diff --git a/sources/news/20230501.2 ⭐️ Say Cheese to the Future Snapshot is GNOME's Next-Gen Camera App.md b/sources/news/20230501.2 ⭐️ Say Cheese to the Future Snapshot is GNOME's Next-Gen Camera App.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..45d1d0c58d --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/news/20230501.2 ⭐️ Say Cheese to the Future Snapshot is GNOME's Next-Gen Camera App.md @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +[#]: subject: "Say Cheese to the Future: Snapshot is GNOME's Next-Gen Camera App" +[#]: via: "https://news.itsfoss.com/gnome-snapshot/" +[#]: author: "Sourav Rudra https://news.itsfoss.com/author/sourav/" +[#]: collector: "lkxed" +[#]: translator: " " +[#]: reviewer: " " +[#]: publisher: " " +[#]: url: " " + +Say Cheese to the Future: Snapshot is GNOME's Next-Gen Camera App +====== + +A new GNOME camera app starts sailing to replace the classic Cheese utility. + +![gnome snapshot][1] + +A new app has been accepted into [GNOME's Incubator Group][2], i.e., **Snapshot.** + +The first preview release for Snapshot is out, making it an excellent candidate to replace [Cheese][3], the current GNOME webcam app for Linux users. + +Let's take a quick look at it. + +> 💡 '[Incubator][4]' group contains projects set to be part of GNOME Core and GNOME Development tools, signifying that **this might someday make it into a GNOME release**. + +### 🆕 Snapshot: What is it? + +![a screenshot of gnome's snapshot app][5] + +As I mentioned earlier, it is a camera app for GNOME. **Written in the memory-safe Rust programming language**, it offers a very minimal set of features. + +Designed with mobile devices and traditional desktops/laptops in mind, Snapshot has **a neat user interface** with all the valuable options. + +As for the features, it has just about what you would expect from such an app. + +It has a '**Countdown**' feature allowing you to set a timer for clicking photos or videos, with a few timing choices. + +![a screenshot of the countdown timer on gnome's snapshot app][6] + +Then there is the ability to disable the shutter sounds in the app by heading over to the preferences menu. + +![a screenshot of the preferences menu in gnome's snapshot app][7] + +Snapshot also has a decent gallery view inside the app, letting you view the clicked photos/videos and share or access them using different programs. + +**Did you find Snapshot very feature-lacking?** + +I don't know about you, but I did. + +But, of course, **sometimes, simple is better**. With **GNOME apps, it is usually the case.** + +It won't replace GNOME's existing camera app, '[Cheese][3]' anytime soon. But as the development progresses, they might add some exciting features. + +To know more, you can keep an eye on  [This Week in GNOME][8] blog to check the development updates on Snapshot and other GNOME apps. + +### 📥 Get Snapshot + +You can get the app from the [Flathub store][9], and explore its source code on [GitLab][10]. + +[Snapshot (Flathub)][9] + +_💬 What do you think? Will Snapshot replace Cheese as the default camera app on GNOME for you?_ + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://news.itsfoss.com/gnome-snapshot/ + +作者:[Sourav Rudra][a] +选题:[lkxed][b] +译者:[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对:[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译,[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://news.itsfoss.com/author/sourav/ +[b]: https://github.com/lkxed/ +[1]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/size/w1304/2023/05/snapshot-gnome-app.jpg +[2]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Incubator/?ref=news.itsfoss.com +[3]: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Cheese?ref=news.itsfoss.com +[4]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Incubator?ref=news.itsfoss.com +[5]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/05/Snapshot.png +[6]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/05/Snapshot_2.png +[7]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/05/Snapshot_3.png +[8]: https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/04/twig-93/?ref=news.itsfoss.com +[9]: https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.Snapshot?ref=news.itsfoss.com +[10]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Incubator/snapshot?ref=news.itsfoss.com