The camera is an entity that is capable of capturing and storing images. In the Education Edition, it works together with the portfolio item to create collections of pictures.[1]
Obtaining
In the Education Edition, it can be obtained in the creative inventory or with the /give command.
Usage
In the Education Edition, using a camera from one's inventory will take a first-person screenshot. It may also be placed, creating a camera entity that can track the user, and take pictures from the camera's perspective. Photos taken with the camera appear in the portfolio.
Close-up snapshots of an item on the ground can be taken by holding the Shift key while right-clicking.
Trivia
- The camera's texture underneath is rotated incorrectly.
- Cameras take damage like other mobs, because they are entities. They are affected by knockback.
- You can kill a camera by placing it at a lethal height. Since it is an entity, it will fall and display a death animation.
History
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
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| 0.1.0 | The camera was first found in the Pocket Edition .apk file.[2][3] To use a camera, equip it in your hand, then look in the direction you want the picture to be taken. Long-press the screen, and a camera will drop to the ground where you are standing. Step back, then press on the camera until it starts emitting smoke particles. The smoke means a picture has been taken, and the camera may disappear immediately afterwards. Cameras have infinite uses. | ||||
| May 17, 2012 | The item ID for the camera (456) was discovered and the object was seen in-game by players for the first time. | ||||
| 0.2.0 | Original camera tripod texture removed. | ||||
| 0.5.0 | The camera is now invisible and makes the standard player damage sound. | ||||
| 0.7.0 | Added the "F1" feature (Hide GUI) making the camera obsolete. | ||||
| 0.8.0 | Camera looks like an egg in player's inventory. | ||||
| 0.9.0 | build 1 | The camera entity was removed. Tommaso also stated: "It doesn't mean that it's dead forever, in fact I have a lot of ideas for it! I think it will be back when have shaders, sharing and redstone."[4] | |||
| 0.14.0 | build 1 | Re-added camera. It is currently unobtainable in-game. | |||
| Updated texture. | |||||
| 0.14.2 | The camera item ID changed to 498, but it cannot be used at the moment. But the entity can be spawned with a spawn egg with data value 62. | ||||
| According to the language files of MCPE, the empty label that shows up whenever hovering a finger to a camera would now say "Take Picture". However, the button doesn't do anything. | |||||
| 0.15.0 | build 1 | The previous empty label mentioned above now displays the words "Take Picture". | |||
| The health of the camera entity is now 2 | |||||
| 0.16.0 | build 1 | Camera now has a block form in inventory but still spawns the entity. However, the block can be placed with commands and editing. | |||
| Take picture button works now. However, it still doesn't save image files. | |||||
| The oldest ID for camera (456) now refers to Portfolio. | |||||
| build 2 | Camera now has an item form, and the block is removed. | ||||
| Removed portfolio. | |||||
| build 4 | Camera item form is removed, and the camera can no longer be obtained or placed using any command. | ||||
| Education Edition | |||||
| 1.0 | Added cameras along with the portfolio. | ||||
Future
At the Minecraft Pocket Edition panel at MineCon 2012, as well as one of Jbernhardsson's livestreams, it was stated that future plans include trying to have a proper use for cameras, perhaps an easier way to take screenshots and share them with others.[5] In the BlockTalk Q&A, the camera was briefly mentioned as part of a broader "sharing" theme planned for MCPE in the future.[6]
Issues
Issues relating to "Camera" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery
- PEcameras030.jpeg
A row of cameras, as seen in version 0.3.0.
- PEitems.png
At the bottom left you can see the old camera's texture and what seems to be a handheld camera.
A camera falling from a tree. This shows that Cameras are entities.
References
- ↑ https://education.minecraft.net/support/knowledge-base/using-cameras-portfolios/
- ↑ Reddit - Found image file for camera in Minecraft Portable Edition Demo APK file.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Kappische/status/103548954368679936
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/MCPE/comments/281sep/camera/ci6znr8?context=1
- ↑ https://youtu.be/YMhyX_lKWV4
- ↑ https://youtu.be/Ruf6tvqsD84
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