- #Adjust webcam settings mac 1080p#
- #Adjust webcam settings mac pro#
- #Adjust webcam settings mac mac#
I can also have Autofocus turned off and I can change the focus directly. I've got white balance controls, I can move around or set it to automatic. So I can adjust brightness here of the camera, the contrast, and things like saturation, desaturate, sharpness. You are seeing me as you usually would when I record the beginning of the video but I've brought up the Control Panel here and I can adjust things. So here I'm actually going to use the controls live. It is very useful when there is some separate lighting and things in different situations and you want to set it up and quickly access those controls. So once you've set things up just like you want you can save a Profile and then quickly get to it. Pan is very useful if you're are zoomed in a little bit you will be able pan from left to right.
#Adjust webcam settings mac 1080p#
So, for instance, this webcam is a 1080p webcam so being able to zoom in and have a lower resolution image but using a portion of it is very useful. Of course if your webcam doesn't have lens in it, which it probably doesn't, at least not lens that can focus, you won't really be able to zoom but it will use pixels to zoom. The advanced things really give you a lot of control. So you are going to see a different set of setting and some that will be active or won't be active based on the webcam that you are using. The settings that you see will depend upon which camera you've got. It gives you a whole set of controls over here where you can manually control all sorts of things like Brightness, Contrast, and Saturation.
#Adjust webcam settings mac pro#
But it also works with the FaceTime cameras built into Macs, like say with my MacBook Pro it works with that. Like I've got the C920, the Logitech webcam, since I have a MacPro that doesn't have a camera built in. Now the settings panel is particularly useful if you have a third party camera. You can access the settings by going to Show Webcam Settings Panel. Once you run it it appears here at the top of the screen as an icon. Once you get it, then you can run it from Launchpad.
#Adjust webcam settings mac mac#
If you look at the listing here in the Mac App Store you will see some good reviews and a lot of information about it. If you search you will find a lot of video podcasters and Mac users talking about this app so it is getting very popular. Just search for Webcam Settings and it comes up right away. You have to search for it in the Mac App Store. The Webcam Settings App is so useful and so basic you would think it would come with your Mac. On today's episode let me tell you about the Webcam Settings App.
Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with. Check out Webcam Settings App at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.