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Camo Studio Changelog

What's new in Camo Studio 2.1.11.11612

Mar 14, 2024
  • Today's update brings additional lens support to a number of Pixel and Samsung models, giving you even greater choice when recording or streaming with Camo. So if you've been itching to use the 200 megapixel lens on your Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra to record HD footage of your pores - from across the room - this is your moment.
  • If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We'd love to help and hear from you.

New in Camo Studio 2.1.10.11600 (Mar 7, 2024)

  • We’ve resolved a problem which led to a stray alert being displayed for some users when Camo Studio is loaded.

New in Camo Studio 2.1.9.11594 (Mar 4, 2024)

  • Feature: We’ve added support for offload of AI/ML segmentation to Intel’s Core Ultra NPUs, alongside Camo’s existing support for Qualcomm’s NPUs. Great for longer battery life and enhanced performance. AI PC, here we go!
  • Feature: Camo now has an “ML processing” selector in Settings, enabling you to control how and where AI/ML workloads are run on your PC.
  • Improvement: We've improved the fidelity of our built-in Emoji Hands filter. 👌
  • Fix: We've fixed a bug that could cause some webcams to appear as potential Android devices.

New in Camo Studio 2.1.8.11248 (Jan 24, 2024)

  • Fix: We’ve fixed a bug where installing the compatibility add-on would not show a success message on completion.
  • Fix: Camo Studio now has a workaround to handle a few USB webcams with broken low-light handling. Darkness no more!

New in Camo Studio 2.1.5.10998 (Dec 14, 2023)

  • Feature: Emoji hands are now available under the AR menu for all cameras. Give it a shot!
  • Feature: Camo Studio is now available for ARM-based Windows devices on the Microsoft Store: This includes all our standout video features like segmentation, filters and scenes.
  • Feature: You can now edit all of Camo’s image adjustment values by clicking on them – In case you need to dial in your temperature just right!
  • Improvement: We’ve changed video players for our Help guides! Videos should load faster and you can now adjust playback speed.
  • Improvement: As a treat, we’re now including the open-source Inter font, which you can use in your Scenes out of the box. Additionally, we’ll now warn you if the Scene you’re using relies on fonts not installed on your computer.
  • Improvement: Importing images into your Scenes should now respect their rotation EXIF metadata.
  • Fix: We’ve fixed various issues in the Scene editor, including a missing font weight for text elements.
  • Fix: The panning tool should now handle any video orientation you throw at it.
  • Fix: We’ve fixed an issue where image stretching could be incorrect in Scenes imported from the macOS version of Camo Studio.
  • Fix: Some spinning rings were loitering around in the preview zoom menu… We told them to pack up and leave.

New in Camo Studio 2.1.4.10797 (Dec 5, 2023)

  • Camo Studio will now honour the “Preferred languages” list in Windows Settings.
  • Fix: We’ve gotten rid of a crash that could happen when initialising Android USB support.
  • Fix: We’ve fixed an issue where some language options would show English instead.

New in Camo Studio 2.1.3.10628 (Oct 30, 2023)

  • Today’s update overhauls our built-in scene templates! If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We'd love to help and hear from you.
  • Feature We’ve updated our bundled Templates, bringing in some goodies from Camo Studio for iPad.

New in Camo Studio 2.1.0.10439 (Sep 27, 2023)

  • Today’s update brings localisation into 11 new languages, alongside new onboarding and learning resources. This version will also shortly be going live in the Microsoft Store! If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We'd love to help and hear from you.
  • Feature We have turned our Help window into a brand new guidebook, containing frequently-updated videos and links.
  • Feature Camo Studio for Windows is now fully translated for 12 languages!
  • Improvement Camo will now automatically select a device on launch if available to help you get filming ASAP.
  • Improvement In the same vein, when pairing a new device over Wi-Fi, Camo will automagically connect to it.
  • Improvement Camo will now tell you if Camera or Microphone permissions have been turned off by Windows, and help you get back on track.
  • Improvement We’ve overhauled our update window while moving it into Settings: look forward to it the next time you read this!
  • Improvement Camo's UI has been touched up to look better if you have "Show accent color on title bars and window borders" enabled.
  • Fix We've fixed some USB connection issues with Android that could happen when disconnecting/reconnecting your device.
  • Fix The Compatibility Pack should now download properly for everyone, even if you're on a slow Internet connection!
  • Fix We've fixed an issue where valid Pro licenses were mistakenly considered expired.
  • Fix Emojis should now show up in the paired devices view properly. 😎🤳📶
  • Fix The Settings Window will now be centered properly when opening.

New in Camo Studio 2.0.8.10296 (Sep 14, 2023)

  • We've fixed an issue which happened at launch for users with certain graphics cards.

New in Camo Studio 2.0.5.10050 (Aug 16, 2023)

  • We've fixed an issue which could occur at launch with Windows Notification support on some machines.

New in Camo Studio 2.0.4.10016 (Jul 24, 2023)

  • 4k for phones is here! You can now get super high resolution video out of your iOS and Android devices running the latest versions of the Camo app.
  • Feature: If you have a real green screen, you can now dial in a Chroma Key yourself instead of using Camo’s ML segmentation feature.
  • Feature: The Overlay Editor has been amped-up with various Quality of Life features, including Undo/Redo, Copy/Paste (even from other apps!) and Multi-select.
  • Improvement: We've gone through our new interface from top to bottom to make it more usable with keyboard navigation and Narrator. Watch this space for more a11y improvements in future updates!
  • Improvement: Camo Studio will now make use of Windows’ native notifications to warn you about different things, even if the app is minimized.
  • Improvement: You can now pair new wireless devices directly from Settings > Devices.
  • Fix: We've fixed an issue where your video could be upside-down in certain versions of Microsoft Teams.
  • Fix: The “Pause” icon should now always be centered, even on non-16:9 resolutions.
  • Fix: Users with Gigabyte hardware should no longer be asked whether their motherboard is an Android device.
  • Fix: New text elements in the Overlay Editor now no longer have an unspecified phantom font.
  • Fix:We've fixed a bug where overlays would not render in the video preview in specific cases.
  • Fix: Some error windows you could see when running multiple instances of Camo Studio or importing a corrupt LUT have been made clearer to understand.

New in Camo Studio 2.0.3.9881 (Jun 27, 2023)

  • Today's release includes a few bug fixes and improvements. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We'd love to help and hear from you.
  • Feature: Camo Studio can now apply an audio delay to sound coming from your phone.
  • Improvement: We've broadened support for controlling white-balance and exposure in Camo when using webcams which don't support those controls themselves.
  • Improvement: When you start Camo, it will now always attempt to select the last used camera if it's still connected. It will also no longer automatically switch to a different device if the one you're using is disconnected and pause the video feed instead.
  • Improvement: We've added a beautiful blur effect to your video when switching between devices.
  • Improvement: You can now reorder overlays and LUTs by dragging them around the gallery.
  • Improvement: Paired wireless devices have been moved to a dedicated tab in the app settings.
  • Improvement: The window that shows when there's an error has a fresh new look. Hopefully you'll never see it!
  • Improvement: We've reworked the sliders in the app to make them easier to use.
  • Improvement :We've made it clearer to free users which features will work with their webcam if they upgrade to Camo Pro by showing those controls as enabled in the app interface.
  • Fix: We've fixed a bug which led to Camo sometimes showing video from the previously connected device for a moment after switching devices.
  • Fix: We've overhauled how we handle graphics card issues (such as when updating your graphics card drivers).
  • Fix: Previously when mirroring video in Camo the pan position would jump to a different position in the frame, that's fixed now.
  • Fix: We've fixed a bug which meant that Camo's update window didn't look right in dark mode.
  • Fix: The exposure calibration LUT wasn't loading properly, that's fixed now.
  • Fix: We fixed a bug which led to overlays sometimes being cut off after changing resolution.
  • Fix: We've fixed an issue when using Camo with a video capture card which isn't currently outputting video.
  • Fix: We've fixed a bug which meant that changing resolution from the system tray icon wouldn't work if the Camo window was closed and Camo's video wasn't being used by any other apps.
  • Fix: A few users got in touch with us about a rare AccessViolation error when opening Camo, that's fixed now.
  • Fix: A couple of users with a virtual SRGB colour device profile wrote in to let us know they were having issues with Camo, that's fixed now!
  • Fix: We’ve fixed some spots in the app that were acting up if you had a looooooong preset or category name.

New in Camo Studio 2.0.2.9265 (Mar 27, 2023)

  • Today's release fixes some smaller bugs along with preparatory work for new activation controls coming to our website soon. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We'd love to help and hear from you.
  • Improvement: We'll soon be giving you more control over device activations on the Camo website, this release includes some changes to prepare for that.
  • Fix: We spotted that things don’t look right when Windows is using a high contrast theme, that's fixed now.
  • Fix: We've fixed an issue which occurs when using the Filter Gallery to try a variety of filters in quick succession.
  • Fix: We've improved how we handle certain rare issues when using portrait or auto-framing modes with webcams.

New in Camo Studio 2.0.1.9220 (Mar 17, 2023)

  • Improvements:
  • We've significantly improved the quality of portrait, privacy, and replace modes for webcams when your video isn't in a landscape 16:9 resolution.
  • Fixes:
  • We've fixed a bug which led to the video unpausing when changing resolution.
  • We've fixed an issue which occurred when no webcams or phones are connected after installing Camo's NVIDIA add-on.
  • We've fixed an issue which users were seeing when Camo’s NVIDIA add-on fails to download. If the download fails you will now be able to retry it.

New in Camo Studio 2.0.0.9203 (Mar 15, 2023)

  • Camo Studio now works with all cameras! You can now use Camo Studio with any camera you can connect to your Mac, including built-in cameras, webcams, DSLRs or mirrorless cameras, action cams, and iPhones connected with Continuity Camera.
  • Portrait mode has been overhauled on iOS and is also now available for all cameras. It can also now be used in combination with AR modes.
  • Spotlight mode ensures you stand out in your shot, brightening you up against the background.
  • Privacy blur lets you hide what’s in shot behind you, removing the need for jarring video-conferencing background removal.
  • Replace mode enables you to substitute your background scene with a replacement backdrop or a virtual greenscreen.
  • Dynamic face tracking with auto framing, with and without zoom. This is powered by a new physics engine, bringing face tracking which is smooth and cinematic, without the jerkiness or dizzying movements that other face tracking solutions introduce.
  • We've added native LUT support to Camo. These are cinematic filters which enable film-like treatments to your video. We've included a pack of 18 thoughtfully created presets.
  • To ensure it’s always providing perfectly smooth video Camo Studio now detects any situations where your camera fails to deliver at the requested frame rate, and will show a warning with suggestions on how to fix things.
  • We've added a beautiful new vignette overlay to the pack of built in overlays.
  • Centre stage controls, Camo Studio can now be used to toggle Centre Stage on the Studio Display, iPhones using Continuity Camera, and supported iPads.
  • We've overhauled our macOS Shortcuts support, making it easier to control Camo Studio with Shortcuts and also added Shortcut controls for overlays as well as for all the new features in this release.
  • We've re-worked our menu bar icon, to make it easier to tell if Camo's video is being used or if there is anything which needs your attention.
  • We've made significant improvements to Camo's performance when using overlays on iPhone.

New in Camo Studio 1.9.2.8682 (Dec 14, 2022)

  • We’ve resolved an issue that could cause the pairing process to fail to complete in some cases.
  • Fix Fixed a crash that could happen due to unsupported resolutions being selected on some Android phones.
  • Fix Fixed a rare crash when trying to connect wirelessly to a previously paired device.

New in Camo Studio 1.9.1.8485 (Nov 10, 2022)

  • Today’s release focuses on fixing a couple of rare bugs. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We'd love to help and hear from you.
  • Fix We’ve fixed a bug that was causing issues with certain device names.
  • Improvement Connecting a new wireless device will no longer automatically switch to it if you’re already using another device.

New in Camo Studio 1.9.0.8340 (Oct 20, 2022)

  • Feature Connect your iOS or Android device to your computer via Wi-Fi. No more wires!
  • Feature Camo Studio now displays paired Wi-Fi devices and other preferences in a dedicated Settings window. Expect more things to appear there in future releases!
  • Improvement We’ve redesigned the on-screen instructions when a device isn’t connected to be clearer and provide extra guidance for connecting devices over Wi-Fi.
  • Improvement Camo Studio will now warn you if your device is connected through a USB hub, which can potentially reduce performance.
  • Improvement We’ve redesigned the Camo Compatibility Pack installer to be more informative, including a detailed progress indicator.

New in Camo Studio 1.8.1.8152 (Sep 20, 2022)

  • Today’s update to Camo Studio fixes a minor issue with the zoom and pan controls.
  • We've fixed a bug which meant that you could sometimes see black video at the edges when using the zoom and pan controls.

New in Camo Studio 1.8.0.8141 (Sep 14, 2022)

  • Feature:
  • Frame-rate controls have long been one of our most popular feature requests, and now they’re here! Camo now lets users choose from a range of frame-rates between 15 and 60 fps, making it easy for streamers to match their camera frame rate with the stream.
  • We've added Smart Zoom, which lets you take advantage of your iPhone's 4K sensors regardless of which resolution you're using. Camo now avoids using digital zoom wherever possible, and instead rely on a higher resolution source image from the camera’s sensor, mimicking lossless optical zoom. Smart Zoom can be enabled in Camo Studio’s Preferences dialog, under the General tab.
  • Virtual rotation gives you the ability to choose between landscape and portrait video without having to physically rotate your phone. This makes use of the "Smart Zoom" feature to ensure the video is perfectly crisp.
  • Camo's new image stabilisation functionality minimises the effect of vibrations and other disturbances on the image, great for desk mounted devices, wobbly mounts, or heavy-handed typists.
  • We've added a vibrancy control, which gives you a way to boost or dampen duller colours in a way that’s less heavy-handed and artificial than using the saturation control.
  • Improvement:
  • The brightness control has now been completely re-worked to give you finer grained control and make you look less washed out when increasing brightness.
  • It's now easier to remove the current overlay -- you can now disable an overlay simply by clicking on it.
  • Fix:
  • We've fixed a bug which meant that Camo Studio would sometimes prevent your Mac from sleeping.
  • We've fixed a bug which caused issues with Camo Studio’s audio output when your phone isn't connected.
  • We've fixed a bug which meant that Camo Studio could occasionally think a licence had expired shortly before it was due to renew.

New in Camo Studio 1.2.0.7873 (Jul 21, 2022)

  • Feature: We've overhauled how Camo Studio communicates with other video apps. This brings full compatibility with all Windows video apps, including Nvidia Broadcast, WhatsApp, Splitcam, XSplit, mmhmm, Telegram, WebEx, and Windows' very own built-in camera app.
  • Improvement: We've made it much simpler to change resolution while using Camo Studio in a video call.
  • Improvement: You can now set Camo Studio light or dark mode independent of the Windows system setting.
  • Improvement: We've made a bunch of other minor improvements to the UI.
  • Fix: We’ve made a change to ensure that Android devices connect to Camo Studio even if they’ve previously been ignored.
  • Fix: We've fixed a bug which meant that Camo Studio could prevent your computer from sleeping.
  • Fix: We've fixed a bug which meant that sometimes when double-clicking on our taskbar icon Camo Studio would not appear.

New in Camo Studio 1.1.7.7527 (Jun 16, 2022)

  • Today’s update is a small change to prevent issues when running Camo Studio on old versions of Windows.

New in Camo Studio 1.1.5.6942 (Apr 7, 2022)

  • Today's Camo update resolves a number of small issues. We're hard at work on major update, and can't wait to share that with you.
  • If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We'd love to help and hear from you.
  • Fix We've resolved a number of issues, including a bug where Camo might ask for a review too often. Sorry!

New in Camo Studio 1.1.2.5846 (Dec 15, 2021)

  • Improvement:
  • The Camo virtual camera has been renamed, and is now simply "Camo"!
  • Fix:
  • We've fixed a bug which meant that click to focus sometimes wouldn't work.
  • We've fixed an issue which led to subtle issues with the colour of the video when using Camo with an NVIDIA graphics card.
  • We've fixed an issue which prevented some enterprise users from activating Camo Studio when connected to a VPN.
  • We spotted a bug which meant the preview magnification level shown in the top-left corner of Camo Studio could be wrong when display scaling is enabled, that's fixed now.
  • We've fixed a bug which meant that Camo Studio could look blurry when moved between high and low DPI displays.
  • We've fixed a bug which meant that the text in the update window would be too small when using Camo Studio on a display with a high level of text scaling.
  • We've fixed a bug which meant that the pan and magnification control would appear to be active even when no device was connected.
  • We've fixed a rare issue when installing the Apple components Camo Studio needs to connect to an iPhone.
  • We've made a couple of minor tweaks to polish the appearance of the mode menus.

New in Camo Studio 1.1.1.5772 (Nov 21, 2021)

  • Fix:
  • We've fixed an issue which occasionally happened after using Camo Studio to install the Apple component needed to use Camo Studio with an iPhone.
  • We've fixed a rare bug which was causing issues for some users immediately after opening Camo Studio.