Source node

Video In

Captures a live feed straight from your Mac's camera — the built-in FaceTime HD camera, an external USB webcam, or a Continuity Camera iPhone — with a device picker, a resolution choice, and a mirror toggle for when a front-facing camera reads reversed.

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The Video In node in Infinite, showing its controls and output.

What it does

Video In is a source node: it makes a picture from nothing, so it sits at the start of a visual chain. It has no input and gives picture out, so it starts a chain.

Try it

Mirror the feed and route it through Feedback for an instant infinity-mirror selfie loop.

Video In (Mirror)FeedbackOutput

Inputs and outputs

Inputs

  • None. It starts a chain.

Outputs

  • picture out

Example patch

This patch wires Video In to what it needs and shows the result. Download it, then use File, Open in Infinite, or read it here: it is plain text.

infinite-patch 1
rev 2
# Video In: a starting patch for the Video In node
node 1 Source Video In
  id node
  pos 520 300
end
node 2 Utility Output
  id out
  pos 1080 300
end
cable out 0 node

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