A lot of people has been asking me (or complaining) what is Kamoso and what we intend to do with it, so I've decided to use a blog post to explain it.

Short Description:

Kamoso is an application for taking Pictures and Videos using any webcam.

Long Description:

Kamoso is an application between two worlds, "Multimedia" and "Toys". While its main propose may be seen as just "Take Pictures" and "Take Videos", our plan goes beyond that: we are planning to add a bunch of effects that will allow to the user to play with the webcam, we want it to be fun, in the end. All of these is followed by a tightly integration with the Web 2.0, by adding export features to the most common Web 2.0 services, such YouTube, Facebook, twitpic...

Current 2.0 (aka Velázquez):

Make Kamoso rock solid

We moved to QtGStreamer (part of the last point)

Improve interface usability

3.0 (Future): Effects: investigate what GStreamer offers and try to get the best out of it

Simplify Web 2.0 integration: make it easier to add support for new services

Interface candy: make the interface more appealing to the eye, properly integrate the effects

Screenshoots:

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Videos:

Small review of Kamoso 2.0

Pre 2.0

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