Camo
release notes

Today’s update brings some fixes for users running macOS 10.15. 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 fixed a few issues with the Getting Started window on macOS 10.15.

Today’s update brings some UI improvements, support for certain features on older hardware and an updated Getting Started experience. We’ve also updated some of the technology we use to build the app, which means ending updates for macOS 10.13 and 10.14. Camo Studio 2.0.5 will continue to work on those versions. 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 Meet the new onboarding experience with our new Getting Started tutorial.
• Feature Unsupported hardware mode. This allows the use of features like 4K resolutions on older phones and ML effects on Intel Macs (there may be performance issues with this enabled). You can enable it in Camo Studio preferences.
• Feature Devices that have been paired for wireless connection appear in the devices dropdown and are available for a quick connection.
• Improvement We've tuned some UI parts of the Camo Studio window to make it more beautiful.
• Improvement In macOS 14.1 Apple removed support for DAL plugins, which some apps use to provide video to apps like Camo Studio. If Camo detects a DAL plugin it will let you know why it’s missing.
• Fix The zoom feature works correctly now with Studio Display with its recent firmware update.

Today’s update fixes a couple of bugs and brings full compatibility with the latest beta of macOS Sonoma. 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 Users running the latest beta of macOS Sonoma will have seen that Camo Studio’s default rotation for their devices was wrong, that’s fixed now!
• Fix We fixed an issue when using Camo Studio with a Cisco Desk Pro.

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 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.

• Feature Camo Studio will auto-launch itself when an app attempts to use the video feed.
• Improvement We've expanded support for virtual cameras, specifically those built to work with DSLRs and GoPros.
• Improvement Filters you import are now automatically applied to your video.
• Improvement Audio devices that don't fall under existing categories can now be found under the "other" section.
• Improvement The warning alert for turning off USB debugging on any connected Android devices has been made less intrusive.
• Improvement Auto-connection behaviour with Continuity Camera has been improved.
• Improvement We've added better support for VoiceOver with our new features.
• Fix We've fixed a bug where video could be corrupted when recording while connected via Wi-Fi.
• Fix We've fixed an issue caused by other applications locking the camera that Camo Studio is trying to use.
• Fix We've fixed an issue where resuming the video feed from the menu bar app while paused could break the video feed.
• Fix We've fixed a bug where the Filter Gallery wouldn't show the currently selected filter when first opened.
• Fix We've fixed a bug affecting certain Android models, where adjusting exposure could break the video feed.

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.

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

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.

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

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 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.

• Fix We’ve resolved an issue that could cause the pairing process to fail to complete in some cases.
• Fix We’ve fixed a bug that could result in the audio being out of sync in local recordings made with Android phones.
• Improvement When plugging in a supported phone while already connected wirelessly, the connection will now automatically switch to USB.
• Improvement We’ve improved performance when switching between devices.

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

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.

• Feature Connect your iOS or Android device to your computer via Wi-Fi. No more wires!
• Feature Camo is now localised in Arabic, our first RTL language.
• Feature Full support for macOS Ventura.
• Fix We’ve fixed a bug which meant the Studio Display microphone wouldn’t appear in the Mic dropdown in Camo Studio.

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.

• *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.
• Feature 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.
• Feature 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.
• Feature 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.
• Feature 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.
• Improvement 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.
• Improvement It's now easier to remove the current overlay -- you can now disable an overlay simply by clicking on it.
• Fix We've fixed a bug which meant that Camo Studio would sometimes prevent your Mac from sleeping.
• Fix We've fixed a bug which caused issues with Camo Studio’s audio output when your phone isn't connected.
• Fix We've fixed a bug which meant that Camo Studio could occasionally think a licence had expired shortly before it was due to renew.

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.

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

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.

• 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.
• Improvement 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.
• Improvement 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.
• Fix 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.
• Fix We’ve fixed an issue which caused issues when changing an image in an overlay.
• Fix 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”.

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.

• 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.
• Improvement Camo Studio will now remember the window position and size from the last launch.
• Improvement We've made a change to the default Camo Studio preview setting, changing it to “Scale to fit” for clarity.
• 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 minor bug on versions of macOS older than macOS 11 which led to some menu entries having the wrong name.

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 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.

• Feature Camo’s new video plugin is supported in more places than ever, including in system apps!
• Feature Camo Studio now supports audio from Android devices.
• Feature Shiny new getting started screen, helping you get the most out of Camo. ✨
• Feature Camo is now localised in Swedish! 🇸🇪
• Improvement Revamped installer, with less password prompts.
• Improvement The license management sheet has been freshened up.
• Fix An issue causing video to freeze when an Android device in a certain mode was connected has been resolved.
• Fix Installing from homebrew cask now succeeds.
• Fix Fixed an issue where repeatedly clicking the warning button would open multiple warning popovers.
• Fix Fixed an issue which caused the license management sheet to unexpectedly show.
• Fix Resolved an issue causing unexpected disconnections while using Portrait Mode.
• Fix The “Shot on iPhone” overlay is no longer available for non-iOS devices.
• Fix The pan position is now correctly mirrored when using the “Mirror my video” option.
• Fix Fixed an issue which caused Camo Studio to appear in the “Apps using Camo” list after completing a recording.
• Fix Resolved an issue which prevented macOS from entering sleep mode.
• Fix Keybindings to switch between overlays now work even when the settings sidebar is collapsed.

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.

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

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 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.

• Feature 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.
• Feature 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.
• Fix We've fixed an issue which led to video being over-exposed for some users after using portrait mode.
• Fix 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.
• Fix We've fixed a problem where Camo Studio couldn't be installed with Homebrew.
• Fix We spotted that Camo Studio's name was missing from the Activity Monitor and a few other places, that's fixed now. Sorry!
• Fix We've fixed an unusual bug which led to us showing a "No device connected" when closing the Camo Studio window.
• Fix 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.
• Fix We've fixed a rare issue when displaying a warning in Camo Studio.
• Fix We've fixed a rare issue that was sometimes causing problems on launch for users on macOS 10.13.

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.