Re: ImageCapture API versions

FROM : Matt Long
DATE : Tue May 20 21:26:28 2008

It's included for 10.5. I don't think you want Image Capture for your 
app, though as this API is mainly for downloading images from the 
camera after a photo shoot. I don't believe there is any mechanism for 
causing the picture to be taken (from a button click in your app for 
example). QTKit is probably more appropriate from what you're 
describing. You could start here: http://tinyurl.com/4rtab7 for that.

If you are sure you want Image Capture, then you just need to include 
the Carbon.framework in your app and start here:  http://tinyurl.com/4ds3kk

Then take a look at the APIs here: http://tinyurl.com/4t65zq

-Matt






On May 20, 2008, at 12:31 PM, Rick Mann wrote:

> Hi. I'm interested in writing an app that snaps pictures from a 
> digicam. I'm looking at the ImageCapture APIs that are part of the 
> Carbon framework, but the docs talk about an SDK available that 
> includes both Carbon and Cocoa examples. When I go to get that SDK, 
> the latest one appears to be for 10.4. Is the API deprecated now, 
> and if so, what replaces it? Is it built-in to Leopard, so I don't 
> need the SDK? If so, where do I get examples? Has anything changed 
> from 10.4 to 10.5?
>
> I only need rudimentary camera control; it's a cataloging application.
>
> TIA,
> --
> Rick