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Why CamProps?
The picture quality of many webcams can be improved by manually tweaking properties like focus, exposure or gain. When doing so, you may run into a few issues, though:
- If you are in a room with changing lighting conditions, you have to adjust the settings each time you want to use the camera.
- Some third-party software may decide to reset the camera back to default.
- And some devices simply
forget
all settings after a reboot.
CamProps is a simple utility that lets you
- quickly adjust camera properties,
- manage different sets of configurations, and
- restore the settings with a single click.
CamProps works with all webcams and video capture devices that support opening the webcam driver property dialog (either the default provided by Windows or a specific dialog by the manufacturer's driver)
How to...
Set up your first configuration
- Open a live preview of your camera, e.g., in your online meeting software or in the Windows 10 Camera app.
- Start CamProps.
- Select the camera in the dropdown list. In the rather unlikely case that it is not listed here, the camera does not support the standard Windows way of accessing its properties and thus cannot be used with CamProps.
- Press
+
to add a new configuration. - Press
to open the properties dialog. - Tweak the properties while watching the results.
- Close the dialog. The settings are stored automatically.
Activate a configuration
- To apply the settings of a specific configuration, click on its name.
- Should another application change the camera settings, click on the configuration name again.
Tip: Create different configurations for different lighting conditions
and name them accordingly (e.g. Morning sun
, Cloudy afternoon
, etc.).
Backup/restore your configuration settings
The configuration settings are stored automatically and will be kept intact when you install a new version of CamProps over an existing installation. Nevertheless it is a good idea to create a backup of your settings, especially if you spend time on creating multiple configurations.
- Open the
•••
menu in the upper-right corner of the window. - Select
Backup settings
. - Enter a filename to create the backup file.
In the same menu, you also find the Restore settings
function.
Enable logging
If CamProps does not work as expected (especially if it did in the past), you can enable logging, which
writes
all exceptions that occur to a log file in a location of your choice.
Please include a log file when you contact me for assistance (click Roland Weigelt
at bottom of this
website).
- Open the
•••
menu in the upper-right corner of the window. - Select
Logging...
. - Set the checkmark for
Logging enabled
. - Specify the folder to write the log files to.
When you enable logging for the first time, CamProps will restart for the change to take effect. This also logs the startup (which contains the most interesting information).
Note that the log file will contain reported exceptions even if everything is working fine. You will also find video devices here that do not work with CamProps.
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