# Using webcam input

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-webcam-input/265998>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 15, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-webcam-input/265998 "2008-07-15T11:25:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rebbs\_Sanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Rebbs\_Sanchez](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rebbs_Sanchez)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-webcam-input/265998/1 "2008-07-15T11:25:01Z")

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Hey There,

I am a Flash beginner and as part of a college project I am trying to use a webcam to detect people’s movements on a street and then use that input to create, manipulate and direct the movement of animations (created in Flash). I have found a number of tutorials which check for a change in a pixels colour to detect movement, however, I can’t figure out what valuable is provided (i.e. pixel number etc). In other words, how do I use the information provided by the webcam to affect my animations?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Rebbs.