#SPARKOCAM BAD 1080P#
Given that most livestreams and videoconferences are reduced to 1080p (or even 720p) anyway, this probably isn’t a huge concern. Even if you have a camera that can shoot 4K video, the USB adapter may only support 1080p output. The quality of the video that your computer receives is limited by the device. The beauty of this setup is that you can generally use any HDMI source as the input, from a camera to a game console to another computer, and the output can be used however you’d like, from video conferencing to livestreaming or recording. You’ll need a device that converts your camera’s HDMI feed to a USB output that your computer will think is a connected webcam. And while cameras have USB ports, they generally do not send a clean video signal through them. If your computer has an HDMI port, it is likely itself an output port. Most computers cannot natively read the video coming from a camera’s HDMI output. With major camera manufacturers like Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Olympus, and GoPro recently building a webcam option into their software, the odds are now pretty good that you can modify your current camera to use as a webcam, for free. Fortunately, with the right tools, using your DSLR or mirrorless camera as a webcam is a straightforward procedure.
#SPARKOCAM BAD SOFTWARE#
To accomplish this, you’ll need some specific hardware and/or software to get your camera and computer to play nice. SparkoCam is not free, but at about $50 it comes as the inexpensive and perfect complement to your webcam in these days of going online without restraint.
It also allows you to record the video stream in excellent image quality. Having fun while working or while video chatting with your friends is not a sin. It can blur the background without changing it, keeping you sharp and clear, or add various effects to the image, or let little cartoon-like characters wander on your screen, next to you, above you, etc. Once the connection is established SparkoCam can change the background behind you, not just to a photo from the built-in catalogue or from your own collection of personal pictures, but even from a movie! Developed by SparkoSoft, the nice software application interfaces with your webcam, or with any Nikon or Canon model you would connect through USB to your computer. The second attractive item on my short list is SparkoCam. Programming what the buttons do is left to one’s imagination. I set the fourth button to do automatic double-clicks, et voilà – it saved my hand. The user interface is intuitive and easy to use.
#SPARKOCAM BAD FREE#
It is legally free (you are also free to donate if you like), and it lets you programme what each of the buttons does exactly. I used a special four-button mouse in conjunction with a nice little app called XMouseButtonControl designed by British company Highrez. For even a half second when multiplied by 15,000 times, for instance, would have represented about two hours lost. By large number I mean several thousands! In addition to the physical stress that this would have put on my wrist and fingers, it would have been too bad to waste time double-clicking. I recently found myself working on a long project where I had to perform a large number of double clicks with the left button.
#SPARKOCAM BAD SERIES#
If the overwhelming number are basic models that have a left button, a right button and a scroll button in the middle, other types come with more buttons that can be programmed, assigned to do various functions, to replace long series of keyboard actions for example. The good old mouse is a little, apparently negligible item that can do more than just selecting and clicking. Two of them, taken from the long list, are particularly interesting. The latter, humble category, includes countless items to choose from. They range from a nice keyboard to good sounding speakers and friendly plug-in software applications that can do wonders in making your IT life more pleasant. Basically they are free, or at least inexpensive. The minor ones actually are not as “minor” as the adjective may imply. The big ones concern the choice of the brand, of the processor, the size of the hard disk, the version of MS-Office or Google Suite, the size of your external screen, and so forth. To achieve that there are big questions to address, and then there are minor ones. It is not a luxury anymore, considering the long hours we spend using the systems and the networks, and the stress that unavoidably goes with the work and that we absolutely need to relieve as much as possible, in any imaginable way. Indeed, whereas efficiency goes without saying, the pleasure part is not to neglect either.
Having the most appropriate computer hardware and software is necessary to use technology efficiently and agreeably.
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