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Camo Studio 2.0.3.9716 released

Today's release includes a few bug fixes and improvements, including expanded support for Virtual Cameras.

If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

1 feature

  • Camo Studio will auto-launch itself when an app attempts to use the video feed.

6 improvements

  • We've expanded support for virtual cameras, specifically those built to work with DSLRs and GoPros.
  • Filters you import are now automatically applied to your video.
  • Audio devices that don't fall under existing categories can now be found under the "other" section.
  • The warning alert for turning off USB debugging on any connected Android devices has been made less intrusive.
  • Auto-connection behaviour with Continuity Camera has been improved.
  • We've added better support for VoiceOver with our new features.

5 fixes

  • We've fixed a bug where video could be corrupted when recording while connected via Wi-Fi.
  • We've fixed an issue caused by other applications locking the camera that Camo Studio is trying to use.
  • We've fixed an issue where resuming the video feed from the menu bar app while paused could break the video feed.
  • We've fixed a bug where the Filter Gallery wouldn't show the currently selected filter when first opened.
  • We've fixed a bug affecting certain Android models, where adjusting exposure could break the video feed.
macOS

Camo Studio 2.0.2.9500 released

We're releasing Camo 2.0.2 today with a couple of fixes and tweaks for audio and 4K webcams. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

3 fixes

  • We’ve resolved a handful of issues with external audio sources, preventing crackling or dropping of audio.
  • We’ve solved a problem where 4K webcams might stop delivering video in some circumstances.
  • We’ve fixed a bug where Camo Studio didn't work on virtual machines.
macOS

Camo Studio 2.0.1.9273 released

Hot on the heels of Camo 2, today we're releasing Camo 2.0.1 which brings a couple of bug fixes 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 support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

1 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.

4 fixes

  • We’ve fixed a bug where using “Click to Focus” with iOS devices wouldn’t work correctly.
  • We’ve fixed a bug where Image Adjustments wouldn’t be applied on certain Opal C1 models.
  • We’ve fixed a crash on launch for pre-2012 Macs.
  • We’ve fixed a couple of bugs that meant audio would stop working in apps using Camo Audio.
macOS

Camo Studio 2.0.0.9202 released

Today we’re releasing Camo 2. Camo 2 takes all the magic of Camo, improves on it, and brings it to any webcam, built-in camera, connected pro camera or action camera to give them next-gen capabilities. These include beautiful bokeh "portrait" mode, spotlight, natural privacy blur, background replacement, auto-framing face tracking, and cinematic "LUT" filters. Camo 2 also brings support for 4K webcams and dedicated cameras. You can read more about this update on our blog.

If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

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10 features

  • 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.

3 improvements

  • 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.
macOS

Camo Studio 1.9.2.8695 released

Today’s release brings a couple of improvements and bug fixes around wireless connections and more. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

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2 improvements

  • When plugging in a supported phone while already connected wirelessly, the connection will now automatically switch to USB.
  • We’ve improved performance when switching between devices.

2 fixes

  • We’ve resolved an issue that could cause the pairing process to fail to complete in some cases.
  • We’ve fixed a bug that could result in the audio being out of sync in local recordings made with Android phones.
macOS

Camo Studio 1.9.1.8495 released

Today’s release focuses on fixing a couple of rare bugs. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

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2 improvements

  • We’ve reworked the wireless pairing process to make it clearer what to do if there’s a problem.
  • Connecting your device wirelessly to Camo Studio is now more reliable. If you've been having trouble connecting via Wi-Fi, this'll help!

1 fix

  • We’ve made Camo Studio more resilient to malformed video packets.
macOS

Camo Studio 1.9.0.8336 released

We’re excited to be launching Camo 1.9 today, which brings support for wireless connections to devices running both iOS and Android! Find out more about the release.

If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We’d love to help and hear from you.

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3 features

  • Connect your iOS or Android device to your computer via Wi-Fi. No more wires!
  • Camo is now localised in Arabic, our first RTL language.
  • Full support for macOS Ventura.

1 fix

  • We’ve fixed a bug which meant the Studio Display microphone wouldn’t appear in the Mic dropdown in Camo Studio.
macOS

Camo Studio 1.8.0.8142 released

We're excited to be launching Camo 1.8 today which brings support for 60 fps video and adjustable frame rate controls, along with "Smart Zoom", video stabilisation, and improved colour and brightness adjustments.

If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

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4 features

  • 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.

2 improvements

  • 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.

3 fixes

  • 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.
  • **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.
macOS

Camo Studio 1.7.2.8086 released

Today's update brings changes behind the scenes in preparation for our next major update, watch this space! If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

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1 fix

  • We've fixed a bug which could lead to Camo Studio showing a warning when you select 1080p or 720p in portrait orientation.
macOS

Camo Studio 1.7.1.7837 released

Today’s release focuses on improving the experience using Camo Studio with an external microphone, particularly professional mono microphones. We’ve also improved compatibility with the latest beta of macOS Ventura, and fixed a bug involving overlays.

If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

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1 feature

  • We’ve added an Audio Settings section to the left-hand side of Camo Studio. When using Camo Studio’s audio in your video app you can now choose to use audio from any microphone connected to your Mac, not just the audio from your phone. This means you can use Camo Studio to control your microphones and it’s now easier to choose the audio when making a local recording.

2 improvements

  • Previously when making a local recording using a mono microphone there would only be audio in the left channel. You can now use the Advanced tab in Preferences to enable mono audio recording so that audio will be recorded in both channels.
  • We’ve added an audio delay setting to Camo Studio to fix rare issues where audio and video are not in sync. This can be enabled using the Advanced tab in Preferences.

3 fixes

  • New users who are lucky enough to be running the beta of macOS Ventura will now be sent to the correct part of the new macOS Settings application when giving Camo Studio the permissions it needs to send video to other apps.
  • We’ve fixed an issue which caused issues when changing an image in an overlay.
  • Ever spotted an item in Camo Studio’s menu called “Connection Suggestions” and wondered what it meant? Well, you’re not the only one, this has now been renamed to “Notifications”.
macOS

Camo Studio 1.7.0.7547 released

We've proud to be launching Camo Studio 1.7 today. This brings integrated overlay editing to Camo, making it easy to add and edit your logo, profile picture, name, title and branding messages as a lower third or overlay. You can read more about this update on our blog.

If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

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1 feature

  • The new overlay editor is here! You can create customisable text, shapes, images, and colored overlays from a wealth of templates, or design your own from scratch without needing additional software. You can also switch between overlays easily with keyboard shortcuts, as well as seeing a preview of what your video will look like, and drag overlays in and out of Camo to share or import them.

2 improvements

  • Camo Studio will now remember the window position and size from the last launch.
  • We've made a change to the default Camo Studio preview setting, changing it to “Scale to fit” for clarity.

2 fixes

  • We've fixed a bug which meant that after waking your Mac from sleep Camo Studio would sometimes show video in fast forward for a few seconds.
  • We've fixed a minor bug on versions of macOS older than macOS 11 which led to some menu entries having the wrong name.
macOS

Camo Studio 1.6.5.7470 released

Today's update to Camo Studio focuses on getting the small details right, while we prepare for our next major release. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

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1 improvement

  • Camo Studio no longer warns about use of USB hubs for users running through a Studio Display or Pro Display XDR. Because they're rock solid.

5 fixes

  • We've fixed a bug which meant that the white-balance shown in Camo Studio would not update when in auto mode.
  • We've fixed an issue which prevented the names of folders in the recording preferences window from being localised.
  • We've fixed an issue which meant it wasn't clear that a Camo Pro licence was required to manually control the camera focus in Camo Studio.
  • We've fixed an issue which was leading to some users being shown too many low battery notifications.
  • We've fixed a couple of rare issues which could have prevented Camo Studio from connecting to a phone.
macOS

Camo Studio 1.6.4.7298 released

We’re thrilled to launch a long-awaited feature in Camo: full compatibility with Safari, FaceTime, QuickTime, and more. This update also enables all third-party apps that previously relied on Camo’s integrations to work natively. Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, and others now run great with Camo without modification.

This new compatibility requires functionality we’ve built on top of macOS 12.3. For users on older versions of macOS, the pre-existing integration system remains in place. You can read more about this update on our blog.

Today’s release also contains lots of UI love, fixes, and Swedish words.

If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

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4 features

  • Camo’s new video plugin is supported in more places than ever, including in system apps!
  • Camo Studio now supports audio from Android devices.
  • Shiny new getting started screen, helping you get the most out of Camo. ✨
  • Camo is now localised in Swedish! 🇸🇪

2 improvements

  • Revamped installer, with less password prompts.
  • The license management sheet has been freshened up.

10 fixes

  • An issue causing video to freeze when an Android device in a certain mode was connected has been resolved.
  • Installing from homebrew cask now succeeds.
  • Fixed an issue where repeatedly clicking the warning button would open multiple warning popovers.
  • Fixed an issue which caused the license management sheet to unexpectedly show.
  • Resolved an issue causing unexpected disconnections while using Portrait Mode.
  • The “Shot on iPhone” overlay is no longer available for non-iOS devices.
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  • The pan position is now correctly mirrored when using the “Mirror my video” option.
  • Fixed an issue which caused Camo Studio to appear in the “Apps using Camo” list after completing a recording.
  • Resolved an issue which prevented macOS from entering sleep mode.
  • Keybindings to switch between overlays now work even when the settings sidebar is collapsed.
macOS

Camo Studio 1.5.1.5687 released

Today's update fixes a couple of rare but important issues a handful of users were seeing. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

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3 fixes

  • We've fixed a rare issue which sometimes happened when opening Camo Studio.
  • We've fixed an issue with recording videos when using Camo Studio with other iOS apps that integrate with Camo.
  • We've fixed a problem with our error reporting system.
macOS

Camo Studio 1.5.0.5619 released

We're very excited to be releasing today's update which brings AR modes to Camo! The launch set contains over a dozen modes for improved accessibility, masking, focus, and novelty uses and will be available free and unrestricted for all users from 6am PT (2pm BST) on Thursday October 28th. Later today we'll be celebrating the launch of this new feature with a live event, visit camoapp.com/live to find out more!

If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

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1 feature

  • AR modes are here! Accessing the AR modes is as simple as selecting them from the list of modes in Camo Studio. (Note, AR modes are currently only available for recent iPhones, such as the iPhone XR and newer. They will be coming to Camo for Android later in 2021.)

1 fix

  • Fixed an issue which led to audio not working for a small number of users.
macOS

Camo Studio 1.4.2.5580 released

Today's update brings some changes behind the scenes in preparation for our next major update, which will be released on Thursday. Visit camoapp.com/live to find out more and to sign up up for the launch celebration!

If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

macOS

Camo Studio 1.4.0.5539 released

Today's release includes brings two huge new features to Camo Studio, recording and overlays! Camo Studio is now able to record video directly, and also lets you create your own custom overlays for use in your presentations, meetings, and streams.

If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

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2 features

  • Recording is here! You can use Camo Studio to record your Camo output in high fidelity. When making a recording you can also choose to use audio from your phone's microphones, or from any microphone connected to your Mac.
  • We've made so many improvements to Camo Studio's custom watermarks that we've given them a new name, and watermarks are now overlays! You can now use Camo Studio to create custom overlays and we've also added an overlays gallery.

8 fixes

  • We've fixed an issue which led to video being over-exposed for some users after using portrait mode.
  • We've fixed an issue which meant that our top resolutions weren't available immediately after activating a license, and where sometimes switching lens would lead to Camo Studio choosing to use a really low resolution.
  • We've fixed a problem where Camo Studio couldn't be installed with Homebrew.
  • We spotted that Camo Studio's name was missing from the Activity Monitor and a few other places, that's fixed now. Sorry!
  • We've fixed an unusual bug which led to us showing a "No device connected" when closing the Camo Studio window.
  • We spotted an issue that made it possible to use the menu bar to enable portrait mode on devices that don't support it, which led to problems! That's now fixed.
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  • We've fixed a rare issue when displaying a warning in Camo Studio.
  • We've fixed a rare issue that was sometimes causing problems on launch for users on macOS 10.13.
macOS

Camo Studio 1.3.9.5221 released

Today's update for Camo Studio fixes a couple of important bugs and also includes some changes behind the scenes in preparation for our next major update. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

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2 fixes

  • We've fixed a bug when using Camo with Teams or Skype which sometimes meant that Camo would not appear in the list of cameras.
  • We've fixed a bug which occasionally led to Camo disconnecting when panning the video or changing settings quickly.
macOS

Camo Studio 1.3.8.5146 released

Today's update to Camo Studio fixes a few minor bugs related to licensing and using Camo with Android devices. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

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1 improvement

  • If your Camo license expires we'll now show you a popup in Camo Studio to let you know.

2 fixes

  • We've fixed a bug which prevented Camo Studio from going back to the default settings after your license expired.
  • We've fixed a bug which was causing video to stutter when an additional device was connected to your Mac.
macOS

Camo Studio 1.3.7.5038 released

We're excited to be releasing a new update for Camo Studio which brings full support for macOS 12 Shortcuts, preparation for our Camo on Android beta, and a number of important bug fixes.

If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

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3 features

  • Camo Studio now supports macOS 12 Shortcuts! We've added Shortcuts for getting and setting the current device, lens, resolution, mode, brightness, and all the other effects and adjustments offered by Camo. Let us know what you think, we're really excited to see what you'll come up with!
  • Added support for connecting to Android devices. To connect to an Android device you'll need version `0.9.2` of Camo for Android, which we'll be releasing in the next few days. If you've not been added to the beta yet, don't worry, sign ups are still open!
  • We've completed work on VoiceOver support, every part of Camo Studio should now be fully accessible with Apple's VoiceOver screen reader. We're always keen to make Camo Studio as accessible as possible, please let us know if you have any feedback and if there's any way Studio's accessibility can be improved.

5 improvements

  • If we detect any potential problems with Camo Studio such as your phone being connected via a USB hub we'll now show you a warning and guide you in fixing it.
  • We've tweaked Camo Studio's installation process to give you the option of deferring installation of our audio plugin to prevent interrupting your audio.
  • Camo Studio now detects when it's uninstalled, and can automatically remove its own plugin.
  • After updating to a new version of Camo Studio we'll now let you know if you need to restart any video apps to complete the installation.
  • We've made it easier to ensure you're running the right version of our audio and video plugins after updating Camo Studio.

5 fixes

  • Added our friends at Clipchamp to our list of supported apps.
  • We've fixed a bug which meant you had to enter your password twice when updating Camo Studio.
  • We've fixed a problem with installing Camo Studio on macOS 12 beta 3. We're aware of some issues remaining with uninstalling Camo Studio on macOS 12 beta 3, and we're optimistic that they'll be fixed in beta 4.
  • We've fixed a couple of rare crashes which a couple of our users saw when updating or opening Camo Studio.
  • Fixed a minor UI bug in the toolbar on macOS High Sierra.
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