AlterCam

What's new in this version:

AlterCam 6.2 Build 3390
- Added the ability to change duration for transition when switching between the scenes. Check the slider on the "Scenes" tab.
- Several routines were optimized
- A lot of minor issues were fixed


AlterCam 6.1 Build 3389
Added:
- automatic reconnection for the IP cameras when the connection is lost after a timeout
- ability to drop frames for live video playback on slow computers to keep the original video duration
- audio volume control for video and IP-camera sources
- audio volume control for the internal video player
- ability to mute audio from IP camera sources

- improved ability to set video file as a background
- new background images included

Fixed:
- playing video files with transparency (including GIF files)
- the position of the audio driver installation button so that it is always visible
- playback of MP3 files into the virtual microphone
- many minor bug fixes and improvements


AlterCam 6.0 Build 3341
- IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR LICENSED USERS: Please note, it is a major version upgrade, and the activation details for v5.x will not work with this version
- [requires Windows 10] added Virtual Background feature. Now you can easily remove your background (and replace it with what you want!) without a green screen.
- [requires Windows 10] added feature to apply the effects only for the automatically detected background
- Added ability to scale overlays with the mouse wheel
- Added ability to scale the cropping area in the cropping window while maintaining proportions (turn off scaling with proportions holding the Shift key pressed)
- Improved display and control of the cropping area in the cropping window
- Improved scenes thumbnails informativity
- Changed background fill with "Off" option selected on Background panel (now it filled with transparent pattern)
- Fixed monitor selection on the Background tab
- Fixed selection support for some recently added effects
- Many minor fixes and improvements


AlterCam 5.6 Build 2128
Added:
- new effects ASCII, Money, and Light Bulb
- Spanish localization
- hardware acceleration for video decoding
- codec information (in the status bar) of the current IP-camera stream
- IP-cameras list on Add IP-camera Overlay dialog box
- auto-sizing for Add Text overlay dialog to fit the text
a scrollbar for the Audio tab

- Fixed crashes, when opening video files without video streams
- Greatly accelerated program closing
- Fixed updating IP-camera address after editing in Manage IP-Cameras dialog
- Improved speed of loading of overlays, effects, backgrounds, and scene lists
- Fixed adding video-overlays for some formats
- Removed program slowdowns when recording video


AlterCam 5.5 Build 1933
- Change log not available for this version


AlterCam 5.4 Build 1847
- added new virtual camera source - images
- added a smooth transition between the scenes
- added vertical and square resolutions for the virtual webcam
- added the ability to set custom virtual webcam resolutions
- now, changing the resolution of the virtual camera does not cause reconnecting the video source
- improved layer selection
- much-improved support for multiple monitor systems
- improved scaling for High DPI monitors
- added RTSP over TCP switch for RTSP streams of IP-cameras
- added detailed log for IP-camera
- fixed a lot of minor bugs


AlterCam 5.3 Build 1601
- Added the ability to crop the main video layer
- Added ability to crop IP-camera, web camera, image, and video overlays
- Added special tags for timer and countdown timer in text overlays
- Enhanced Curved Mirror effect
- Fixed time tags updating for text overlays
- Fixed saving/restoring of the main camera layer position and size
- Fixed problems with scaling the main layer with active rotation
- Fixed stamps install path for paint overlay
- Fixed issues with opening some video files with embedded covers
- Improved the selection of text overlays
- Increased default font size for text overlays


AlterCam 5.2 Build 1521
Added:
- support for scaling the interface for High DPI monitors
- ability to adjust semitransparency for Transparency by Color (Chromakey) feature
- the Autodetect option for the IP-camera resolutions list
- option to select an audio output device for playing audio streams from video/IP-camera
- ability to output audio stream from video/IP-camera to virtual audio device or speakers

Fixed:
- waiting to stop IP-camera on program exit
- dropping webcam fps on switching video sources
- background drawing in Transparency by Color (Chromakey) dialog if "Off" selected in the background settings
- problems with video recording for some unusual resolutions
- error with recording into a nonexistent folder
- saving camera settings on exit
- some other minor bugs


AlterCam 5.1 Build 1406
- Change log not available for this version


AlterCam 5.0 Build 1214
New:
- virtual webcam driver that should fix any cam visibility issue in Windows 10

Added:
- new effects Glitch1, Glitch2, Glitch3
- the ability to encode using h265 on Intel GPU (QSV)
- the ability to seek inside the broadcasted mp3 file
- save/restore of the mp3 file playing to the virtual microphone on start/exit program

Fixed:
- the plugin for AMD AMF/VCE encoding
- working of Selection for some effects

- Checked mp3 files in the list now loop in playback
- Now you can set the image displayed in the virtual webcam when AlterCam is closed, or broadcasting turned off


AlterCam 4.9 Build 933
- Added five new effects: Flame, Snow, Bleach, Edges and Neon Edges
- Added the ability to enter IP-camera addresses using separate input fields for various parts of the address
- Improved video file playback
- Improved changing IP-camera and video files settings
- Fixed cleaning of IP-camera addresses when closing the IP-cameras management list window
- Fixed problems with changing the resolution of the webcam and displaying the format when using a video file as a source
- Many other minor fixes according to user reports


AlterCam 4.8 Build 890
- Added three new effects: Brannan, Earlybird and Noise Reducer
- Added the ability to easily select overlay with transparency when clicking on a transparent point
- Fixed updating of active effects counter
- Fixed bug of adding video files to the sources list


AlterCam 4.7 Build 855
- Added the ability to mirror the virtual camera
- Added the ability to make a series of camera shots
- Added option to mute shutter sound
- Added warning about low disk space
- Fixed video files and IP-cameras list adding


AlterCam 4.6 Build 819
- Fixed several issues, better auto-bug-reporting


AlterCam 4.5 Build 725
- Fixed a bug with the background images
- Fixed checking for updates, activaton, sending messages to us (switch to https protocol)
- Several minor improvements


AlterCam 4.5 Build 724
- Added new effects: Chromatic aberration, Stained Glass, Waves
- Double click in the status bar resolution area sets preview area to 1:1 scale
- Fixed several issues


AlterCam 4.5 Build 723
- Faster program start
- Fixed exiting from fullscreen preview mode (Alt-Enter keys)
- Fixed several minor issues


AlterCam 4.5 Build 722
- Added the ability to change virtual webcam name
- Added four new effects: TV, Frozen Glass, Sketch and Rain
- Added the ability to snap layers while dragging
- Added the ability to lock moving along X or Y while dragging
- Added support of UTF-8 encoding for video description on YouTube
- Improved layers info
- Fixed layer selecting
- Fixed duplication of resolutions in the list
- Fixed error with the custom painting overlay
- Fixed the order of applying effects