Does anyone know how to turn off the mirroring on the front facing camera in Android? Let me explain why, before you jump to the comments to try to tell me that it’s a feature not a bug.
I totally get why, under normal circumstances, having the image mirrored will make it easier for most folks to take a selfie. My problem is that I want to use my tablet as a monitor so I can practice video style puppetry. In video puppetry, the monitor is not mirrored.
My google-fu is failing me. Or rather, it’s coming up with lots of posts of people asking the same question and being told that they should just embrace the mirroring as a feature. I can’t. There are other solutions, like buying a camera, but I’d love to not have an extra thing to haul around.
Any ideas?
EDITED TO ADD:
I’m looking for a solution to the image I’m watching, not the final image.
FURTHER EDITED TO ADD:
Thanks to Scott Raymond, who found an app that does what I need. Smart Mirror (non-reversing)
No ideas that aren’t terrible and involving multiple mirrors.
But there should be 3rd party camera apps which will do this:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10388789/how-to-keep-android-from-inverting-the-image-from-the-front-facing-camera
I’m on iPhone, so I can’t try any of the apps to see, e.g.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jkfantasy.camera.jkpmirrorcamera
Which mentions having a “mirror button” to control, but that’s maybe a place to look.
Looks like this one specifically mentions a horizontal reverse mode option:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wckd_dev.mirror&hl=en
I just did a quick test and I’m 90% sure this will do what you want, Mary. It’s a little wonky, but functional. Great find, Sam!
This is the same problem Molly Lewis just ran into while trying to give ukulele demonstrations on SnapChat.
If a solution exists that doesn’t involve mirrors, which is rather pointless in your case, I haven’t been able to find one.
“Reversing Mirror Ultimate” seemed to work for me. (Or was just the first one that popped up in Google’s store, others may be better.)