TouchDevelop: Programming on the Go, Third Edition

Chapter 6

Camera, Graphics and Video

A smartphones, tablets and laptops are commonly used for displaying photographs and videos. TouchDevelop scripts provide new ways to download, create, modify and display photographs. Scripts can be used to record videos using the device’s camera and to play back both those videos and videos obtained from elsewhere.

6.1 Camera

6.2 Manipulating pictures

6.3 Static graphics drawing and display

6.4 Playing videos from the internet

6.1    Camera

Smartphones, tablets and most laptops have at least one camera capable of taking high-quality pictures or videos. This is the primary camera. On a phone or tablet, it would normally be located on the opposite side from the screen. Many of these devices have ...