Webcam help please

Nikkisun

My 8 yo son has inherited an old IBM thinkpad from his older brother and bought an I.T.Works webcam to use with it. However the webcam which is designed to clip onto the laptop does not fit on the top but will clip onto the side of the screen. The problem is that this then means his video/picture is shown sideways!! Is there any way of changing this so that the camera can be clipped onto the side but the picture is the right way up?

KALASNO

Usually in the webcam software you have an option to rotate or flip the picture.

Nikkisun

So if I change it using the camera software will it show the right way when using Skype?

KALASNO

Nikkisun wrote: »

So if I change it using the camera software will it show the right way when using Skype?

Yes it should do, take a screenshot if you have that function aswell, you should see a picture up the correct way.

Nikkisun

OK - have tried but nowhere in the camera software is there an option to turn the image 90 degrees - the only option is to flip which isn't helping!

KALASNO

Can you not swivel the viewfinder?

Nikkisun

It swivels slightly but doesn't turn enough to put the image up the right way! As it's an old crappy lappy I'm probably going to fix a block on the top that the camera can clip on to!

Nikkisun

Sorry - meant to say thanks for your help x