Windows 10: Why Does My Webcam Save Reversed Images Compared to What It Displays?

My webcam shows a mirrored image on the screen, but when I take and save a picture or video, the saved image appears reversed from what I see. I’m unsure why the Windows Camera app flips the image during saving. Can someone explain this behavior?

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Camera reverse the image!

I have this problem as well and found a slight workaround.

My webcam was displaying a mirror image of what it was seeing. However, when I took and saved a picture (or video), the image was displayed correctly. I don’t know why the Windows camera software reverses the image when saving it, but it does.

After checking around, I found a registry hack that would flip the image being displayed, however the software would still reverse the image when saving a picture or video. So, if you plan to use the webcam as a baby monitor (or any other kind of monitor),
the hack will let you reverse the picture being shown. If you want to take pictures or videos, the leave the reverse image showing because the software will save it in the correct orientation.

As always with a registry hack, be sure you’ve made a backup before making changes, just in case something goes wrong. Here is the hack (some of the values may be slightly different):

Run REGEDIT

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\

SYSTEM\

CurrentControlSet\

Control\

Class\

{6BDD1FC6-810F-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F}\

0000\

VIDEOPROCAMP

There is a 32bit DWORD entry HFLIP.

Change the value from 0 to 1 or 1 to 0, to reverse the effects of the camera image.



I hope this helps.

 

Camera reverse the image!

I have this problem as well and found a slight workaround.

My webcam was displaying a mirror image of what it was seeing. However, when I took and saved a picture (or video), the image was displayed correctly. I don’t know why the Windows camera software reverses the image when saving it, but it does.

After checking around, I found a registry hack that would flip the image being displayed, however the software would still reverse the image when saving a picture or video. So, if you plan to use the webcam as a baby monitor (I use mine for remote viewing),
the hack will let you reverse the preview picture being shown. If you want to take pictures or videos, then leave the reverse (preview) image showing because the software will save it in the correct orientation when you click the picture button.

As always with a registry hack, be sure you’ve made a backup before making changes, just in case something goes wrong. Here is the hack:

Run REGEDIT

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\

SYSTEM\

CurrentControlSet\

Control\

Class\

{6BDD1FC6-810F-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F}\

0000\

VIDEOPROCAMP

There is a 32bit DWORD entry HFLIP.

Change the value from 0 to 1 or 1 to 0, to reverse the effects of the camera image.



I hope this helps.

 

How to compare image saved as Enhanced Windows Metafile

Compare command such as fc not working as expected for image file ( Enhanced Windows Metafile ). Steps to reproduce problem:

1. Create Table using Excel 365
   
   1. select template "Equipment Inventory list"
      
   2. Select Table Range
      
2. Save Table as Test1. emf
   
3. Save same Table as Test2.emf
   
4. run cmd
   
5. execute compare fc /b test1.emf test2.emf
   
6. 16234 Differences encountered; following showing first and last
   
   1. 0001B400: E8 40
      
   2. 000664FC: 08 09
      

Why is there difference encountered?

Thanks Ahead!