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Webcam Settings is the first and only app which lets you improve the image quality in real-time when using your USB webcam with your favorite video application such as FaceTime, iChat/Messages, or Skype. Webcam Settings is a very useful and user-friendly OS X utility that will help you quickly adjust your USB webcam's settings.
Webcam Settings allows you to adjust settings, including the exposure time, contrast, saturation, and white-balance/temperature for your webcam, whether it's a built-in iSight, a more recent FaceTime/FaceTime HD camera, or an external USB webcam.
Webcam Settings allows you to adjust settings, including the exposure time, contrast, saturation, and white-balance/temperature for your webcam, whether it's a built-in iSight, a more recent FaceTime/FaceTime HD camera, or an external USB webcam.
What's New
Version 2.3:
- Added "Update Profile" button in "Profile Management" section.
- Fixed an issue where multiple profiles with the same name may be listed in the menu.
Requirements
Intel, OS X 10.6 or later
Intel, OS X 10.6 or later
| Downloads:3,253 |
| Version Downloads:138 |
| Type:Multimedia Design : Video |
| License:Commercial |
| Date:16 Feb 2014 |
| Platform:Intel 64 / Intel 32 / OS X |
| Price: $7.99 |
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Webcam Settings is the first and only app which lets you improve the image quality in real-time when using your USB webcam with your favorite video application such as FaceTime, iChat/Messages, or Skype. Webcam Settings is a very useful and user-friendly OS X utility that will help you quickly adjust your USB webcam's settings.
Webcam Settings allows you to adjust settings, including the exposure time, contrast, saturation, and white-balance/temperature for your webcam, whether it's a built-in iSight, a more recent FaceTime/FaceTime HD camera, or an external USB webcam.
Features:
Webcam Settings allows you to adjust settings, including the exposure time, contrast, saturation, and white-balance/temperature for your webcam, whether it's a built-in iSight, a more recent FaceTime/FaceTime HD camera, or an external USB webcam.
Features:
- True hardware-level control of your webcam.
- View changes in real-time to your video as you move sliders and change other settings.
- Fully plug-and-play; Webcam Settings automatically recognizes your USB webcam when it's connected to your Mac.
- Automatically identifies various settings that your webcam supports.
- Feel free to try any different settings as "Reset to Default" button brings back original settings from your camera.
- Works with almost every video or photo app such as Photo Booth, FaceTime, iMovie and Skype.
- Webcam Settings supports UVC (USB Video Class) webcams only; FireWire cameras such as external iSight are not supported.
- Your USB webcam must be working on your Mac properly (functioning normally with FaceTime, iChat/Messages, and Skype) before it can be used with Webcam Settings.
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Vulcan_ reviewed on 16 Apr 2013
the camera controls work .. gain and so on .. but i bought the panel for the motor controls
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It is using non-standard UVC commands to control pan and tilt.
Please send me an email at mactaris@mac.com and I will refund you. Thanks.
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I am going to keep the app .. having the accurate controls, and the settings memories, is worth 8 bucks to me :)
Do you have any info on the control protocol the AF does use ? is there an SDK for using it in an app?
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It is release today, please check it out.
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https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/48771/orbit-command
which may take care of your needs and keep you from having to do Windows.
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Sleek reviewed on 26 Feb 2013
I will give this App 1.5 Stat due to the price tag..
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bitshifter reviewed on 29 Sep 2012
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1. You can email Apple to ask for refund.
2. If that doesn't work for you, please email me at mactaris@mac.com with your PayPal account, I will give you full refund.
Webcam Setting 1.0 does not have the ability to save settings. I am adding it to version 1.1 and it's in beta testing now. Will probably be online in 6 ~ 8 weeks.
Allow me to explain some concept here.
The "Auto" and "Manual" mode you are talking about, I supposed you mean "Auto Exposure Mode" and "Manual Exposure Mode".
For the built-in cam on your iMac, in "Manual Exposure Mode", you can control "Exposure Time" and "Aperture". In "Auto Exposure Mode", you will not be able to control "Exposure Time" and "Aperture".
For the Logitech Orbit AF, in "Manual Exposure Mode", you can control "Gain". In "Aperture Priority", you won't be able to control "Gain".
There are reasons the settings cannot stick. USB webcam does not save current settings inside the camera, every time you close the camera or disconnect the camera or restart your Mac. The camera gets powered off and loses all value. Next time you open the camera it resets everything back to default. Webcam Settings as a app has limited ability to remedy this situation. A driver solution can take total control of the camera, but it may draw more power or create more traffic on USB bus. I do have plans to deal with this issue but will eat up more resources. I will need more time to come up with a balanced solution in Webcam Settings.
For the Logitech Orbit AF, you can control:
Manual Exposure Mode, Aperture Priority Mode, Gain
Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness
White Balance Temperature Auto, White Balance Temperature Manual
Power Line Frequency - Disabled, 50 Hz and 60 Hz
Backlight Compensation
Logitech Orbit AF does not have these settings from its hardware:
Auto Exposure Mode, Shutter Priority Mode, Aperture
Hue, Gamma Control
Focus Auto, Focus Manual
Zoom, Pan and tilt
Actually Webcam Settings was first developed to control Logitech Orbit AF and was named Orbit Driver. It can control the motor on Orbit AF, supports up, down, left right and center position. It can also control the LED with auto, on and off settings. Problem is I don't know how to make Apple approve this app so I removed Orbit AF specific functions and make it general to all UVC cameras. It became Webcam Settings now.
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As far as a refund:
1. I've been through the Apple process. No thanks.
2. I don't do PayPal (for reasons I won't go into here.)
As you will see suggested from many others here, I strongly suggest a trial version on your website.
I look forward to the version that can save settings. That alone would make a big difference. Best of luck.
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1. Is Apple process that bad? I saw Apple refund in the very next day (developer can see a number -1 on their daily sales report)
2. Without PayPal, I don't know of any easy way to do international payment. Any suggestions?
Will you send me an email at mactaris@mac.com and zip your copy of Webcam Swttings to me? I will be able to send you a beta for testing. Hope to save my star ratings :)
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But, you say that settings retention is coming, so I am certainly willing to give it another chance. I'll zip up the app and send it your way.
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Orbit AF is using non-standard UVC commands to control pan and tilt.
Please send me an email at mactaris@mac.com and I will refund you. Thanks.