Function createCapture

createCapture(
type?: string,
flipped?: boolean,
): HTMLVideoElement & PromiseLike<HTMLVideoElement>
📑 Creates a capture from a connected camera, such as a webcam.

The capture video element can be hidden and its content can be displayed on the canvas using the image function.

Can preload to ensure the capture is ready to use when your sketch starts.

Requests the highest video resolution from the user facing camera by default. The first parameter to this function can be used to specify the constraints for the capture. See getUserMedia for more info.
Parameters
- Optionaltype: string
  type of capture, can be only VIDEO or only AUDIO, the default is to use both video and audio
- Optionalflipped: boolean
  whether to mirror the video vertically, true by default
Returns HTMLVideoElement & PromiseLike<HTMLVideoElement>
a new video element
Example
```
q5.mousePressed = function () {
	let cap = createCapture(VIDEO);
	cap.size(200, 112.5);
	canvas.remove();
};
```
Example
```
let cap;
q5.mousePressed = function () {
	cap = createCapture(VIDEO);
	cap.hide();
};

q5.draw = function () {
	let y = (frameCount % 200) - 100;
	image(cap, -100, y, 200, 200);
};
```
Example
```
q5.mousePressed = function () {
	let cap = createCapture({
		video: { width: 640, height: 480 }
	});
	cap.size(200, 150);
	canvas.remove();
};
```
- Defined in node_modules/q5/q5.d.ts:3318