What's new in AlterCam 6.2 Build 3390
Dec 11, 2022
- Added the ability to change duration for transition when switching between the scenes. Check the slider on the "Scenes" tab.
- Several routines were optimized.
- A lot of minor issues were fixed .
New in AlterCam 6.1 Build 3389 (Feb 5, 2022)
- added automatic reconnection for the IP cameras when the connection is lost after a timeout.
- added ability to drop frames for live video playback on slow computers to keep the original video duration.
- added audio volume control for video and IP-camera sources.
- added audio volume control for the internal video player.
- added ability to mute audio from IP camera sources.
- improved ability to set video file as a background.
- new background images included.
- fixed playing video files with transparency (including GIF files).
- fixed the position of the audio driver installation button so that it is always visible.
- fixed playback of MP3 files into the virtual microphone.
- many minor bug fixes and improvements.
New in AlterCam 6.0 Build 3341 (Oct 22, 2021)
- IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR LICENSED USERS: Please note, it is a major version upgrade, and the activation details for v5.x will not work with this version. Request a new code or upgrade instructions using our automatic reminder at https://www.bolidesoft.com/a/user/
- [requires Windows 10] added Virtual Background feature. Now you can easily remove your background (and replace it with what you want!) without a green screen.
- [requires Windows 10] added feature to apply the effects only for the automatically detected background.
- Added ability to scale overlays with the mouse wheel.
- Added ability to scale the cropping area in the cropping window while maintaining proportions (turn off scaling with proportions holding the Shift key pressed).
- Improved display and control of the cropping area in the cropping window.
- Improved scenes thumbnails informativity.
- Changed background fill with "Off" option selected on Background panel (now it filled with transparent pattern).
- Fixed monitor selection on the Background tab.
- Fixed selection support for some recently added effects.
- Many minor fixes and improvements.
New in AlterCam 5.6 Build 2128 (Mar 31, 2021)
- Added new effects ASCII, Money, and Light Bulb.
- Added Spanish localization.
- Added hardware acceleration for video decoding.
- Added codec information (in the status bar) of the current IP-camera stream.
- Added IP-cameras list on Add IP-camera Overlay dialog box.
- Added auto-sizing for Add Text overlay dialog to fit the text.
- Fixed crashes, when opening video files without video streams.
- Greatly accelerated program closing.
- Fixed updating IP-camera address after editing in Manage IP-Cameras dialog.
- Improved speed of loading of overlays, effects, backgrounds, and scene lists.
- Fixed adding video-overlays for some formats.
- Removed program slowdowns when recording video.
- Added a scrollbar for the Audio tab.
New in AlterCam 5.5 (Mar 31, 2021)
- Added ability to set and change settings for overlays-webcams.
- Added displaying the resolution of the selected desktop source in the status bar.
- Added information about the number of programs currently connected to the virtual camera in the status bar.
- When the type of broadcasting of the desktop is changed, the scale is automatically adapted (if it can fit at 100% scale, then the layer is centered, if not, then it is reduced accordingly).
- Fixed webcam rotation by settings.
- Fixed updating the number of active overlays when deleting an active overlay.
- Fixed the bug: turning on the wrong camera when switching scenes.
- Fixed resetting of effect settings to 0 (and not to default) and their positions in the list when canceling loading of the last session after a failure in the previous session.
- Added many optimizations.
New in AlterCam 5.4 Build 1847 (Dec 5, 2020)
- added new virtual camera source - images.
- added a smooth transition between the scenes.
- added vertical and square resolutions for the virtual webcam.
- added the ability to set custom virtual webcam resolutions.
- now, changing the resolution of the virtual camera does not cause reconnecting the video source.
- improved layer selection.
- much-improved support for multiple monitor systems.
- improved scaling for High DPI monitors.
- added RTSP over TCP switch for RTSP streams of IP-cameras.
- added detailed log for IP-camera.
- fixed a lot of minor bugs.
New in AlterCam 5.3 Build 1601 (Aug 14, 2020)
- Added the ability to crop the main video layer.
- Added ability to crop IP-camera, web camera, image, and video overlays.
- Added special tags for timer and countdown timer in text overlays.
- Enhanced Curved Mirror effect.
- Fixed time tags updating for text overlays.
- Fixed saving/restoring of the main camera layer position and size.
- Fixed problems with scaling the main layer with active rotation.
- Fixed stamps install path for paint overlay.
- Fixed issues with opening some video files with embedded covers.
- Improved the selection of text overlays.
- Increased default font size for text overlays.
New in AlterCam 5.2 Build 1521 (Jul 10, 2020)
- Added support for scaling the interface for High DPI monitors
- Added ability to adjust semitransparency for Transparency by Color (Chromakey) feature
- Added the Autodetect option for the IP-camera resolutions list
- Added option to select an audio output device for playing audio streams from video/IP-camera
- Added ability to output audio stream from video/IP-camera to virtual audio device or speakers
- Fixed waiting to stop IP-camera on program exit
- Fixed dropping webcam fps on switching video sources
- Fixed background drawing in Transparency by Color (Chromakey) dialog if "Off" selected in the background settings
- Fixed problems with video recording for some unusual resolutions
- Fixed error with recording into a nonexistent folder
- Fixed saving camera settings on exit
- Fixed some other minor bugs
New in AlterCam 5.0 Build 1214 (Apr 26, 2020)
- New virtual webcam driver that should fix any cam visibility issue in Windows 10
- Added new effects Glitch1, Glitch2, Glitch3
- Added the ability to encode using h265 on Intel GPU (QSV)
- Added the ability to seek inside the broadcasted mp3 file
- Added save/restore of the mp3 file playing to the virtual microphone on start/exit program
- Checked mp3 files in the list now loop in playback
- Now you can set the image displayed in the virtual webcam when AlterCam is closed, or broadcasting turned off
- Fixed the plugin for AMD AMF/VCE encoding
- Fixed working of Selection for some effects
New in AlterCam 4.9 Build 933 (Aug 13, 2019)
- Added five new effects: Flame, Snow, Bleach, Edges and Neon Edges
- Added the ability to enter IP-camera addresses using separate input fields for various parts of the address
- Improved video file playback
- Improved changing IP-camera and video files settings
- Fixed cleaning of IP-camera addresses when closing the IP-cameras management list window
- Fixed problems with changing the resolution of the webcam and displaying the format when using a video file as a source
- Many other minor fixes according to user reports.
New in AlterCam 4.8 Build 890 (Apr 15, 2019)
- Added three new effects: Brannan, Earlybird and Noise Reducer.
- Added the ability to easily select overlay with transparency when clicking on a transparent point.
- Fixed updating of active effects counter.
- Fixed bug of adding video files to the sources list.
New in AlterCam 4.7 Build 855 (Jan 28, 2019)
- Added the ability to mirror the virtual camera.
- Added the ability to make a series of camera shots.
- Added option to mute shutter sound.
- Added warning about low disk space.
- Fixed video files and IP-cameras list adding.
New in AlterCam 4.6 Build 819 (Oct 9, 2018)
- Fixed several issues, better auto-bug-reporting
New in AlterCam 4.5 Build 725 (Jul 14, 2018)
- Fixed a bug with the background images
- Fixed checking for updates, activaton, sending messages to us (switch to https protocol)
- Several minor improvements
New in AlterCam 4.5 Build 724 (Apr 12, 2018)
- added new effects: Chromatic aberration, Stained Glass, Waves
- double click in the status bar resolution area sets preview area to 1:1 scale
- fixed several issues
New in AlterCam 4.5 Build 723 (Apr 5, 2018)
- faster program start
- fixed exiting from fullscreen preview mode (Alt-Enter keys)
- fixed several minor issues
New in AlterCam 4.5 Build 722 (Mar 27, 2018)
- added the ability to change virtual webcam name.
- added four new effects: TV, Frozen Glass, Sketch and Rain.
- added the ability to snap layers while dragging.
- added the ability to lock moving along X or Y while dragging.
- added support of UTF-8 encoding for video description on YouTube.
- improved layers info.
- fixed layer selecting.
- fixed duplication of resolutions in the list.
- fixed error with the custom painting overlay.
- fixed the order of applying effects.
New in AlterCam 4.4 Build 686 (Mar 27, 2018)
- Fixed several issues from your bug reports
New in AlterCam 4.4 Build 685 (Feb 25, 2018)
- Added the ability to denoise audio from microphone.
- Added the ability to change microphone level.
- Added the option to automatically adjust microphone level.
- Added the ability to show DirectShow configuration dialog for webcamera.
- Increased webcamera FPS.
- Enhanced video player UI.
- Added FPS counter in the status bar.
- Fixed several UI bugs
New in AlterCam 4.3 Build 568 (Dec 27, 2017)
- New video recording engine
- Added the ability to write log file during capturing
- Added tray icon recording indication
- Added the ability to start AlterCam on Windows startup
- Added the ability to start AlterCam minimized to tray
- Now tabs undock when dragging by headers only
- Fixed audio echo with no virtual audio device installed
- Fixed audio test function
- Fixed a lot of minor issues
New in AlterCam 4.3 Build 512 (Nov 3, 2017)
- Fixed removal of Fisheye distorsions. If this function brings you an error, update the program!
New in AlterCam 4.2 Build 511 (Nov 1, 2017)
- Added the ability to play MP3 files to a virtual microphone.
- Added a tool to remove the Fisheye effect (Defish tool on Tricks tab)
- Added the ability to manage the list of IP cameras.
- Added the ability to manage the list of video files.
- Changed default bitrate for audio when recording video to 256 kbps.
- Added output to the error log when working with the IP camera.
- Fixed a lot of minor issues
New in AlterCam 4.1 Build 467 (Mar 6, 2017)
- added the ability to pause/resume and seek video file as the source for virtual camera
- changed video player for camera, now it should support many video file formats.
- fixed screen capturing after switching to the secondary monitor
- fixed video player loading with many video files.
- added the ability to record video when the source is video file
- fixed several minor issues
New in AlterCam 4.0 Build 456 (Dec 14, 2016)
- Several bugs were fixed. You can skip this update if you have no issues
New in AlterCam 4.0 Build 455 (Dec 1, 2016)
- added "Scenes" for quick switch between the sets of video source, effects, and overlays
- added the ability to show/hide and dock/undock any tab
- improved interface for selecting video source
- fixed a problem with closing stream from IP-camera
- many minor bugfixes
New in AlterCam 3.9 Build 422 (Sep 23, 2016)
- added support of RTMP IP-cameras as a main video source and as an overlay.
- added the ability to work with audio without installing drivers for virtual audio device.
- added the ability to install audio drivers from AlterCam's interface in case you need the modified sound in the other programs.
- several minor fixes and improvements
New in AlterCam 3.8 Build 412 (Sep 1, 2016)
- Now you can apply the effects to the select area of the frame only, use Selections
- the snapshots are uploaded to your Google Drive now (using "Copy share link to clipboard button" in the Snapshots history)
- A lot of minor improvements and bug fixes
New in AlterCam 3.7 Build 401 (Jun 25, 2016)
New in AlterCam 3.7 Build 400 (Jun 8, 2016)
- added the ability to record video with hardware h264 encoders (NVENC, AMD VCE, Intel QuickSync) - better video quality with almost no additional CPU load!
- added live audio level tracking on "Audio" tab
- fixed several minor issues
New in AlterCam 3.6 Build 362 (Apr 5, 2016)
- updated audio driver
- added the ability to set IP camera as video source. So, you can use your smartphone as a webcam now
- added the ability to add IP camera as overlays
- many small bugfixes
New in AlterCam 3.5 Build 353 (Mar 3, 2016)
- audio driver updated in order for better sound quality
- now you can Pause and Resume your recording
- fixed Curve tool in CPU mode
- many minor bug fixes
New in AlterCam 3.4 Build 342 (Feb 11, 2016)
- Added new tool: Curved Mirror. Check "Tricks" tab
- Fixed a lot of minor issues
New in AlterCam 3.3 Build 336 (Jan 25, 2016)
- fixed several minor issues according to your bug reports
New in AlterCam 3.3 Build 335 (Jan 19, 2016)
- fixed several minor issues according to your bug reports
New in AlterCam 3.3 Build 334 (Jan 5, 2016)
- added the ability to add web cameras as overlays.
- added three new effects: Embroidery, Dream and Radiance. GPU only.
- added the ability to take camera shot by timer (to enable, toggle option in the settings dialog).
- added sound for snapshot.
- added the ability to show captured image in Explorer.
- many minor improvements and fixes
New in AlterCam 3.2 Build 322 (Dec 9, 2015)
- added cursor animations when capture desktop video
- added the ability to rotate webcam to 90 degrees
- added full screen preview (press Alt-Enter keys to activate)
- added the ability to set global hotkey to start/stop recording video
- fixed loop playing in the internal video player
- fixed opening video files with MJPEG encoding
- fixed option to turn off audio during video recording
- fixed logo positioning
New in AlterCam 3.1 Build 319 (Nov 15, 2015)
- fixed drivers uninstallation.
- added the ability to rename custom overlays.
- added line breaks in the text overlays.
- added text alignment in the text overlays.
- enhanced dialog window for text overlay settings.
- added ability to adjust colors by certain values or by curves for web cameras.
- fixed automatic choosing for Source Microphone.
New in AlterCam 3.0 Build 303 (Oct 25, 2015)
- added the ability to add custom painting overlays. Now you can draw the overlays yourself!
- added new effect: Oil Paint.
- now you can copy the link to the captured image to share it with your friends
- added image uploading indicator.
- some interface enhancements and bug fixes.
New in AlterCam 2.9 Build 290 (Sep 30, 2015)
- added ability to change the source webcamera resolution and FPS (for advanced users)
- added ability to see image capture history
- added ability to share captured images to Facebook, Twitter, Google+
New in AlterCam 2.8 Build 280 (Sep 10, 2015)
- add three new effects: Contour, Color Contour and Cartoon. Now more than 50 effects are available!
- fixed some issues according to user reports
New in AlterCam 2.7 Build 270 (Aug 3, 2015)
- added the ability to broadcast specified desktop area, specified window and area followed by cursor
- improved cursor capturing
- fixed some issues according to user reports
New in AlterCam 2.6 Build 260 (May 5, 2015)
- removed audio effects trial limitations.
- added three new effects: Bokeh Blur, Bubbles and Hearts (available only on GPU).
- small performance improvements.
- fixed some issues according to user reports.
New in AlterCam 2.5 Build 250 (Mar 23, 2015)
- added the ability to set video files as a background.
- added the ability to write a message to the developer.
- added new effect named Scripture.
- several minor fixes
New in AlterCam 2.4 Build 240 (Feb 23, 2015)
- added ability to upload recorded video to YouTube.
- added ability to preview and delete recorded video.
- added video capture history
- added three new effects: Grunge 1, Grunge 2, Grunge 3.
- fixed some issues according to user reports.
New in AlterCam 2.3 Build 230 (Jan 26, 2015)
- added ability to use video files as animated overlays.
- added Flicker live effect.
- added support of VP8 (one of the most progressive encoders) for video recording.
- many small improvements and fixes.
New in AlterCam 2.2 Build 220 (Jan 9, 2015)
- added two new live effects: Shake and Twitch.
- added status panel for various useful information.
- enhanced driver installation process.
- fixed several issues.
New in AlterCam 2.1 Build 210 (Dec 19, 2014)
- now you can change your voice in real-time
- added the driver for virtual audio (select AlterCam Virtual Audio as you microphone in Skype or other chats)
- added the ability to apply effects to the audio in the real time
- fixed several found issues
New in AlterCam 2.0 Build 110 (Nov 24, 2014)
- now virtual webcam implemented as a driver, therefore it will work better with Skype and you can use it for online broadcasting services like YouTube and Ustream
- added the ability to play video file in your virtual web camera, so AlterCam can be used as a fake webcam now :)
- added the ability to save image snapshot from webcamera
- added Chinese translation
- added ability to choose monitor to broadcast on systems with multiple monitors.
- improved quality of screen broadcasting
New in AlterCam 1.8 Build 109 (Oct 17, 2014)
- added ability to play gif animations in overlays
- added context menu for overlays to zoom
- added three experimental functions: webcam video transaprency by color, by background and chromakey transparency
- added new animated overlay samples
- fixed some issues according to user reports
New in AlterCam 1.7 Build 108 (Sep 26, 2014)
- now you can capture the broadcasting to the video file
- added Unsharp Mask effect
- improved user interface
- fixed some bugs
New in AlterCam 1.6 Build 107 (Sep 6, 2014)
- added GPU acceleration. No more slowdowns
- added new effects: Zoom Blur, Tilt Shift
- improved processing speed and quality of Fish Eye effect
- improved quality of Bump Mapping effect
- enhanced UI, fixed some UI bugs
- fixed some issues according to user reports
New in AlterCam 1.5 Build 106 (Aug 16, 2014)
- added new effects: Rotate, Mirror, Horizontal Split, Vertical Split, Quad Mirror.
- added the ability to broadcast the screen and webcam at the same time. Check "Background" tab and select "Screen" there.
- added the ability to insert date and time tags into text overlays.
- fixed a lot of minor issues
New in AlterCam 1.4 Build 105 (Jul 30, 2014)
- added new real time effects: Duo Tone, Tri Tone, Color Swap 1, Color Swap 2, Color Swap 3, Red Only, Green Only, Blue Only
- added an ability to broadcast the screen via webcam
New in AlterCam 1.3 Build 104 (Jul 8, 2014)
- added new effects: Swirl, Halftone, 1977, Nashville, Hefe, Sutro, X-Pro II, Willow
- added the ability to change the overlays opacity
- fixed cursor change after the text overlay editing
- fixed saving overlays' positions after resizing
- fixed main window size and position saving and restoring
- fixed some issues according to your bug reports
New in AlterCam 1.2 Build 103 (Jun 26, 2014)
- quick fix of the startup bug when no active webcam found
New in AlterCam 1.2 Build 102 (Jun 26, 2014)
- added the ability to add text overlays
- added ability to change the order of effects and overlays
- added the button to reset all the effects and return to the original video stream
- added the button to refresh the video sources list
- renamed "Underlay" to "Background"
- added the ability to turn off the selected Background
- added Polish translation
New in AlterCam 1.1 Build 101 (Jun 26, 2014)
- added Ukrainian, Hungarian, German translations
- implemented the ability to change intensity of some effects
- added new effects: Red World, Green World, Blue World, Night Vision, Bump Mapping, Fish Eye
- fixed several issues