not* flipping the image, but I’m not entirely sure. That’s what it was when I first went into its settings.<\/p>\n

I have no doubt that most webcams give you control over the mirror\/camera nature of the picture.<\/p>\n

From what I have seen, Mac laptops display a mirror image by default. Are Mac users more narcissitic? OF COURSE. THEY ARE MAC USERS.<\/p>\n

Splotchy learns something in the midst of making this post<\/span><\/p>\n

I was looking at myself in the webcam and moving around a bit. The webcam was set as a camera, not a mirror. When I went left, my image went right. I went right, my image went left. It was disconcerting! Okay, I can see why people might want to have the webcam be a mirror image. When they are obsessively looking into their own eyes, preening, making kissy-faces, it can be helpful to see the image move the same direction.<\/p>\n

Now what you’ve been waiting for, but didn’t know it – a terrible camera filter<\/span><\/p>\n

I have played around with the preset webcam filters on a Mac laptop. It has some nice effects (stretchy stuff, sepia, comic book, etc.).<\/p>\n

When I was playing around with the webcam for this post, I noticed this Dell laptop *also* has some “nice” effects. I would be remiss if I didn’t at least give you one sample. It’s called “ArtyFarty” under the “Fashionista” category. YES, REALLY.<\/p>\n

Note, the playing card isn’t part of the filter — that’s me. The sneer is all me. But the beret, luxurious hair and sexy glasses? Filter. ALL filter.<\/p>\n

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Happy birthday, Internet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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