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SOFTWARE: QV2 v2.00 - The QuickCam Viewer for OS/2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dale)
Mon Sep 14 14:28:10 1998
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.mit.edu
Date: 14 Sep 1998 13:08:00 -0400
From: dale@elad.cix.co.uk (Dale)
Reply-To: dale@elad.cix.co.uk (Dale)
Reply-to: dale@elad.cix.co.uk (Dale)
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QV2 v2.00 - The QuickCam Viewer for OS/2 is now available. The major feature
of this release is support for the QuickCam VC. There are also a number of
improvements and bug fixes.
QV2 now supports the QuickCam B&W, Colour 2 and VC cameras. CuSeeMe/2
support for these cameras is included in the updated plug-ins.
General features:
o Auto-detects parallel port to which camera is connected and
port-capabilities.
o Access to camera controls for Exposure, Brightness and Contrast via
sliders.
o Auto-exposure calibration to suit current lighting conditions.
o Save image as BMP or JPEG file, copied to the clipboard or printed.
o Drag and Drop, picture can be dragged from the window, in BMP or JPEG
format for saving or printing.
o Desktop Lockup support or screen-saver which includes a number of
variations of live on-screen images.
o Snapshot Scheduler will save a picture to a file at any interval, all day
or between preset times of day, triggered on time or motion.
o Text on picture is configurable with Date/Time, Camera settings and custom
text.
o On-line context-sensitive help.
o Colour controls include Hue, Saturation and Black level which are
available on a separate control panel or by doubling up with the
Brightness, Exposure and Contrast sliders, as shown on the image above.
Clicking on the icon adjacent to the slider toggles Black level to
Brightness, Hue to Exposure and Saturation to Contrast and vice versa. The
VC camera colour controls are Red Hue, Blue Hue and Saturation, these are
in place of Hue, Saturation and Black.
o Low-light Filter which is very effective in removing the specks of red,
green and blue pixels which show up on the image when long exposure times
are used.
A summary of updates to this release:
o Quickcam VC support
o Auto-hue adjustment, VC only
o Spatial filter performance improvements
o Remote control when shrunk, w/o fly-over help/descriptions
o Snaphot scheduler bug fixes and improvements
o Print enhancements, page layout and better printer descriptions
o Added ability to startup in shrunk state
For further information and downloads (UK and US respectively):
http://www.cix.co.uk/~elad/qv2.htm
http://www.2d3d.com
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