Create a Buddy Icon with Photo Booth

If you’re using a Mac with a built-in iSight camera, use the built-in iSight camera to take a single snapshot of yourself, a 4-up snapshot (that’s four quick shots in a row), or a movie clip.

  1. Open the Applications folder and double click on Photo Booth.
  2. Choose the type of snapshot you’d like to take by clicking the appropriate button on the left just below the live video window.
  3. Then pose nicely, smile, and click the Camera button.

Photo Booth places thumbnails in the drawer at the bottom of the window.

Ready to set your iChat buddy icon?

  1. In the thumbnail drawer at the bottom of the window, select the photo you’d like to use.
  2. Click the Buddy Picture icon.

Photo Booth copies the image, quickly opens iChat, and displays the photo in the Buddy Picture window. Use the slider to resize it if you’d like. Click Set, and you’re done.