Factime camtwist camera5/1/2023 ![]() ![]() Downgrade your version of Zoom to 4.6.8 where it is available and wait until they’ve fixed this bug/feature (here’s an article I found with downgrade options for zoom).Seeing as this isn’t a physical camera (yes, technically it is, but we’re using software to convert the signal into a feed so is classes as a virtual camera) this option is no longer available for Zoom. With all the dodgy security stuff that Zoom has been doing they’ve released a version that stops any virtual cameras from being chosen. Kinda defeats the whole purpose of this tutorial right! You could also invest in some lighting rigs to illuminate your face a little more which makes a HUGE difference. I’ve got a 50mm lens which I’m going to try as well, but it might be a bit too zoomed for my set up. I’ve settled for 3200 on the ISO and the shortest F-Stop which is 4.0 on this lens. Once the camera is being used as a feed you can not change the ISO or F-stop values, but if you disconnect the camera these can then be updated. Our iMac camera is a lot older so the picture isn’t as good, but the light on this one seemed a bit better without the camera. In practice, the image is a lot darker than when I was using the builtin webcam with the Macbook. I had assumed that using the Canon 50D with the 17-85mm lens would allow for a lot more light to be absorbed and therefore a much better and brighter overall picture. The camera feed is darker than I expected There were two areas that stood out as issues when going through this process. The camera is now a web cam so you can use it for quick time movies, Skype calls, Microsoft Teams, Facebook Live, Twitch…. You don’t have to be using Zoom for all this to work. You should see all the camera’s that you have available to you. The final step is to choose the camera from Zoom in the Video Options. The chances are you’ll do this a few times, so you want these saved as a quick configuration. Settings: Set the Syphon Server to Camera Live.Step 1: Select a Video Source > Syphon and click select.In the Cam Twist main window (view > main window) you have three setting steps. You should have set your preferences, and now it’s time to bring through your feed. Whatever your settings are, remember to restart CamTwist for those settings to take effect. Last thing you want to do is enable the Syphon Server (see settings below). I also update the resolution to 1280 x 720, but again feel free to make changes to your settings to get the picture you’re looking for. Here I change to 60 FPS (by default it is 15 FPS and you could get away with 25-30), but in this particular set up I’m looking at how 60FPS holds up. Go to the menu and select CamTwist > Preferences Click on the name of your camera, for me the Canon EOS 50D, and you should hear the click of your shutter opening and the “ Ready” should change to “ Active“ Step 5 – Configure CamTwist Preferences The final step with Camera Live is to enable the camera which will open up the shutter and start streaming the image from the camera. Now you have both CamTwist and Camera Live installed, and you’ve connected your Canon 50D with a USB and switched it on. Once you have connected the camera, turn your Camera on and move on to Step 4. It is important to flag that you are connecting the USB connection to your computer, you are NOT connecting via HDMI. The last piece of the puzzle (before we configure them) is to connect your USB cable to your camera. Once unzipped, drag the file across to your Applications folder. Once downloaded, open the zip file and you should have the Camera Live application unzip. You can download Camera Live zip file from the assets section (see below) I’ve chosen to download the latest Alpha Release for this (v13 at the time of writing). pkg file which will then start the install process (note, I had to right click and open the. Once you open the DMG file, you then open the. ![]() At the point where I’m writing this that is version 3.4.3. Step 1 – CamTwistĭownload the CamTwist Software and install it. These are the steps that I took to get the Canon 50D set up as a webcam. I found a regular battery only gave me 70 minutes of webcam before it needed swapping/charging) ![]() Dummy Battery (this allows the camera to be directly plugged into the power.CamTwist Software (v3.4.3 at the time of this article).Mac running at least 10.10 (my mac pro is 10.14 and the iMac is running the latest Mac OS).Canon 50D (although you can use a number of different EOS cameras).There are a few things you need for this to work. With most of us working from home these days I wanted to be able to provide a better quality video for video calls, and with all of the web cams sold out and on back order I decided to look at using what I’ve got at home. ![]()
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