ChromaCam Changelog

What's new in ChromaCam 4.0.8.0

Dec 14, 2023
  • New feature, bug fix & Enhancement:
  • Avatar Real ID for better Avatar security
  • Avatar Creator UI visual enhancements
  • Improved persona segmentation quality and performance
  • Various bug fixes and enhancements

New in ChromaCam 4.0.7.0 (Jul 21, 2023)

  • Various bug fixes and enhancements.

New in ChromaCam 4.0.6.0 (Jul 6, 2023)

  • New feature, bug fix & Enhancement:
  • Improved Unsplash feature for free users
  • Avatar Creator upgrade available in ChromaCam
  • Improved Youtube background features
  • Bug fixes and stabilization

New in ChromaCam 4.0.5.0 (Apr 18, 2023)

  • New feature, bug fix & Enhancement:
  • Support for Auto Sync of Avatars made using Personify Avatar Creator mobile app
  • Various bug fixes and enhancements

New in ChromaCam 4.0.4.0 (Mar 29, 2023)

  • Avatar Actions feature
  • Avatar hand tracking
  • Avatar eye movement tracking
  • Improved persona image quality and performance
  • Chroma Curtain feature
  • New streamer effects
  • Virtual Machine remote control support
  • Improved organizational control of user settings
  • Reduced installer file size

New in ChromaCam 4.0.3.0 (Nov 3, 2022)

  • Fixes an issue causing Ready Player Me Avatar emotions to not work.

New in ChromaCam 4.0.2.0 (Oct 15, 2022)

  • Bug Fix ReadyPlayer.me Avatar fails to import to ChromaCam.
  • Bug Fix blur background freezes when persona performance setting is on Min.

New in ChromaCam 4.0.1.0 (Oct 1, 2022)

  • Users can change or disable Splash Screen image.
  • Improved Avatar facial tracking.
  • New Avatar mouth sensitivity setting.
  • Avatar mouse and keyboard action tracking.
  • Improved Avatar CPU and GPU performance efficiency.
  • Updated and improved special effects.
  • Improved persona video performance settings.
  • New organizational admin control of member's available features.
  • New multiple persona feature shows two or more users in the video frame
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

New in ChromaCam 4.0.0.0 (May 16, 2022)

  • New feature, bug fix & Enhancement:
  • Introducing Chromatars. 3D avatars to replace your persona on the screen.
  • Users can use our default avatars within ChromaCam.
  • Users can also build their own avatars through Readyplayer.me and Vroid studios.
  • Allow visual tracking of the mouth through the sound of your voice or through visual tracking.
  • Show different emotions (happy, sad, etc).
  • ChromaCam supports Azure single sign on. To enable your organization, please reach out to support for more information.
  • Added a new segmentation quality slider. Users can now select between Lite, Standard, or Best.
  • Lite reduces CPU usage to help with lower end machines.
  • Standard is our current ChromaCam that you have grown to love.
  • Best tries to remove any objects or obstacles out of the virtual background. Best will use the most CPU usage out of the three modes.
  • Improve ChromaCam performance in Intel GPU with OpenVino.
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

New in ChromaCam 3.2.2.0 (Feb 28, 2022)

  • New feature, bug fix & Enhancement:
  • Fixed an issue where the YouTube URL was not loading the video background.
  • Users can now remove the blue loading screen on startup
  • Fixed an issue with the aspect ratio is showing incorrect in the Logitech C920 camera.

New in ChromaCam 3.2.1.0 (Jan 24, 2022)

  • New feature, bug fix & Enhancement:
  • Video backgrounds have come to ChromaCam! Users can now upload a video file or a YouTube URL to make a video motioned background without a green screen.
  • New streaming effects and virtual backgrounds have been added to the ChromaCam streamer edition.
  • After a user upgrades their subscription, ChromaCam will recognize the subscription change after a few minutes and upgrade the user to ChromaCam Pro or ChromaCam lifetime.
  • The camera settings sometimes shows blank instead of no camera being found.
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

New in ChromaCam 3.2.0.0 (Oct 29, 2021)

  • Users can now change their size and the location of where they are on the screen in the background
  • Users can now see a big preview of their current PowerPoint slide
  • Users can now download images online right in the app using Unsplash
  • Blur is now much stronger to create more privacy
  • Support for more virtual camera applications
  • Users can now control their organization’s backgrounds and logos. The admin can lock the users to use a organization wide background and/or logos. The admin can enable users to still upload their own background and/or logo if they choose
  • Streamer mode can now combine backgrounds and effects together
  • Users has the ability to turn off the hardware compatibility checker
  • Users can add their support case into the bug report form
  • Fixed an issue where certain video applications showed a 4:3 aspect ratio
  • Fixed an issue where some Spanish text is displayed the language should be French
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

New in ChromaCam 3.1.3.0 (Aug 9, 2021)

  • Added new virtual backgrounds.
  • Added support for DroidCam, Sony cameras and Canon cameras.
  • Added support for Cisco Jabber, Skype for Business, Amazon Chime.
  • Fixed an issue where ChromaCam users could not sign into Twitch.
  • Added backgrounds into the streamer mode. This will allow a user to not navigate to business mode to access virtual backgrounds. The ChromaCam team is working on combining custom backgrounds and streamer effects in a future release.
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

New in ChromaCam 2.8.0.3 (May 7, 2021)

  • Added improvements for segmentation when a user uses a headset
  • Fixed an issue where the slides feature may sometimes change the persona position and size when joining a Zoom call
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

New in ChromaCam 2.6.2.4 (Mar 25, 2021)

  • New feature, bug fix & Enhancement:
  • Fixed an issue where users were unable to login with Google credentials.

New in ChromaCam 2.6.2.1 (Nov 30, 2020)

  • New feature, bug fix & Enhancement:
  • You can now rotate your camera 360 degrees in case it is not showing up properly on the screen.
  • Ability to mirror your background image.
  • Ability to upload 4K background images.
  • Added new privacy settings.
  • Fixed an issue where unicode cameras were not being recognized.
  • Renamed Personify Frame Grabber Service to ChromaCam Background Service.
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

New in ChromaCam 2.6.1.4 (Oct 5, 2020)

  • Improved bugs related to using an external camera
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

New in ChromaCam 2.6.0.21 (Jul 24, 2020)

  • Fixed compatibility issue in Windows 7 & 8.1
  • Fixed WebEx blinking issue
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

New in ChromaCam 2.5.0.17 (Jul 9, 2020)

  • New preview window to see yourself before using in your video application. Users will be allowed to startup ChromaCam as a standalone application to make changes to their settings
  • Added systray icon to allow for faster access to the ChromaCam application
  • Added performance checker during installation to notify users if the system used may not meet the minimum requirements
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

New in ChromaCam 2.5.0.6 (Jun 4, 2020)

  • New feature, bug fi& Enhancement:
  • Improve translation for Korean and Japanese
  • Remove notification system tray icon
  • Fibug that camera item list in Settings is empty sometime

New in ChromaCam 2.5.0.3 (Apr 29, 2020)

  • Fixed bug of remembering last saved theme
  • Avoid unnecessary error dialog when unregistering old ChromaCam version
  • Enhanced silent mode of the installer (Silent mode /S should not appear panel tour guide)

New in ChromaCam 2.5.0.1 (Apr 16, 2020)

  • Integrated latest AI Engine 3.2.1 with quality enhancement & performance improvement for iGPU.
  • Limit blur and FPS for ChromaCam Lite.