New features: scaling, positioning and rotation of the camera layer. Improved layout of options. Now includes over 100 presets for everything from retro 3D graphics to vintage camera emulation.

Labels: isight, mac, video effects

CamCamX 1.511 is now available with full Leopard support. Now you can record live mixes in Leopard directly using PhotoBooth's movie recording feature. Simply install the PhotoBooth plug-ins from the Goodies folder, start CamCamX using the Built-in iSight (Leopard), and then start Photo Booth. You can do a variety of Picture in Picture style mixing or simply use CamCamX full screen in Photo Booth.

Also in 1.511 is full support for iChat Theater in Leopard. Simply choose "Share a File with iChat Theater", and select the file from our goodies folder. As long as CamCamX is running you will be able to use CamCamX as your iChat Theater source. Typically, this will involve having at least one additional hardware camera. Using CamCamX and iChat Theater means you can make a video mix with three camera sources. CamCamX supports two, and iChat supports one. As a double bonus, you can also have Skype and Yahoo Messenger running at the same time, and send the same video mix to all three chat clients at once. Truly revolutionary!

Also included in the new release is a Tiger-compatible Quartz Composer plug-in (sample QC patches included), which will allow you to build custom Quartz Compositions which include the CamCamX mix output as part of the composition. Remember, both Qamera and DotMatrix are also supported in this way, so many creative combinations are possible for live performance.

Today we released Qamera 1.004 which makes it possible to use any Qamera effect in PhotoBooth. Since PhotoBooth can record movies, this means you can record the Qamera output as a movie file. Also, with two cameras on your system, it is possible to do a 2-camera shoot using PhotoBooth in conjunction with Qamera.

Naturally, all our software works on Tiger and PowerPC.

This new version of Qamera includes a Quartz Composer plug-in. Once installed, you can create your own Quartz Composer patches which utilize the output of Qamera as a QC patch input.

New and Updated:
· New, easier timed Snapshot button (with Sound - for no sound, use Cmd+J)
· Fixed bug with Flip L/R introduced in 1.500.
· Finished UI reorganization into Viewer/Inspector model (hope you like it).
· Added Customize section for exposing parameters for easy tweaking (we have 400 templates to update, please be patient).

• New preset design browser.
• Timed snapshot with camera click.
• Bug fixes.

NOTE: All 3 of our Paid applications: DotMatrix, Qamera, and CamCamX now have the ability to send video output into Skype, Yahoo Messenger, Webchat and most other QuickTime enabled camera applications AND they allow the iSight to be used by all camera applications at once.

INTRODUCING QAMERA which turns any Quartz Composer composition (*.QTZ) into a FREE instant camera (like everybody's favorite Photo Booth). As a plus, Qamera shoots PNG images which can be dropped into web pages, iMovie or Final Cut. With the addition of a paid license, Qamera can rebroadcast any QTZ as a virtual camera input, complete with alpha channel, allowing you to create live, composited special effects with your existing VJ setup, or go crazy with Skype and Yahoo Messenger.

Also, a new version of DotMatrix is available- drag & drop bookmarks and minor bug fixes for the free version, but the big news in the PAID VERSION is the ability to send all 400 DotMatrix presets directly into Skype, Y!Messenger, PhotoBooth and QAMERA!