Reincubatehttps://reincubate.com/blog/2024-03-18T00:00:00+00:00We research & build technology to access data from apps and app platforms.Copyright © 2008 - 2019, Reincubate Ltd.https://reincubate.com/res/reincubate/i/opengraph/1200x630.pngCamo 2.1.4.11651 release notes2024-03-18T00:00:00+00:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.1.4.11651<p>Today's update brings some fixes for the latest macOS updates. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>Camo 2.1.11.11612 release notes2024-03-13T00:00:00+00:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.1.11.116121 improvements<p>Today's update contains an improvement of Camo's AI features.
If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We've improved the way we run our AI-based effects on AMD integrated GPUs.</li>
</ul>iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.43.11413 release notes2024-03-06T00:00:00+00:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/ipbe/release-notes/7/#7.7.43.114131 improvements, 3 fixes, 1 features<p>Today's update to iPhone Backup Extractor brings support for iOS 17's message transcriptions feature along with a number of other improvements and fixes. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
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<li><strong>Feature</strong>: We've added support for iOS 17's audio message transcription feature. </li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: iPhone Backup Extractor's icon now has a bit more character on Windows and macOS to better match the look and feel of each platform.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed an issue which led to some data-type names being slightly cut off in the previewer on recent versions of macOS.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed a rare issue which some users were experiencing when opening iPhone Backup Extractor on macOS.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: Lots of tweaks and updates to our data extractors and previewers.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.1.10.11600 release notes2024-03-06T00:00:00+00:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.1.10.116001 fixes<p>Today's update fixes an issue related to Camo's AI features.
If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
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<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve resolved a problem which led to a stray alert being displayed for some users when Camo Studio is loaded.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.1.9.11594 release notes2024-03-04T00:00:00+00:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.1.9.115941 improvements, 1 fixes, 2 features<p>Today's update is all about helping you make the most out of Camo's AI features!
If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
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<li><strong>Feature</strong>: We’ve added support for offload of AI/ML segmentation to Intel’s Core Ultra NPUs, alongside Camo’s existing support for Qualcomm’s NPUs. Great for longer battery life and enhanced performance. AI PC, here we go!</li>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: Camo now has an “ML processing” selector in Settings, enabling you to control how and where AI/ML workloads are run on your PC.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We've improved the fidelity of our built-in Emoji Hands filter. 👌</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed a bug that could cause some webcams to appear as potential Android devices.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.1.3.11491 release notes2024-02-19T00:00:00+00:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.1.3.1149110 improvements, 6 fixes, 1 features<p>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.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: We've added template variables like first name and last name for overlays so you can easily apply them to any overlay.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We've improved how we display warnings (such as those about possible issues when using a USB hub) to ensure they won't get missed.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We've polished the visual blur effect we use when switching between devices.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We've improved how Camo Studio handles situations where a UVC device is unreliable and offer a way to fix it. </li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We've improved how Camo Studio automatically selects a device if there's not one selected.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Our installation wizard is now correctly translated to other languages.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Camo Studio looks better now on the latest macOS versions.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We've polished the look and feel of the overlay editor and gallery.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We've made some improvements for using Smart zoom with a background mode enabled.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We've added an option in Camo Studio to set the preview video on iOS to use "Scale to fit" instead of "Scale to fill".</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: A newly paired device will be automatically selected in Camo Studio after pairing.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed an issue which caused the preview to blink in certain cases. </li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've made a number of improvements and fixes to make recording more reliable.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: Camo Studio will apply new settings correctly now after switching between Mono and Stereo in preferences.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: Camo Studio will pass audio from a selected input correctly after switching to another device.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed an issue where applying a preset in Camo Studio didn't reset the zoom value in some cases.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed any issue where changing resolution would also change the FPS in some cases when it shouldn't.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.1.8.11248 release notes2024-01-24T00:00:00+00:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.1.8.112482 fixes<p>Today’s update introduces a few small updates. Meanwhile, we’re hard at work on something big. Keep your eyes out for it.<br />
If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve fixed a bug where installing the compatibility add-on would not show a success message on completion.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: Camo Studio now has a workaround to handle a few USB webcams with broken low-light handling. Darkness no more!</li>
</ul>Camo 2.1.7.11111 release notes2024-01-16T00:00:00+00:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.1.7.111112 improvements, 7 fixes<p>Today’s update brings a basket of improvements to start off the New Year.
If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Videos from our Help guide can now be controlled through the Windows Quick Settings.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: The Help guide should now load its video content more efficiently.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve fixed a bug that could prevent Camo Studio from working properly after bringing your PC out of Standby.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: Clicking the video preview to refocus your phone camera should now work again.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: Loading our camera effects should no longer fail if your processing device happens to reset itself at the same time.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve fixed an issue where some .cube LUTs couldn’t be imported into Camo Studio.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: Camo Studio’s USB Android support has been patched up to fix rare crashes related to its initialisation.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve gotten rid of a rare bug that could happen when connecting wirelessly to an iPhone.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: Our tooltips have been polished off to a pixel-perfect shine, no matter your display scaling.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.1.6.11051 release notes2024-01-03T00:00:00+00:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.1.6.110511 fixes<p>Today’s update fixes a bug related to video decoding.
If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve fixed an issue where some GPUs could not handle video properly.</li>
</ul>iPhone Backup Extractor 7.7.42.10995 release notes2023-12-18T00:00:00+00:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/ipbe/release-notes/7/#7.7.42.109952 improvements, 3 fixes<p>Just in time for the holiday season, we've got a fresh release of iPhone Backup Extractor with some significant improvements to the performance of the calendar extractor and a brand new icon. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Optimised the calendar extractor, large calendar backups should now be extracted significantly faster, over a hundred times faster in some cases!</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: iPhone Backup Extractor now has a brand new icon, we hope you love it as much as we do!</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed a bug which prevented iPhone Backup Extractor from getting the right name for people in certain WhatsApp group chats.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed an issue which led to errors when downloading iCloud Photo Libraries for some accounts.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed an issue when extracting messages to PDF for users in certain time zones.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.1.2.10994 release notes2023-12-14T00:00:00+00:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.1.2.10994<p>Today’s update brings a few tweaks to support the most recent update to Camo mobile.
If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We’d love to help and hear from you.</p>Camo 2.1.5.10998 release notes2023-12-14T00:00:00+00:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.1.5.109983 improvements, 4 fixes, 3 features<p>With today’s update, we’re bringing Emoji hands to all cameras… even on ARM devices!<br />
If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
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<li><strong>Feature</strong>: Emoji hands are now available under the AR menu for all cameras. Give it a shot! ✌️</li>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: Camo Studio is now available for ARM-based Windows devices on the Microsoft Store: This includes all our standout video features like segmentation, filters and scenes.</li>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: You can now edit all of Camo’s image adjustment values by clicking on them – In case you need to dial in your temperature <em>just right</em>!</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We’ve changed video players for our Help guides! Videos should load faster and you can now adjust playback speed.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: As a treat, we’re now including the open-source <em>Inter</em> font, which you can use in your Scenes out of the box. Additionally, we’ll now warn you if the Scene you’re using relies on fonts not installed on your computer.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Importing images into your Scenes should now respect their rotation EXIF metadata.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve fixed various issues in the Scene editor, including a missing font weight for text elements.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: The panning tool should now handle any video orientation you throw at it.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve fixed an issue where image stretching could be incorrect in Scenes imported from the macOS version of Camo Studio.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: Some spinning rings were loitering around in the preview zoom menu… We told them to pack up and leave.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.1.1.10933 release notes2023-11-30T00:00:00+00:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.1.1.109331 fixes<p>Today’s update brings some fixes for users running macOS 10.15. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We fixed a few issues with the Getting Started window on macOS 10.15.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.1.4.10797 release notes2023-11-21T00:00:00+00:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.1.4.107971 improvements, 2 fixes<p>Today’s update brings a few changes and bug fixes related to languages.
If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Camo Studio will now honour the “Preferred languages” list in Windows Settings.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve gotten rid of a crash that could happen when initialising Android USB support.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve fixed an issue where some language options would show English instead.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.1.0.10704 release notes2023-11-14T00:00:00+00:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.1.0.107042 improvements, 1 fixes, 3 features<p>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 <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
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<li><strong>Feature</strong>: Meet the new onboarding experience with our new Getting Started tutorial.</li>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: 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.</li>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: Devices that have been paired for wireless connection appear in the devices dropdown and are available for a quick connection.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We've tuned some UI parts of the Camo Studio window to make it more beautiful.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: 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.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: The zoom feature works correctly now with Studio Display with its recent firmware update.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.1.3.10628 release notes2023-10-30T00:00:00+00:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.1.3.106281 features<p>Today’s update overhauls our built-in scene templates! If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
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<li><strong>Feature</strong>: We’ve updated our bundled Templates, bringing in some goodies from Camo Studio for iPad.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.1.2.10578 release notes2023-10-25T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.1.2.105782 improvements, 4 fixes, 1 features<p>Today’s update brings scene variables to Camo Studio, making it even easier to personalise your look. We've also made reconnecting your phone over Wi-Fi faster and more intuitive.
If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: Overlays have become <em>Scenes</em>! You can now set image and text variables to easily apply your brand everywhere. We have included a few built-in variables you can tweak and instantly use in our included Templates.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Camo will now automatically scan for paired wireless devices when you open the device list. </li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Virtual Cameras installed on your PC are now shown on their own section in the device list, making them easier to spot.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve fixed an issue where images in Overlays/Scenes could be rendered at a lower quality.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: Camo Studio should no longer pause automatically if you’re only using its audio output.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve fixed an issue where pausing could work incorrectly when putting your PC in Sleep mode.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: The pan tool has been given a fine for exceeding the speed limit and should now be easier to use when framing your video.</li>
</ul>DMG Extractor 1.3.20.6 release notes2023-10-23T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/dmge/release-notes/1/#1.3.20.61 improvements, 1 features<p>Today’s update adds support for three new file formats and brings a new icon to the app. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: We've added support for a bunch of new unencrypted file formats: ready-only, compressed, and read/write files.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: DMG Extractor now has a brand new icon, we hope you love it as much as we do!</li>
</ul>Camo 2.1.1.10464 release notes2023-10-05T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.1.1.104643 fixes, 1 features<p>Today’s update ties up some loose ends from last week’s release. 🪢
We’re also adding Arabic to our language list, bringing the total to 13!
If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: Camo Studio is now translated to Arabic, including full right-to-left support.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: The new Update notification window should not bother you mid-call anymore.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed some spots where translated text could be cut off or hard to read.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: Camo Studio should now let your PC go to sleep, even if you’re currently using a phone camera. Sweet dreams!</li>
</ul>Camo comes to the Microsoft Store2023-09-28T16:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/blog/camo-microsoft-store/Camo comes to the Microsoft Store<img src="https://i.reincubate.com/c/cover-camo-microsoft-store.png" alt="None" />
<p>We announced at <a href="https://reincubate.com/blog/state-of-camo-2023/">Microsoft Build this summer</a> that Camo’s coming to the Microsoft Store, and here it is: <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9PGM3QB3PDRD?cid=ri-blog" target="_blank">Camo Studio is now live in Store</a>. This coincides with the release of Camo Studio 2.1 for Windows, which brings localisation into 12 new languages, an admin-less install, new onboarding and learning resources, and a <a href="https://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/?platform=windows">host of fixes and improvements</a>. You can now capture incredible video and add next-gen AI and adjustment features to your webcam, iPhone or Android’s camera — all with a single click from the Store.</p>
<p>[figure:i/camo-microsoft-store.png|Camo Studio in the Microsoft Store.|700x393]</p>
<p>I’d like to take a moment to dive into why we’re doing this.</p>
<p>First, we want to ensure Camo’s features delight users, and just work, wherever they choose to run it. Part of addressing that is by ensuring Camo feels like an intuitive extension of the video capabilities of each user’s PC. With its beautiful Fluent Design interface, Camo Studio for Windows is purpose-built for Windows, with each feature’s UX designed specifically for the platform. Just as the app itself is native, it supports a range of incredible hardware with cutting-edge Windows APIs and tooling, to ensure that it’s able to deliver fast, power-efficient performance and immersive AI features on a very broad range of PCs.</p>
<p>We’ve also sought to make discovering Camo as seamless as possible by bringing it to the user, where and when they need it. Just as we seek to help users fluently create great video, we want them to be fluent in finding it, and making Camo even more discoverable and accessible by bringing it to the Microsoft Store is an obvious next step. Creators and professionals around the world choose Windows as their go-to platform for their craft, and we’re thrilled to unlock a new path for people to discover Camo through the Microsoft Store.</p>
<p>These aspects touch on two of <a href="https://reincubate.com/about/">our core values</a>: creating user delight and “it just works”. Another, which we take very seriously is integrity. Integrity that lays at the heart of our decision to publish to the Microsoft Store.</p>
<p><em>Integrity of product.</em> In bringing Camo to the Microsoft Store we’ve not had to reduce its functionality; it’s the full, canonical Camo experience, every bit as powerful and easy to use as before. It can be hard to bring sophisticated, innovative products to software stores as their sandboxing sometimes caters only to APIs required by more prosaic products, but we found a straightforward path here.</p>
<p><em>Integrity of experience.</em> The Microsoft Store is convenient, and easy for users to search and install from. The integrated auto-update mechanism will ultimately deliver users a smoother, more convenient experience. Further, enabling delivery through the Store has been a catalyst for our work to remove the need for administrator rights to install Camo. This, along with additional benefits like automatic Smart Screen approval and not needing a separate installer, will further improve experiences. Finally, delivery through the Store brings with it APIs and opportunities to integrate more closely with Windows workflows, laying a strong foundation for some of the future features on Camo’s roadmap.</p>
<p><em>Integrity of presentation.</em> As a thoughtfully built, polished app, Camo thrives in editorial environments. Since its launch, Camo has benefitted from featuring and strong reviews. Case in point, <a href="https://reincubate.com/camo/ipad/">Camo’s iPad experience</a> is currently the #1 iPad app in Japan. Now, the Microsoft Store provides a structured context for Camo to be presented alongside its user reviews, editorial plaudits, and our introductory video content. Not compromising in how we showcase Camo and its capabilities – from AI to accessibility – is important.</p>
<p><em>Integrity of behaviour.</em> The Microsoft Store serves to underline the commitment we have to our users. With sandboxing, display of permissions, curation, and reviews, it combines a set of features that demonstrate Camo behaves – and will continue to behave – in a secure, reliable and trustworthy manner. And it’s now just about how the <em>software</em> operates. In building our partnership with Microsoft, its team has consistently been considerate, accessible and supportive. Across meetings in London, Seattle, and remotely, I’ve been impressed by the consistency of the culture and values shared across dozens of individuals. I’ve particularly enjoyed meeting the team behind Store and learning their vision for it.</p>
<p>I hope you enjoy <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9PGM3QB3PDRD?cid=ri-blog" target="_blank">Camo Studio via the Microsoft Store</a>. And well… as Camo’s new there, don’t forget to <a href="ms-windows-store://review/?ProductId=9PGM3QB3PDRD&cid=ri-blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">leave a review</a>. Kind user feedback goes a long way! ❤️</p>Camo 2.1.0.10439 release notes2023-09-27T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.1.0.104395 improvements, 5 fixes, 2 features<p>Today’s update brings localisation into 11 new languages, alongside new onboarding and learning resources.
This version will also shortly be going live in the Microsoft Store!
If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: We have turned our Help window into a brand new guidebook, containing frequently-updated videos and links.</li>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: Camo Studio for Windows is now fully translated for 12 languages! </li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Camo will now automatically select a device on launch if available to help you get filming ASAP.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: In the same vein, when pairing a new device over Wi-Fi, Camo will automagically connect to it.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Camo will now tell you if Camera or Microphone permissions have been turned off by Windows, and help you get back on track.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We’ve overhauled our update window while moving it into Settings: look forward to it the next time you read this!</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Camo's UI has been touched up to look better if you have "Show accent color on title bars and window borders" enabled.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed some USB connection issues with Android that could happen when disconnecting/reconnecting your device.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: The Compatibility Pack should now download properly for everyone, even if you're on a slow Internet connection!</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed an issue where valid Pro licenses were mistakenly considered expired.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: Emojis should now show up in the paired devices view properly. 😎🤳📶</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: The Settings Window will now be centered properly when opening.</li>
</ul>Launching Camo Studio for iPad2023-09-18T18:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/blog/launching-camo-ipad/Launching Camo Studio for iPad<img src="https://i.reincubate.com/c/cover-launching-camo-ipad.png" alt="None" />
<p>Today, we’re bringing the Camo experience to a new platform – iPad – with powerful new streaming and multi-source picture-in-picture (PiP) features. <a href="https://reincubate.com/camo/ipad/">Camo Studio for iPad</a> is another step in removing friction for creators, making it easy for anyone to create great content with the tools they feel more confident with, irrespective of their experience. You can now:</p>
<ul>
<li>Connect a pro camera and mic to your iPad and stream on the move, or simultaneously record to built-in storage or a connected USB/SD card.</li>
<li>Stream console games with a capture card to Twitch, YouTube or elsewhere, with PiP, web overlays, and integrated stream controls including chat.</li>
<li>Connect your iPad to your camera or Switch or DSLR via a dongle and use it as a bigger screen / monitor.</li>
<li>Do all three simultaneously, achieving things it previously took a traditional “computer” setup to do, but with only an iPad – or iPad Mini. The iPad is a computer, after all.</li>
</ul>
<p>Camo Studio for iPad is free. As in, totally free, and we have no plans to change that.</p>
<p>[figure:i/camo-ipad-main.png|Camo Studio for iPad's main interface.|700x525]</p>
<p>To get started, you'll need an iPad that can run iPadOS 17 with an A12 or newer. An M1 or M2 chip is required for Camo to stream or record while backgrounded, but all of the other functionality works great without.</p>
<p>Camo Studio for iPad isn’t Camo as you know it: we've taken the opportunity to bring some features forward from the roadmap while holding – for now – some others. Most significantly, Camo now allows for use of several video feeds at a time, from the iPad’s internal camera or from external connected webcams, cameras or capture cards. Camo also now allows use of the iPad’s screen as a video source, so users can superimpose camera inputs over footage of apps or games being used on their iPads. </p>
<p>We’ve included Camo’s Portrait, Privacy, and Replace background modes, and added a new one: “Remove”, which allows a user to remove their background so that they could superimpose themselves on another camera feed or source. These video sources can be configured to various shapes and sizes, and we expect to build on this in future. Users can use animated replaced backgrounds for the entire canvas, or just for the replaced background on a given camera, and Camo now includes a bundled gallery of neat backgrounds.</p>
<p>Camo Studio for iPad’s canvas lets you capture in resolutions including 4K and 1440p, and aspects from 16:9 to 9:16, and it’ll intelligently configure your devices to perform their best for the set canvas size. Just as external cameras and capture cards can be connected, Camo Studio for iPad allows for external mics or audio mixers to be connected. We’ve particularly enjoyed using <a href="https://www.elgato.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elgato</a> capture cards, webcams and mics, and recommend them for making the most of Camo Studio for iPad.</p>
<p>[figure:i/camo-ipad-input-output.png|Streaming from a console using your iPad is one of many use-cases for Camo Studio.|700x393]</p>
<p>Camo’s Auto-framing is live and well in Camo Studio for iPad, as is the Spotlight effect, the Filter gallery (and library of default filters), and the rotation and mirroring controls. All of this can be brought together with the new streaming functionality, allowing users to easily connect to Twitch, YouTube, RTMP and other services to stream and – if desired – simultaneously record their content. Content can be recorded to the iPad’s local storage, or to a connected USB pen drive or SD card. Users will likely want a capable USB-C hub or dock for this.</p>
<p>Critical to streaming is the use of web overlays, and Camo Studio for iPad supports these. Just as Camo scenes created in the PC or Mac version of Camo Studio can be imported into iPad, one can also create a new scene using just a URL. Users familiar with <a href="https://streamelements.com/features/overlays" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StreamElements</a>, <a href="https://overlays.uno/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Overlays.uno</a>, or many similar services will feel at home with this. Camo Studio for iPad also introduces “Stream panels”, which lets users embed web-based control panels. These can be used to access and interact with Twitch or YouTube chat live, or to introduce entirely new, custom ways of controlling stream or recording elements over the web. There’s a lot to explore here.</p>
<p>Finally, it wouldn’t be an iPad product without pencil support. Camo Studio for iPad has a neat little pencil control, allowing users to draw over or annotate their content in a familiar way. In the industry this is known as telestration, but let’s just stick to “drawing” for now!</p>
<p>[figure:i/camo-ipad-markup-toolbar.png|Camo Studio makes the most of features native to the iPad, such as the markup toolbar.|700x525]</p>
<p>It’s not yet possible to do everything we want to do on iPad, but the release of iPadOS 17 has provided what we needed to get started. We’ve had to creatively solve a huge number of challenges to make this happen, and we're still beavering away at solving the last few. We expect that scene editing on iPad, virtual camera support, Camo mobile support, and mixing multiple audio sources, will come in due course, as will some entirely new features.</p>
<p>As I wrote in the <a href="https://reincubate.com/camo/about/">Camo manifesto</a>, we’re working to open Camo to multiple video sources and streaming services, deepen our integrations with platforms, chipsets and cameras to ensure those with unique capabilities really shine, and to allow others to extend and build on top of Camo. We’ve more to do on this journey, but Camo Studio for iPad represents another big step. Some of the beta testers described Camo Studio for iPad as “OBS for iPad”, and that was great feedback to receive.</p>
<p>I hope you’re excited by what you see in Camo Studio for iPad. Launching on day one of a significant mobile platform update is never easy! We’d love to read about your experiences with it and to learn what you’d like to see us add as we continue to evolve the product.</p>
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<p>As ever: thanks for your support! ❤️</p>Camo 2.0.8.10296 release notes2023-09-13T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.0.8.102961 fixes<p>Today’s update fixes a rare bug impacting users with certain graphics cards. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
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<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed an issue which happened at launch for users with certain graphics cards.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.0.7.10272 release notes2023-09-07T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.0.7.102721 improvements, 5 fixes, 2 features<p>Today's release is all about recording, with support for microphones in Camo and saving video locally to your PC! If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
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<li><strong>Feature</strong>: You can now record video files with Camo! Use the new recording controls on the top-right side of the window to get filming.</li>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: Camo now supports microphones! Use audio from any microphone connected to your PC in Camo Studio. We've also added an audio delay setting to fix rare issues where audio and video are out of sync, which can be enabled in the Advanced tab of the app settings.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: If you’re using a NVIDIA GPU, portrait effects should be more efficient.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve restrained our notification panel so it doesn’t expand infinitely if you have lots of notifications queued up.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed an issue where overlays imported from macOS could have their elements ordered backwards.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: The Camo Studio Fluent UI should now show up properly in VMWare virtual machines.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: Some UI elements were not appearing as disabled in some cases – Shouldn’t happen now!</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed an issue which could happen if you imported custom backgrounds to Camo Studio and then removed the imported images from your PC.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.0.5.10158 release notes2023-08-22T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.0.5.101582 fixes<p>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 <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
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<li><strong>Fix</strong>: 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! </li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We fixed an issue when using Camo Studio with a Cisco Desk Pro.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.0.6.10138 release notes2023-08-16T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.0.6.101381 improvements<p>Today’s release in a minor maintenance update.</p>
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<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Updated the app’s security settings. If you see a Smart Screen warning after updating, this will be why. Rest assured, that is fully expected!</li>
</ul>iPhone Backup Extractor supports iOS 172023-07-31T13:41:51+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/blog/ios-17-support/iPhone Backup Extractor supports iOS 17<img src="https://i.reincubate.com/c/ipbe-ios-17-support-release.png" alt="None" />
<p>iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 are just around the corner, and iPhone Backup Extractor fully supports them both. I’ve written this for the last 16 years, so let’s skip that and get to what’s new.</p>
<p>We shipped eight updates to iPhone Backup Extractor last year, along with a host of enhancements to some of the cloud components that power it. We also completed a long-running piece of design work for the next iteration of iPhone Backup Extractor’s visual identity, and I’ll be excited to see components of that launching incrementally over the rest of the year. We didn’t ship version 8: in part, this was because we’ve continued to develop new patterns and techniques in Camo, and I’ve wanted to see them realised fully before they come to iPhone Backup Extractor. Last year we had colleagues moving back and forth between projects, but as of earlier this year, we’ve reverted to team members dedicated to each product.</p>
<p>This year’s been busy. I returned to the west coast over the summer, meeting friends and partners at Microsoft, Apple, and elsewhere. I had the opportunity to present Camo at Microsoft’s Build conference, and got to see Camo on stage at Apple’s WWDC for Apple Design Awards, both of which we <a href="https://reincubate.com/blog/state-of-camo-2023/">wrote about earlier</a>. It was great to hear more on how our work has touched users around the world, and to have the opportunity to meet more of them.</p>
<p>[gallery:Plenty of swag – including an Apple Design Awards special – and a sneak peek at the Vision Pro.]
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<p>The trip was unusual compared to my earlier ones, as my 9 month old son joined me. Not a year old, but doing well for developer events. Slaven and Ben of <a href="https://penbook.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Penbook</a> were particularly kind in making faces at him, offering a helping hand, and – of course – sharing tales of their experiences in the developer ecosystem.</p>
<p>We’ve enjoyed seeing Apple and Microsoft partnering up on the preview <a href="https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/apple-devices-preview/9NP83LWLPZ9K" target="_blank">Apple Devices</a> app which came to the Microsoft Store earlier this year and – of course – iPhone Backup Extractor supports backups made by it.</p>
<p>As ever, thanks for your support, and for following along the iPhone Backup Extractor journey. I have a feeling some of this year’s updates will be a little special!</p>Camo 2.0.5.10050 release notes2023-07-25T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.0.5.100501 fixes<p>Today’s update to Camo Studio fixes an issue with notifications. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
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<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed an issue which could occur at launch with Windows Notification support on some machines.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.0.4.10042 release notes2023-07-24T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.0.4.100423 improvements, 6 fixes, 3 features<p>Today's release includes two commonly-requested features: 4K resolution and green screen support!
If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
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<li><strong>Feature</strong>: 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.</li>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: If you have a real green screen, you can now dial in a Chroma Key yourself instead of using Camo’s ML segmentation feature.</li>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: The Overlay Editor has been amped-up with various Quality of Life features, including Undo/Redo, Copy/Paste (even from other apps!) and Multi-select.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We've gone through our new interface from top to bottom to make it more usable with keyboard navigation and Narrator. Watch this space for more a11y improvements in future updates!</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Camo Studio will now make use of Windows’ native notifications to warn you about different things, even if the app is minimized.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: You can now pair new wireless devices directly from Settings > Devices.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed an issue where your video could be upside-down in certain versions of Microsoft Teams.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: The “Pause” icon should now always be centered, even on non-16:9 resolutions.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: Users with Gigabyte hardware should no longer be asked whether their motherboard is an Android device. </li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: New text elements in the Overlay Editor now no longer have an unspecified phantom font. 👻</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed a bug where overlays would not render in the video preview in specific cases.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: Some error windows you could see when running multiple instances of Camo Studio or importing a corrupt LUT have been made clearer to understand.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.0.4.10016 release notes2023-07-24T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.0.4.100162 improvements, 2 fixes, 3 features<p>Today's release includes many commonly-requested features, including 4K and green screen support!<br />
If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: 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.</li>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: If you have a real green screen, you can now dial in a Chroma Key yourself instead of using Camo’s ML segmentation feature.</li>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: We’ve added an option in preferences to select from light or dark appearance, or keep the system setting.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: You can now set any audio delay value you’d like, instead of 100ms increments. </li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: If any overlay was applied before going into the overlay editor, it will be reapplied on exit. </li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve fixed the “Connect a device” prompt being shown in your feed when switching between UVC devices.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: If a device supports 29.97 FPS, we now show that instead of rounding up to 30 FPS.</li>
</ul>The State of Camo 20232023-07-10T15:00:00+01:00Lucas Caninohttps://reincubate.com/blog/state-of-camo-2023/The State of Camo 2023<img src="https://i.reincubate.com/c/cover-state-of-camo.png" alt="None" />
<p>It’s an exciting time for Camo and our users. The release of Camo 2 in March, with support expanded to hundreds of new devices, while introducing new features and improved performance, was the result of months of problem-solving teamwork, and marked an important milestone for the app. Since then, there have been more events and news than we’ve had time to properly talk about.</p>
<p>In May, Camo was featured in a keynote at the Microsoft Build developers conference, with a demo of how we're using cutting-edge tech to power the app's latest features on Windows. Also while we were there, we announced that Camo will be coming to the Microsoft Store later in 2023.</p>
<p>In June, Camo was recognised for its product design and innovation by being named an Apple Design Awards finalist.</p>
<p>And in the past two months, we announced that we'll be bringing Camo to Windows on ARM later this year. This is part of our broader efforts to marry cutting-edge machine learning models and tooling with the latest in AI hardware from Qualcomm and ARM.</p>
<p>These are certainly busy days, but it feels like the right moment to share a bit more about what all these events and announcements mean for the state of Camo. Looking back, we’re hugely proud of how far the app has come in just a few short years. Looking forward, we’re seeing it truly soar.</p>
<h2>Camo 2</h2>
<p>Three years ago, we conceived of Camo as a tool to help capture professional-quality video for meetings and presentations, streaming and content creation. Our founding premise was simple – to give users control over their smartphone’s advanced cameras, enabling them to capture, stream and record amazing video. Camo would work seamlessly with the video apps they used, while being fully optimised for each new generation of hardware. </p>
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<p>With the <a href="https://reincubate.com/blog/launching-camo-2/">launch of Camo 2</a>, we made a huge leap in bringing better video and greater control to whoever needs it. Users could now access Camo’s capabilities with just about any device they chose, including built-in cameras, webcams, DSLRs and action cams. From a budget webcam to a professional DSLR costing many thousands, if it could be connected to a computer, Camo could give it superpowers.</p>
<p>We also introduced brand new functionality like Spotlight, Virtual green screen and Auto Framing to Camo’s array of features, all while delivering improved efficiency through hardware acceleration on both Windows and macOS. It’s been amazing to hear the response from our users, to read the reviews, and to see how Camo 2 has been helping creatives and other professionals craft amazing content, such as these fantastic YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Tl8Er4gFs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tutorials and reviews by Darkened Cyrus</a> aimed at helping new creators master their equipment and setup.</p>
<p>[gallery:The feedback we’ve been getting from reviewers, users, and creators alike for Camo 2. ]
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The new Camo app makes even your crappy webcam look pretty good <a href="https://t.co/pARS49QMdw">https://t.co/pARS49QMdw</a> <a href="https://t.co/eZmGLpCdup">pic.twitter.com/eZmGLpCdup</a></p>— The Verge (@verge) <a href="https://twitter.com/verge/status/1636371655030353921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2023</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🔓 Unlock your stream's full potential with Camo. <a href="https://twitter.com/DarkenedCyrus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DarkenedCyrus</a> dives into its game-changing features in his latest video 🎮🔗<a href="https://t.co/iFz5pAz6cE">https://t.co/iFz5pAz6cE</a> <a href="https://t.co/o8CLwySfj4">pic.twitter.com/o8CLwySfj4</a></p>— Reincubate - Camo 📸 (@reincubate) <a href="https://twitter.com/reincubate/status/1663953720856412183?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2023</a></blockquote></p>
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<p>At each step of the way, it’s our users – professionals, educators, creators, streamers, and others – who have helped shape and inform Camo’s journey. So as we work to make the app even better, we’re taking steps to strengthen the community that has grown around it. </p>
<p>To start, we’ve introduced livestreamed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@camoapp/streams" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Camo Conversation and Camo Classroom events</a>, giving Camo users the opportunity to listen and pitch questions to panels of video experts on topics from improving audio to perfecting lighting to planning and presenting content. </p>
<p>We’ve also debuted a <a href="https://reincubate.com/terms-conditions/#refer-a-friend">referral program</a>, enabling monthly and annual Camo Pro subscribers to share free trials with their network. It’s all part of that founding premise - to bring better video to everyone who wants it, using the tech they already have.</p>
<h2>Camo at Microsoft Build</h2>
<p>A core principle reflected in the app is our dedication to building the best experience we can, on every platform. On Windows, this meant creating a fresh, Fluent Design interface built on the latest Microsoft APIs, and packed with a full complement of video adjustments and effects. Our community of Windows users loved it, Qualcomm included it in their keynote at Computex, and Microsoft invited us to its Build developers conference to show other developers what we were doing. </p>
<p>That’s why in late May, Camo took centre stage in Seattle, and Aidan, our CEO, treated the Build audience to a preview of what’s coming next to Camo on the platform. As he demonstrated some powerful new features, Aidan also talked about how our team is working now to design a new generation of Camo capabilities, using a combination of new tools and next-generation hardware. In a minute, we’ll tell you more about what has us so excited about AI imaging and Neural Processing Units (NPUs).</p>
<p>[figure:i/aidan-ms-build-demo.png|Aidan demoing Camo on the many big screens at Microsoft Build.|700x393]</p>
<h2>Camo and the Apple Design Awards</h2>
<p>Next, ahead of this year’s WWDC, Camo was named an <a href="https://developer.apple.com/design/awards/" target="_blank">Apple Design Award finalist</a> for the first time. It was particularly special to be recognised in the Innovation category, <a href="https://reincubate.com/camo/about/">a value that’s guided us from the beginning</a>, when we first designed the app for release on macOS and iOS. And we’re not done innovating on those platforms. With the framework updates coming in this year’s macOS Sonoma and iOS 17, we can’t wait to keep pushing Camo forward, making sure that Camo remains the best choice for our community of Mac users.</p>
<p>[figure:i/camo-apple-design-awards-finalist.png|Camo’s icon amongst those of the other Apple Design Awards finalists.|700x393]</p>
<h2>Camo on the Microsoft Store</h2>
<p>The launch of Camo 2 and the major developers conferences are behind us, but we’re not resting on our digital laurels. For one thing, we’re busy finding ways to put amazing video into even more hands. Our next step will be making Camo even more discoverable and accessible by bringing it to the Microsoft Store later in 2023. Creators and professionals from around the world choose Windows as their go-to platform for their craft, and we can’t wait for more people to discover Camo more easily through the Microsoft Store.</p>
<h2>Camo, NPUs & AI tools</h2>
<p>Wherever they download it from, we know that users will appreciate Camo’s speed and stability. In designing Camo 2, we worked closely with AMD, Intel and NVIDIA to support their latest and greatest hardware, and engineered new, more efficient ways for the app to run, including offloading some of the processing burden to the cameras themselves. </p>
<p>What we have in the works now is going to blow them away. Thanks to the huge promise posed by Neural Processing Units (NPUs), new chip architecture, and AI image analysis, we’re seeing Camo attain a whole new level of performance, achievable with a bit of help from our friends at Qualcomm, ARM and Microsoft.</p>
<p>[video:https://f.reincubate.com/v/ms-build-2023-camo-segment.mp4|Camo’s segment at Microsoft Build 2023. Check out the <a href="https://build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessions/8aab36d1-d27d-46dd-81ec-eb3f49cfee6a" target="_blank">full session</a>, <em>Shaping the future of work with AI</em>, where Camo is featured from (1:27:48).]</p>
<p>One of the most exciting developments is the NPU, a hardware accelerator dedicated to machine learning workflows. What Graphical Processing Units (GPUs) have done for graphics-related computations – making them faster and more efficient without monopolising a device’s resources – NPUs will do for AI-related computations, but with even greater power. </p>
<p>Relying on this new dedicated hardware will provide staggering improvements in efficiency for machine learning workloads, resulting in both faster image analysis, better overall app performance and better device battery life, with more resources left over for the user to apply to other tasks. The initial performance stats for Qualcomm’s NPUs and ARM’s chips are truly impressive: running 15x faster than GPU, and 20x faster than CPU in our tests. With speed like this, our Camo product roadmap becomes more like a flightplan.</p>
<p>Having such cutting-edge hardware to work with is exciting, but taking full advantage of its potential requires good engineering and even better tooling. Microsoft’s introduction of the Olive ML toolchain plays a big part in unlocking Camo’s ability to work with these technologies, letting our team build on top of their knowledge of existing formats and techniques, such as ONNX and model optimisation and delivery. Over the coming months, we’ll be working to put this to use in new in-app functionality that we hope will delight our users and give them even more tools for achieving incredible video.</p>
<p>We can’t wait to show you more of the exciting additions coming down the pipeline, and to tell you more about what we’re doing to make Camo better on every platform.
It’s going to be a busy summer for us, but we’ll be sure to take the time to update the blog with the latest developments. If you’d like to receive Camo announcements by email, you can easily <a href="http://eepurl.com/hLiOMv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe here</a>. </p>
<p>As always, thanks for joining us on the Camo journey. We couldn’t do it without you.</p>Camo 2.0.3.9881 release notes2023-06-27T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.0.3.98818 improvements, 11 fixes, 1 features<p>Today's release includes a few bug fixes and improvements. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
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<li><strong>Feature</strong>: Camo Studio can now apply an audio delay to sound coming from your phone.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We've broadened support for controlling white-balance and exposure in Camo when using webcams which don't support those controls themselves.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: When you start Camo, it will now always attempt to select the last used camera if it's still connected. It will also no longer automatically switch to a different device if the one you're using is disconnected and pause the video feed instead.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We've added a beautiful blur effect to your video when switching between devices.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: You can now reorder overlays and LUTs by dragging them around the gallery.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Paired wireless devices have been moved to a dedicated tab in the app settings.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: The window that shows when there's an error has a fresh new look. Hopefully you'll never see it!</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We've reworked the sliders in the app to make them easier to use.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We've made it clearer to free users which features will work with their webcam if they upgrade to Camo Pro by showing those controls as enabled in the app interface.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed a bug which led to Camo sometimes showing video from the previously connected device for a moment after switching devices.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've overhauled how we handle graphics card issues (such as when updating your graphics card drivers).</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: Previously when mirroring video in Camo the pan position would jump to a different position in the frame, that's fixed now.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed a bug which meant that Camo's update window didn't look right in dark mode.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: The exposure calibration LUT wasn't loading properly, that's fixed now.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We fixed a bug which led to overlays sometimes being cut off after changing resolution.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed an issue when using Camo with a video capture card which isn't currently outputting video.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed a bug which meant that changing resolution from the system tray icon wouldn't work if the Camo window was closed and Camo's video wasn't being used by any other apps.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: A few users got in touch with us about a rare AccessViolation error when opening Camo, that's fixed now.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: A couple of users with a virtual SRGB colour device profile wrote in to let us know they were having issues with Camo, that's fixed now!</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve fixed some spots in the app that were acting up if you had a looooooong preset or category name.</li>
</ul>BlackBerry Backup Extractor 2.0.8.5 release notes2023-06-21T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/bbbe/release-notes/2/#2.0.8.52 improvements<p>Today’s release brings a handful of maintenance updates to the app.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Updated the app’s security settings. If you see a Smart Screen warning after updating, this will be why. Rest assured, that is fully expected!</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Updated the app’s framework to support the latest security protocols.</li>
</ul>DMG Extractor 1.3.19.5 release notes2023-06-21T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/dmge/release-notes/1/#1.3.19.52 improvements<p>Today’s release brings a handful of maintenance updates to the app.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Updated the app’s security settings. If you see a Smart Screen warning after updating, this will be why. Rest assured, that is fully expected!</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Updated the app’s framework to support the latest security protocols.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.0.3.9716 release notes2023-06-01T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.0.3.97166 improvements, 5 fixes, 1 features<p>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 <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Feature</strong>: Camo Studio will auto-launch itself when an app attempts to use the video feed.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We've expanded support for virtual cameras, specifically those built to work with DSLRs and GoPros.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Filters you import are now automatically applied to your video.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Audio devices that don't fall under existing categories can now be found under the "other" section.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: The warning alert for turning off USB debugging on any connected Android devices has been made less intrusive.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: Auto-connection behaviour with Continuity Camera has been improved.</li>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We've added better support for VoiceOver with our new features.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed a bug where video could be corrupted when recording while connected via Wi-Fi.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed an issue caused by other applications locking the camera that Camo Studio is trying to use. </li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed an issue where resuming the video feed from the menu bar app while paused could break the video feed. </li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed a bug where the Filter Gallery wouldn't show the currently selected filter when first opened. </li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed a bug affecting certain Android models, where adjusting exposure could break the video feed.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.0.2.9500 release notes2023-04-19T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.0.2.95003 fixes<p>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 <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve resolved a handful of issues with external audio sources, preventing crackling or dropping of audio.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve solved a problem where 4K webcams might stop delivering video in some circumstances.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve fixed a bug where Camo Studio didn't work on virtual machines.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.0.2.9265 release notes2023-03-27T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.0.2.92651 improvements, 3 fixes<p>Today's release fixes some smaller bugs 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 <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We'll soon be giving you more control over device activations on the Camo website, this release includes some changes to prepare for that.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We spotted that things don’t look right when Windows is using a high contrast theme, that's fixed now.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've fixed an issue which occurs when using the Filter Gallery to try a variety of filters in quick succession.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We've improved how we handle certain rare issues when using portrait or auto-framing modes with webcams.</li>
</ul>Camo 2.0.1.9273 release notes2023-03-27T00:00:00+01:00Aidan Fitzpatrickhttps://reincubate.com/support/camo/release-notes/2/#2.0.1.92731 improvements, 4 fixes<p>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 <a href="mailto:support@reincubate.com">support@reincubate.com</a>. We'd love to help and hear from you.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Improvement</strong>: We'll soon be giving you more control over device activations on the Camo website, this release includes some changes to prepare for that.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve fixed a bug where using “Click to Focus” with iOS devices wouldn’t work correctly.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve fixed a bug where Image Adjustments wouldn’t be applied on certain Opal C1 models.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve fixed a crash on launch for pre-2012 Macs.</li>
<li><strong>Fix</strong>: We’ve fixed a couple of bugs that meant audio would stop working in apps using Camo Audio.</li>
</ul>