Changing your camera settings using Windows. MS Windows. To manage the settings for your Center Cam on your PC, follow these steps:. 1. Brightness - simply put, this is how dark or light your video is. 2. Contrast - This is the difference in the brig

<h1 id> </h1><h1 id="activity">Activity:</h1>Changing your camera settings using Windows<h1 id="-1"> </h1><h1 id="operating-systems">Operating Systems:</h1>MS Windows <h1 id="details">Details:</h1>To manage the settings for your Center Cam on your PC, follow these steps:<ol><li style="font-size: 16px;">Download the software from the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VucPMdQ1oLM9Jyct0nslqu1VNpR_xcmI/view?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">link</a></li><li style="font-size: 16px;">Once downloaded, open the software from the download location</li><li style="font-size: 16px;">Go to Devices and select the Center Cam.&#xA0;<img src="https://uploads.gorgias.io/dY4gQxz1A37Wnv8l/undefined-94037060-f459-413c-be1e-d4286ec7d8fe" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"></li><li style="font-size: 16px;">Go to Options and select Preview. Note: this preview starts the camera but will not allow the camera to be used with other applications that need to use the camera. You can use the other applications to view your image as you change the settings.<img src="https://uploads.gorgias.io/dY4gQxz1A37Wnv8l/undefined-608cd684-7479-427a-898f-2b71faba933b" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"></li><li style="font-size: 16px;">Go to Video Capture Filter. This is where you will be able to change the camera settings.<img src="https://uploads.gorgias.io/dY4gQxz1A37Wnv8l/undefined-01627b69-b208-4921-a222-7d408af2fe26" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"></li><li style="font-size: 16px;">Change your settings. There are two tabs where you can set the different features. The settings below will be the defaults that you will see on the camera.<img src="https://uploads.gorgias.io/dY4gQxz1A37Wnv8l/undefined-2ff9eb3c-fe05-4b57-a3a3-ed84e3892d91" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil"><img src="https://uploads.gorgias.io/dY4gQxz1A37Wnv8l/undefined-6dfbdede-bcd1-40e5-b48d-1cfef5b0d3ad" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib"></li><li style="font-size: 16px;">Review each of the settings, using the following descriptions as a reference:</li></ol>1. Brightness&#xA0;- <span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">simply put, this is how dark or light your video is.&#xA0;2. Contrast - <span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">This is the difference in the bright and dark areas of the image.&#xA0;<span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">If the contrast is high, the image looks lively; conversely, if the contrast is low, the image looks flat and monotonous.3. Hue - This describes where the specific color fits between the basic <span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">basic colors on the color wheel4. Saturation - &#xA0;describes the color purity or the amount of brightness a color appears to have in your video. Low saturated colors look grey while highly saturated videos are full of color5. Sharpness - This <span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;">describes the clarity of details in the video. S<span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;">harpness settings are limited by video software, hardware, image magnification and viewing distance.6. Gamma&#xA0;- Gamma<span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;">&#xA0;affects the appearance of dark areas, like blacks and shadows and mid-tones, as well as highlights. Monitors with poor gamma can either crush detail at various points or wash it out, making the entire picture appear flat and dull. Proper gamma leads to more depth and realism and a more three-dimensional image.7. White Balance - Disable Auto - This changes the color of the image from a cooler (blue) to warmer (red).8. Backlight Compensation&#xA0;- This is used when Exposure is set to Auto. If you manually control exposure, this function will not work. It will lighten or darken the image.9. Gain&#xA0;- this is how sensitive the camera will be to light.10. PowerLine Frequency - If you find yourself in a room with Florescent lighting, select 60 Hz if you live in North America. Majority of other countries will be 50 Hz.11. Focus - Not a feature in the 1.0 version of the camera.12. Exposure - Disable Auto - This will change how much light comes into the sensor. Normally this is set to Auto. Changing this to manual can help in scenarios where you get a water fall look to the image.

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Center Cam Camera Controller. Step 1: Download the program from this location. Camera Controller is also available on the App Store. If installed from the app store, the directions below are not needed to follow. Step 2: You will see a program called

Center Cam Camera ControllerStep 1: Download the program from this <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-8MEXPUFQicEHxLa7GVHk_IpPq6HPI03/view?usp=sharing">location</a>.Camera Controller is also available on the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/center-cam-era-controller/id6745724115?mt=12">App Store</a>. If installed from the app store, the directions below are not needed to follow.Step 2: You will see a program called CenterCam.dmg.<img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/dY4gQxz1A37Wnv8l/hc/ZPG09N6gbXx4j5gK/2025032703-4ad05d71-e40d-4736-a72e-2a38ee3c0f1f-9b10d531-600f-441e-9572-def8633f9c32.png" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"> Step 3: Double Click on the file. You will see a message. Click Done.<img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/dY4gQxz1A37Wnv8l/hc/ZPG09N6gbXx4j5gK/2025032703-c05a724a-06e3-446d-9f0f-689f6c24c329-3e7fb684-151d-4dd2-aa73-c2ab70b49c84.png" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">Step 4: Go to your Privacy &amp; Security under your System Settings. Ensure that you are allowing &#xA0;applications from App Store &amp; Known Developers. You will also see a note to Open Anyway the CenterCam.dmg. please click on this.<img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/dY4gQxz1A37Wnv8l/hc/ZPG09N6gbXx4j5gK/2025032703-48987120-98e0-4230-9089-482939fb4c2d-93f0af57-df15-4e8e-b17d-29a2fd7bd51f.png" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">This dialogue box will open and click on Open Anyway. It might ask for your password to install the file.<img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/dY4gQxz1A37Wnv8l/hc/ZPG09N6gbXx4j5gK/2025032703-a120e371-442e-4f91-b2ff-d5e23770d68e-3ccaf210-36ab-4ef9-8200-b3a69773e78f.png" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"> Step 5: Once you have input your password, a box will open to allow you to move the application to your application folder.<img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/dY4gQxz1A37Wnv8l/hc/ZPG09N6gbXx4j5gK/2025032703-ed37c81d-8f17-4ef8-8e04-eee390584d7e-ad0179ff-dd05-483b-825a-abd3950c6cc4.png" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"> Step 6: Go to your Application folder and open the program. You will get a dialogue that will ask if you want to open it. Click Open.<img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/dY4gQxz1A37Wnv8l/hc/ZPG09N6gbXx4j5gK/2025032703-0f257c51-6320-43a0-b5eb-54768ec031fe-bc791cef-dd31-4bff-b726-dfdb96e57dbf.png" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"> Step 7: The program will launch at the top of the screen and will be the Center Cam Logo.<img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/dY4gQxz1A37Wnv8l/hc/ZPG09N6gbXx4j5gK/2025032703-ade664d7-2195-4794-abde-8125936e1091-8211d97e-4089-491e-9a92-f175815c76cc.png" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">Step 8: Click on it and go to Settings.&#xA0;<img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/dY4gQxz1A37Wnv8l/hc/ZPG09N6gbXx4j5gK/2025032703-ba655815-8579-4ff7-80a8-1e0c4572e2a9-d1fcbda7-eeb4-4cd1-aa75-d32eba36645f.png" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">Step 9: In the settings, go to camera and select your camera. Step 10: Go to Basic Settings, and you will see different camera setting options.<img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/dY4gQxz1A37Wnv8l/hc/ZPG09N6gbXx4j5gK/2025032703-7398e90e-0df3-4c05-a211-5f43a53657af-7f428c5d-2ee3-4433-aa3b-c52f3fb43c65.png" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"> Step 11: For Advanced Settings, you will find Anti-Banding and Backlight Compensation.<img src="https://attachments.gorgias.help/dY4gQxz1A37Wnv8l/hc/ZPG09N6gbXx4j5gK/2025032703-7c244da0-d05b-45b6-8cfe-827f4bb06e6b-a37a31d8-a346-4739-86b8-0b155ea10ced.png" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">If you live in a country that the power frequency is 50 Hz, you will want to change to that value. Backlight compensation can help when you have a lot of light behind you.

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