How to Take a Photo With a Chromebook
For this article, we’re going to assume you have a Chromebook with a camera, it’s associated with your Google Drive account, and it’s connected to a printer. To take a photo, launch the Camera app, frame your shot, and tap the Shutter icon. If you need to set a timer first, select the Timer icon. You can choose a 3- or 10-second delay. To make a video, select the Video icon next to the Shutter icon. Then, use the Start recording button to start and stop the recording.
What to Do After You Take a Photo
Once you record your images, you can see them all by selecting the thumbnail of your most recent photo or video in the bottom right corner. From here, you can:
Print your photo (the icon shaped like a printer).Save your photo (the icon shaped like a downward-pointing arrow in a box).Delete your photo (the icon shaped like a trash can).Return to the camera app (the icon shaped like a left-pointing arrow).
Saving a Picture on Your Chromebook
This is where it might get a bit confusing for some. Remember, the Chromebook is the ideal cloud platform. And because your Chromebook is associated with your Google account, you would immediately assume that photos are saved to your cloud account. That’s not the default case. When you save a picture you’ve taken with the Chromebook camera, it actually saves to the local Downloads folder. But, you can dictate where the picture is saved during the save process. To save a photo directly to Google Drive:
Printing a Picture on Your Chromebook
Printing pictures on a Chromebook is easy. As mentioned previously, your Chromebook needs to be connected to a cloud-friendly printer. Once that’s taken care of, open the photo you want to print in the Camera Gallery and the Print icon. In the next window, select the Change button. You’re given a list of available printers. Select your printer, then select Print.
