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Chapter 8 Using Fields 95
Taking Photos
If your computer has an iSight camera, you can take pictures with it to use in your
forms.
To take a photo:
1 Click an empty media field.
For information about how to create a media field, see ”Creating Fields” on
page 82.
2 Click .
3 In the window, click , then wait for the image to appear.
4 Optional: Click , then select a special effect to apply to the photo.
5 Click Set to save and load the image into the media field.
Tip To back up a photo, export it. For more information, see ”Exporting Images” on
page 96.
Adding Media Files
You can add sound, image, and movie files to media fields. Image files include images
from the web or other applications such as iPhoto.
To add a media file:
1 Click in the media field.
2 Drag a media file from the Finder, iPhoto, or iTunes to the media field or click
to choose a file.
Except for iTunes files, when you add a media file, Bento copies it into the
bento.bentodb file. When you add an iTunes file to a media field, Bento creates an
alias to the file.
If you don’t want to copy the media file into Bento, hold down the Option key
after you start dragging the media file to the media field. An arrow
appears on
the thumbnail. Bento creates an alias that contains a path to a specific file in a
specific location on your hard drive. If you use an alias for the media file, and then
move or rename the original media file, the alias to it is broken.
3 In the Open dialog, select the image you want to add, then click Open.
Playing a Movie or Sound File
Playing a movie or sound file in Bento is similar to how you play a movie or sound file
in QuickTime Player.