Camo
release notes

Today's update brings a few fixes and improvements. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

• Feature Reaching out to our support team is even easier now. Just hold your finger on the Camo app on your home screen and tap on "Contact Support" in the menu.
• Improvement We've added some UI improvements to guide you through setting up wireless connections.
• Improvement The Camo UI is more friendly for iOS 12 users.
• Improvement There's a new option in Camo Studio to set the iOS previewer to use "Scale to fit" instead of "Scale to fill".
• Fix We've fixed any issue where changing resolution would also change the FPS in some cases when it shouldn't.

Today's update brings a few tweaks to support the next update to Camo Studio. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

Today's update brings a few tweaks to support the next update to Camo Studio. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

Today's update brings support for unsupported hardware mode. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

• Feature Unsupported hardware mode. This allows the use of features like 4k resolutions on older devices (you may experience performance issues with this enabled). To enable this you'll need macOS Camo Studio 2.1.0 or Windows Camo Studio 2.1.4 which will be available soon.

Today's release includes many commonly-requested features, including 4K and green screen support!
If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

• Feature 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 We’ve added an option in preferences to select from light or dark appearance, or keep the system setting.
• Improvement You can now set any audio delay value you’d like, instead of 100ms increments.
• Improvement If any overlay was applied before going into the overlay editor, it will be reapplied on exit.
• Fix We’ve fixed the “Connect a device” prompt being shown in your feed when switching between UVC devices.
• Fix If a device supports 29.97 FPS, we now show that instead of rounding up to 30 FPS.

Today's release includes improvements to wireless connections and some changes behind the scenes. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

• Improvement We will no longer blur the video feed on your device when paused if the Screen Curtain is switched off.
• Fix We've fixed a bug which could result in unexpected low resolution video.
• Fix We’ve fixed stutters in some situations when using wireless connections.

If you’ve been seeing issues with auto-focus since the last release, this update should address that. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

• Fix We’ve fixed a bug introduced in the last release where auto focus wouldn’t continually update.

Hot on the heels of Camo 2, today we're releasing Camo 2.0.1 which brings a couple of 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.

• Fix We've fixed a bug where using "Click to Focus" wouldn't work correctly.
• Fix We've also fixed a rare crash that could happen when attempting to use "Click to Focus".

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.

• Feature 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.
• Feature 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.
• Feature Spotlight mode ensures you stand out in your shot, brightening you up against the background.
• Feature Privacy blur lets you hide what’s in shot behind you, removing the need for jarring video-conferencing background removal.
• Feature Replace mode enables you to substitute your background scene with a replacement backdrop or a virtual greenscreen.
• Feature 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.
• Feature 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.
• Feature 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.
• Feature We've added a beautiful new vignette overlay to the pack of built in overlays.
• Feature Centre stage controls, Camo Studio can now be used to toggle Centre Stage on the Studio Display, iPhones using Continuity Camera, and supported iPads.
• Improvement 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.
• Improvement 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.
• Improvement We've made significant improvements to Camo's performance when using overlays on iPhone.

Today’s release brings wireless to iOS 12 and some changes behind the scenes. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

• Improvement Wireless connections are now available for devices running iOS 12.
• Improvement We’ve made preparations to support future improvements in Camo Studio.

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.

• Fix We’ve fixed an issue that was causing Camo to crash on devices running iOS 12.0 and 12.1.
• Improvement We’ve reworked the wireless pairing process to make it clearer what to do if there’s a problem.

We’re excited to be launching Camo 1.9 today which brings support for wireless connections to both macOS and Windows, along with a launcher lock screen widget and support for using external microphones through your iOS device.

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

• Feature Connect your iOS device to your macOS or Windows computer via Wi-Fi. No more wires!
• Feature Ever wanted to quickly open Camo from your lock screen? Now you can with the Camo launcher widget.
• Feature While connected to Camo Studio wirelessly, you can connect an external microphone via the Lightning connector on your iOS device and select it in Camo Studio.
• Feature Camo is now localised in Arabic, our first RTL language.

Today's update fixes a couple of small but important bugs in preparation for our next major release of Camo Studio. Stay tuned!

• Fix 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.
• Fix We’ve fixed a rare issue related to Camo’s audio which caused Camo to close when connected to Studio on certain phones.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Today's update brings some 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.

Today's update for Camo is a small one to improve how we handle errors in Camo. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

Today's update for Camo brings a couple of minor 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.

• Fix: We've fixed a rare crash that some users were seeing when getting set up with Camo Studio on their Mac for the first time.
• Fix: We've fixed a bug which led to us showing the wrong zoom level for some telephoto lenses.

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.

• Fix 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.
• Fix We've fixed a bug which occasionally led to Camo disconnecting when panning the video or changing settings quickly.

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.

• Improvement If your Camo license expires we'll now show you a popup in Camo Studio to let you know.
• Fix We've fixed a bug which prevented Camo Studio from going back to the default settings after your license expired.
• Fix We've fixed a bug which was causing video to stutter when an additional device was connected to your Mac.

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.

• Feature 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!
• Feature 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!
• Feature 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.
• Improvement 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.
• Improvement 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.
• Improvement Camo Studio now detects when it's uninstalled, and can automatically remove its own plugin.
• Improvement 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.
• Improvement We've made it easier to ensure you're running the right version of our audio and video plugins after updating Camo Studio.
• Fix Added our friends at Clipchamp to our list of supported apps.
• Fix We've fixed a bug which meant you had to enter your password twice when updating Camo Studio.
• Fix 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.
• Fix We've fixed a couple of rare crashes which a couple of our users saw when updating or opening Camo Studio.
• Fix Fixed a minor UI bug in the toolbar on macOS High Sierra.

We're excited today to be releasing a new update for Camo Studio which not only brings a number of bugfixes but also a brand new icon for the app!

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

• Feature From today's release, both Camo and Camo Studio share a new icon, designed by our incredibly talented friend, Gavin Nelson. We hope you love it!
• Feature We now change Camo's status bar icon in order to show whether the video from Camo is currently being used in a video app.
• Feature Portrait mode can now be added to your custom presets.
• Feature Always stay on top. Camo Studio now sports an option to ensure its window remains on top of your desktop.
• Feature Window transparency. You can now put make Studio partially transparent, making it more powerful when reading to camera with speaking notes behind the main window.
• Improvement We made some changes to the menus to ensure that all of Camo's features are always at your fingertips. This includes adding camera and video controls to the advanced menu.
• Improvement Added support for many more video apps.
• Fix We've fixed an issue with audio recording on M1 Macs.
• Fix Fixed a crash when opening links from the help window.
• Fix Fixed an issue which was preventing the trackpad from being used to zoom, and made general improvements to zoom and panning.
• Fix Fixed an issue which led to Camo's menu bar sometimes being unresponsive.
• Fix Fixed a rare crash for users with particularly unusual machines!

Today's update to Camo fixes a few little issues and paves the way for some exciting updates. More on that 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.

• Improvement We've made a lot of changes under the hood to how Camo communicates with your computer.
• Fix We've reduced flickering when changing between lenses and modes.
• Fix We've resolved a bug which led to slower connection times for some users.
• Fix We resolved a really odd issue where enabling portrait mode whilst using 192x144 could cause oddities.

It's important that Camo Studio uses as few resources on your Mac as possible. Camo Studio 1.3.3 resolves some performance issues.

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

• Fix Resolved an issue where Camo's camera plugin could cause some apps to use more CPU than necessary.

We hope you're enjoying Camo 1.3! Today's update comes with some further performance improvements.

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

• Fix Fixed a rare crash when "Record Logs" is enabled.

After lots of hard work, we're thrilled to be releasing Camo Studio 1.3, which brings with it many more highly-requested features and builds the foundation for even 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.

• Feature We now support 11 languages! We're excited to have translations for speakers of Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
• Feature Introduced in Camo 1.3, we now turn off your device's screen automatically when it is mounted to conserve power. In Camo Studio, you can now adjust this in Advanced settings.
• Feature You can now export the current video frame displayed in Camo! Look in the File menu.
• Improvement We've completely redesigned the screens shown in video apps when your device wasn't connected.
• Improvement We have added more apps to our Integrations section, including Tuple and Facebook Workplace. We've also updated the information for existing apps, such as Webex (which we now support!)
• Improvement We've changed how Camo Studio behaves when you accidentally launch another version, to avoid interruptions to your video.
• Improvement We have been working hard on performance improvements and building out the foundation for some of our most requested features!
• Improvement We've done a minor reorganisation of some of our controls for consistency across the app.
• Improvement Camo Studio should now use even less resources when not in use.
• Fix We've resolved an issue where clicking on the image to focus could fail.
• Fix Camo Studio could crash if another app had already reserved its hotkey. We now handle that better.
• Fix We've resolved an issue where the window title could display incorrectly.
• Fix For some users, Camo Studio might have been shy and hid behind other windows. It will now come to the front, like other apps!
• Fix We've made some changes to better support the upcoming macOS 11.3 update.
• Fix We've fixed an issue where some sliders with manual entry might have rudely given up on you while you were typing.
• Fix We've also made some smaller bug fixes.

Today's update to Camo Studio contains a few smaller improvements while we work on some long-requested features. Stay tuned!

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

• Feature You can now search in the integrations window.
• Improvement Camo Studio can now integrate with Apple Silicon-only apps. (We already had M1 support, though!)
• Improvement We've added new apps to our integrations: Descript, Filmora, Zoho Meetings, and Brave Browser. Welcome! We've also updated Webex and QuickTime Player's compatibility information.
• Improvement We've updated the battery icon to be easier to read.
• Fix Camo Studio would sometimes fail to remove itself from the Downloads folder upon installation. This has been fixed.
• Fix Some American users may have experienced notifications from Camo Studio containing incorrect text. This is now resolved.
• Fix Audio now works correctly on macOS 10.13.
• Fix We've made some behind the scenes improvements to Camo to keep it working great.

We're thrilled to be shipping Camo Studio 1.2 today. It introduces a big new feature: high quality audio support. Camo Studio now lets you choose between the different microphones your iOS devices have, and to use them in stereo where supported by your device. We've seen this compare very favourably to some of the external mics we've been testing with.

For this feature to appear in Camo Studio, an iOS app update is required. Apple have approved it for release, and it should appear for you in the App Store over the next few hours.

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

• Feature Camo Studio now supports audio.
• Improvement We've optimised the Camo Studio UI for macOS Big Sur's new design language.
• Fix We've fixed an error users may have received while attempting to activate Camo Pro without a license.
• Fix We've resolved an issue where the "Apps using Camo" section could show incorrect processes.
• Fix We've fixed some smaller UI issues users may have encountered.
• Fix We've added a number of optimisations for the iPhone 5s.

Here's the big Big Sur release for Camo Studio: 1.1.3 includes a number of updates and improvements for Big Sur and M1 users.

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

• Feature Camo Studio now fully supports Apple Silicon M1 devices.
• Feature Custom watermarks! You can now use custom watermarks with Camo.
• Improvement We've tweaked Camo Studio's icon to be more sympathetic to Big Sur. Don't worry, we're not done yet — we've got an amazing update to the icon on its way.
• Fix The integration window looked a bit strange for some users on Big Sur. We've resolved that.

We're thrilled to be releasing Camo Studio 1.1. This update paves the way for a number of features which will be enabled with a subsequent update of the Camo iOS app.

Once you've installed this update, you'll need to restart any apps using Camo's video on your Mac. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

We've pushed audio support to 1.2, and we're expecting to ship that hot on the heels of this release. It looks — and sounds — great. Camo Studio for Windows is now in its 8th beta. If you're interested in trying it out, you can get on the list here.

• Feature Portrait mode preview. Look out for an update coming soon in the App Store to enable this.
• Feature Camo's status menu now shows a list of apps consuming video from Camo.
• Feature We've added new -install and -uninstall options for command-line users. Usage of these is documented in our FAQ.
• Improvement We've reworked the focus UI to make it easier to use, and clearer as to what it's doing. Some lenses don't support manual focus, and the Studio UI now reflects this.
• Improvement We've rearranged how we group controls in order make Camo Studio's layout clearer. Collapsed sections stay collapsed.
• Improvement Camo for iOS now indicates camera feature availability, which Camo Studio uses to selectively enable controls.
• Improvement Separate British vs American English translations. We get the "z"s right. This is paving the way for full translation, coming soon.
• Improvement Scrolling the preview is now smoother for trackpad users.
• Improvement Camo Studio will now detect when the password prompt can be skipped and do so (ie. if you're running with sudo).
• Improvement Default settings are now more sensible for some adjustments.
• Improvement Pan control now uses actual frame aspect ratio (as opposed to the user's selected resolution, which ignored rotation).
• Fix Users of Big Sur are no longer prompted each time for an installation password when running Camo Studio.
• Fix We've resolved a number of issues with auto-focus.
• Fix We no longer reset the focus when users click on the grey area outside of the preview, or on the sidebar.
• Fix Stock presets now reset exposure settings.

We're really excited to be shipping Camo 1.0.8 today. This includes a number of optimisations, fixes, and a big new feature: presets. Camo Studio includes a set of stock presets for all users to try out and experiment with.

This version of Camo Studio requires the latest version of Camo from the App Store to work: don't update this until you've updated your iOS device. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.

In the meantime, our work towards 1.1 continues, and things are looking good. Camo Studio for Windows is currently in its third beta, and it looks — and works — great. If you're interested in trying it out, you can get on the list here.

• Feature Presets are now live. We'd love to hear how you get on with them. Email us or tweet us.
• Improvement We've added a number of nice optimisations to help Camo run faster and with even lower latency.
• Fix We've resolved an issue where the iPhone's camera wouldn't go back to continuous auto-focus.
• Fix We've fixed some fiddliness when changing lens position, etc.
• Fix We've improved Camo's compatibility with a number of recording apps, such as Final Cut Pro, QuickTime, and ScreenFlow.
• Fix We've resolved a bug whereby some settings where removed on pause, and not reapplied.
• Fix We've resolved a problem whereby some macOS 10.14 users would run into disconnect problems or experience memory leaks.

We've been hard at work on Camo over the last few weeks, getting closer our major 1.1 update. In the meantime, we've prepared this update to make Camo Studio more intuitive, and to resolve a small number of issues. We've not forgotten about presets, either — we want to make sure we get them just right, and they're not. Yet.

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

• Improvement We've added compatibility notes for another 8 apps: CloudApp, Pearl, Pexip, Hand Mirror, Wirecast, RingCentral, YouTube and Panopto. We support 7 of those 8: if you know anyone at Panopto, please drop them a note on our behalf. Compatibility notes have been updated for Camtasia, and for QuickTime on Big Sur.
• Improvement Camo Studio's "Help" button is now called "Help & Integrations". It looks a bit less flash, but it's easier to find!
• Improvement We note that some USB hubs can cause connection issues in Camo Studio's main screen. More here.
• Improvement It was only 6 versions ago we wrote that a competitor copied the ID we use for Camo Studio, preventing it from working whilst both were installed. It's happened again. The price of being popular, eh? We've updated our ID again.
• Fix We've resolved a problem where older devices running iOS 12 (particularly the iPhone 5s, iPad Mini 2, and iPad Air 1) could encounter half of the image being chopped off. This version of Camo Studio includes a fix for that, but you'll need an updated version of Camo on your iOS device. That version (1.0.6) will be made available to our beta testers today, and should go live to all users later this week assuming that beta goes well.
• Fix The "Help" link in the Camo Studio installation dialog didn't go to the right place. Sorry. We've fixed that.
• Fix We've resolved a bug in Camo Studio that could crash it in unusual cases.
• Fix We've fixed an even less common bug which could cause strange image corruption. We didn't have a single user report of this, so possibly we only managed to trigger it in the lab. 🤷‍♂️

Another day, another Camo Studio update. This update is preparing us for an update to the iOS app that's coming soon. It also updates compatibility information for 10 apps.

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

• Improvement Camo Studio is now much clearer about what to do if you connect an iOS device running a version of Camo that's too old or too new.
• Improvement We've added compatibility information for Camtasia, Flipgrid, Stream.club, Tuple, Zoho Meeting, Jio Meet, Meet Butter, and Macro. We support most of these — if you use one we don't support, please reach out to them!
• Fix We've noted QuickTime in Big Sur's latest beta doesn't support Camo Studio. We're working on this. We've also dropped compatibility with Skype for Business. We can't make it work consistently for enough users yet.

Camo's gone live, hurray! Thanks to an army of beta testers.

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

If you've already got Camo Studio, please update it using the "Check for Updates..." option in the main menu. If you don't already have it, you should already have an email from us with a download link. (Check your spam.)

• Fix We've temporarily disabled ISO controls and presents. We're going to resolve problems with these and ship updates to them shortly.