Webcam Settings 4+
Mactaris
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- $12.99
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Description
Quickly customize your webcam's settings while using FaceTime, Photo Booth or Skype on your Mac.
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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, Skype, iStopMotion, Wirecast, Sparkbooth, GoToMeeting, WebEx, Jabber, Flash based webcam app and many others.
Supported Settings (varies between cameras)
• Auto-Exposure Mode
• Exposure Time
• Gain
• Aperture
• Brightness
• Contrast
• Hue
• Saturation
• Sharpness
• Gamma
• White Balance Temperature
• Power Line Frequency (anti-flicker)
• Backlight Composition
Advanced Settings (Only Microsoft LifeCam Studio, Cinema, Logitech HD Webcam C525, C615, C910 and C920 support Zoom, Pan and Tilt, please check our website for camera support.)
• Focus
• Zoom
• Pan
• Tilt
* Webcam Settings support UVC (USB Video Class) webcam only; FireWire camera such as external iSight is not supported.
* Your USB webcam must be working on your Mac properly (function normally with FaceTime, iChat/Messages, and Skype) before it can be used with Webcam Settings.
What’s New
Version 3.0
• Add support for macOS Catalina (10.15).
• Add support for Logitech C922 Pro Stream Webcam.
• Add support for Logitech BRIO Webcam.
• Remember last used webcam when app launched.
Ratings and Reviews
This causes camera to turn off during zoom calls.
Okay, after posting a 1-star review, I have now used the app for a little longer, and I can see what it does well. It is actually better than the Logitech Camera Settings app.
It is still frustrating that I cannot change the built-in Mac camera settings, but I assume this is outside the developer's control.
During two live webconferences, the camera would completely drop out. When I got it back online, the image is blue, it had forgotten the green screen settings and it took forever to get back to the saved profile.
I have created a default profile, and the app writes the settings to the Mac every 0.5 seconds. This seems to work.
Can’t Quit? Activity Monitor
This app launches but then doesn’t show up anywhere. When you try to delete it and reinstall it, Mac says app is in use and cannot be trashed. Not showing up in Force Quit menu. FIX: open Activity Monitor, click Webcam Settings, click X in top left and then Quit or Force Quit. Put in Trash empty. Don’t both reinstalling as the problem just reoccurs. It worked once upon a time so that’s why 2 stars.
Microsoft LifeCam Studio
I bought the Microsoft LifeCam Studio to work with other devices to create a multi-camera studio. When I connected the camera I was very dissapointed because it was over exposed. This app saved me hours of time installing patches to make it all work.
The app gives you Basic or Advanced settings and Prefereces. This ability give you a fantastic ability to control third party camers.
In summary, it saved a lot of time, saved us from having to buy other equipment and gives grate control over third party cameras like Microsoft LifeCam Studio.
App Privacy
The developer, Mactaris, has not provided details about its privacy practices and handling of data to Apple.
No Details Provided
The developer will be required to provide privacy details when they submit their next app update.
Information
- Seller
- Liang-Hsin Chen
- Size
- 1.5 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
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- Mac
- Requires macOS 10.7 or later.
- Languages
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English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2019 Mactaris
- Price
- $12.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.