ChromeOS Timed Selfie Tutorial

So you want to record a timed selfie in Chrome OS

Good news is you can do just that. Let's go ahead and open up the camera app

which you can do by searching for it. That's easy. And now, there we go, and now you can see me

That makes it a little bit more interesting. Now, the new camera app, you can tell you have it

because it has the scan feature on the bottom, and on the lower left

there's a little timer stopwatch icon, right? So, that's what you need

If you don't have that when you launch camera, make sure you have the very latest version of Chrome OS

And once you do, then what we want to do is we want to quick check settings

So, the first thing is, is that you can have a timer of three seconds or 10 seconds

and I think three seconds sounds about right, and then check your camera resolution

We're using the front camera, and you want to make sure you have the best possible resolution

for your picture because, hey, it's you, right? You want to look good

You want to look clear and crystal crisp and all that. So, photo resolution looks good

and the timer duration looks good. So, we're back here. Double check that the timer is enabled

and you can see that with three seconds there. And so, all that's left to do is to click on the shutter button

Now, remember, when you click on the shutter button, it won't immediately take a photo

because you set up a timer. So, you'll see how that goes. You ready

So, now it's counting down, and I stopped for a second and looked at the camera on my computer itself

so that my selfie would not be me looking down. It would be me looking at the camera

which is going to give you a better effect. So, then I can look at it by clicking on it on the lower right

and here's my photo, and that looks pretty decent. It's not super clear

but we're going to just roll with it. So, at this point, I can share it if I'm so inclined

but instead, I think I'll just go ahead and save it. So, under More Options, there's Save As

and that's pretty easy to do. I'm not going to actually go any further here

because I just wanted to give you a quick demo of how to actually do a timed selfie in Chrome OS

and now you know how to do it. So, good luck and have fun with all that