ChromaCam Version History

Version 4.0.10.0 | 2024-06-28 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Fixed crash when importing avatar glb model from ReadyPlayerMe
  • Handled checking and use OpenVino more precisely in some specific GPU
  • Improved initialization time.
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Version 4.0.9.0 | 2024-05-08 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Free AI Background Image Generation for Pro Users.

Version 4.0.8.0 | 2023-12-14 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Avatar Real ID for better Avatar security
  • Avatar Creator UI visual enhancements
  • Improved persona segmentation quality and performance
  • Various bug fixes and enhancements

Version 4.0.7.0 | 2023-07-21 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Various bug fixes and enhancements

Version 4.0.6.0 | 2023-07-05 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Improved Unsplash feature for free users
  • Avatar Creator upgrade available in ChromaCam
  • Improved Youtube background features
  • Bug fixes and stabilization

Version 4.0.5.0 | 2023-04-18 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Support for Auto Sync of Avatars made using Personify Avatar Creator mobile app
  • Various bug fixes and enhancements

Version 4.0.4.0 | 2023-03-29 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Avatar Actions feature
  • Avatar hand tracking
  • Avatar eye movement tracking
  • Improved persona image quality and performance
  • Chroma Curtain feature
  • New streamer effects
  • Virtual Machine remote control support
  • Improved organizational control of user settings
  • Reduced installer file size

Version 4.0.3.0 | 2022-11-03 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Fixes an issue causing Ready Player Me Avatar emotions to not work.
  • This is the final release with support for Windows 32bit.

Version 4.0.2.0 | 2022-10-14 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Bug Fix ReadyPlayer.me Avatar fails to import to ChromaCam.
  • Bug Fix blur background freezes when persona performance setting is on Min.

Version 4.0.1.0 | 2022-10-01 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Users can change or disable Splash Screen image.
  • Improved Avatar facial tracking.
  • New Avatar mouth sensitivity setting.
  • Avatar mouse and keyboard action tracking.
  • Improved Avatar CPU and GPU performance efficiency.
  • Updated and improved special effects.
  • Improved persona video performance settings.
  • New organizational admin control of member's available features.
  • New multiple persona feature shows two or more users in the video frame
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Version 4.0.0.0 | 2022-05-16 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Introducing Chromatars. 3D avatars to replace your persona on the screen.
    • Users can use our default avatars within ChromaCam.
    • Users can also build their own avatars through Readyplayer.me and Vroid studios.
    • Allow visual tracking of the mouth through the sound of your voice or through visual tracking.
    • Show different emotions (happy, sad, etc).
  • ChromaCam supports Azure single sign on. To enable your organization, please reach out to support for more information.
  • Added a new segmentation quality slider. Users can now select between Lite, Standard, or Best.
    • Lite reduces CPU usage to help with lower end machines.
    • Standard is our current ChromaCam that you have grown to love.
    • Best tries to remove any objects or obstacles out of the virtual background. Best will use the most CPU usage out of the three modes.
  • Improve ChromaCam performance in Intel GPU with OpenVino.
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Version 3.2.2.0 | 2022-02-28 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Fixed an issue where the YouTube URL was not loading the video background.
  • Users can now remove the blue loading screen on startup
  • Fixed an issue with the aspect ratio is showing incorrect in the Logitech C920 camera.

Version 3.2.1.0 | 2022-01-24 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Video backgrounds have come to ChromaCam! Users can now upload a video file or a YouTube URL to make a video motioned background without a green screen.
  • New streaming effects and virtual backgrounds have been added to the ChromaCam streamer edition.
  • After a user upgrades their subscription, ChromaCam will recognize the subscription change after a few minutes and upgrade the user to ChromaCam Pro or ChromaCam lifetime.
  • The camera settings sometimes shows blank instead of no camera being found.
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Version 3.2.0.0 | 2021-10-29 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Users can now change their size and the location of where they are on the screen in the background
  • Users can now see a big preview of their current PowerPoint slide
  • Users can now download images online right in the app using Unsplash
  • Blur is now much stronger to create more privacy
  • Support for more virtual camera applications
  • Users can now control their organization’s backgrounds and logos. The admin can lock the users to use a organization wide background and/or logos. The admin can enable users to still upload their own background and/or logo if they choose
  • Streamer mode can now combine backgrounds and effects together
  • Users has the ability to turn off the hardware compatibility checker
  • Users can add their support case into the bug report form
  • Fixed an issue where certain video applications showed a 4:3 aspect ratio
  • Fixed an issue where some Spanish text is displayed the language should be French
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 3.1.3.0 | 2021-08-09 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Added new virtual backgrounds.
  • Added support for DroidCam, Sony cameras and Canon cameras.
  • Added support for Cisco Jabber, Skype for Business, Amazon Chime.
  • Fixed an issue where ChromaCam users could not sign into Twitch.
  • Added backgrounds into the streamer mode. This will allow a user to not navigate to business mode to access virtual backgrounds. The ChromaCam team is working on combining custom backgrounds and streamer effects in a future release.
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 2.8.1.0 | 2021-07-07 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Fixed an issue where the latest Nvidia driver, GeForce 471.11 GRD, causes ChromaCam to crash on these computers.
  • Fixed an issue where some customers could not sign into ChromaCam.
  • Bug improvements and stability fixes.

Version 2.8.0.3 | 2021-05-05 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Refreshed the user interface
  • Added improvements for segmentation when a user uses a headset
  • Fixed an issue where the slides feature may sometimes change the persona position and size when joining a Zoom call
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 2.6.2.4 | 2021-03-24 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Fixed an issue where users were unable to login with Google credentials.

Version 2.6.2.1 | 2020-11-30 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • You can now rotate your camera 360 degrees in case it is not showing up properly on the screen.
  • Ability to mirror your background image.
  • Ability to upload 4K background images.
  • Added new privacy settings.
  • Fixed an issue where unicode cameras were not being recognized.
  • Renamed Personify Frame Grabber Service to ChromaCam Background Service.
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Version 2.6.1.4 | 2020-10-05 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Improved bugs related to using an external camera
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 2.6.0.21 | 2020-07-24 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Fixed compatibility issue in Windows 7 & 8.1
  • Fixed WebEx blinking issue
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 2.6.0.17 | 2020-07-09 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • New preview window to see yourself before using in your video application. Users will be allowed to startup ChromaCam as a standalone application to make changes to their settings
  • Added systray icon to allow for faster access to the ChromaCam application
  • Added performance checker during installation to notify users if the system used may not meet the minimum requirements
  • Bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 2.5.0.6 | 2020-06-04 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Improve translation for Korean and Japanese
  • Remove notification system tray icon
  • Fix bug that camera item list in Settings is empty sometime

Version 2.5.0.3 | 2020-04-29 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Fixed bug of remembering last saved theme
  • Avoid unnecessary error dialog when unregistering old ChromaCam version
  • Enhanced silent mode of the installer (Silent mode /S should not appear panel tour guide)

Version 2.5.0.1 | 2020-04-09 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Integrated latest AI Engine 3.2.1 with quality enhancement & performance improvement for iGPU.
  • Limit blur and FPS for ChromaCam Lite.

Version 2.4.0.8 | 2020-03-28 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Fix bug when importing weird image with bad header.
  • Add loading screen when login/auto login.

Version 2.4.0.7 | 2020-03-23 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Fixed compatibility issues with Internet Explorer in recent Windows 10 version

Version 2.4.0.6 | 2020-03-21 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Fix issue where ChromaCam Show incorrect Pro user mode after upgraded

Version 2.4.0.5 | 2020-02-13 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Integrate latest AI Engine with quality improvement
  • Improve consistency when switching mode (classic and streamer)
  • Improve ChromaCam startup
  • Persist watermark toggle button

Version 2.4.0.4 | 2019-12-27 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Upgraded AI Engine for improved quality
  • Fixed issue with custom background with certain application (UWP and AVStream apps).
  • Fixed video call quality issues with Skype

Version 2.4.0.3 | 2019-12-18 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Fixed compatibility issues with Skype for Windows 10, Skype for Business, BlueJeans v2, and WebEx.
  • Support for UWP and AVStream applications
  • Improved initialization time
  • Fixed TwitchBotClient. No longer marked as malware!

Version 2.3.0.28 | 2019-10-08 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Improved stability for custom backgrounds
  • Performance improvements

Version 2.3.0.26 | 2019-09-26 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Better handling for situations where user settings are corrupted

Version 2.3.0.25 | 2019-09-17 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Updated to personify-api 3.1.9 (new AI Engine with major quality and performance improvements)
  • Fixed crash issue involving NVIDIA Optimus technology

Version 2.3.0.24 | 2019-09-14 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Better compatibility with non-streaming applications, and with Discord
  • Improved stability on older PCs
  • Fixed issues with PCs with multiple cameras

Version 2.3.0.23 | 2019-09-02 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Change library structure for better stability
  • Fix a crash issue with Skype
  • Improve inter-operability and stability other platforms such as WebEx, Zoom, and ConX
  • Smoother initialization when starting a video call

Version 2.3.0.19 | 2019-07-11 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Improved custom background functionality
  • Smoother start up of ChromaCam
  • Improved blur, with performance optimizations
  • General bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 2.3.0.17 | 2019-06-27 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Performance improvements that provide lower CPU usage
  • Default settings such as initial FPS and amount of blur are now set based on auto detection of CPU capability

Version 2.3.0.16 | 2019-06-11 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Performance and stability improvements
  • Add slider to allow control max frame rate (higher frame rate, smoother video)
  • Inter-operability with WebEx Teams and MS Lync 2010
  • Better handling of network timeout error when using Google and Twitch login

Version 2.3.0.14 | 2019-05-07 | Download (alternative link)

New feature & Enhancement

  • Improve Twitch authentication by using refresh token and access token more precisely
  • Inter-operability with vMix application
  • Add version info in the application log in %LocalAppData%\personify\

Bug fix

  • Fix issue that camera with special character ™ or ® failed to detect as real camera

Version 2.3.0.12 | 2019-04-23 | Download (alternative link)

Bug fix & Enhancement

  • Fix the issue that disabled camera of D415 still appear in the camera selection list of ChromaCam
  • Allow ChromaCam to work with the multi-2D camera with the same name including multi D415 RGB color or machine with front-face and rear camera having the same name

Version 2.3.0.11 | 2019-04-10 | Download (alternative link)

Bug fix & Enhancement

  • Fix issue that requirement checker can not executed correctly for certain users having spacing or special character in Windows account username
  • Fix issue that auto login wrongly when trying to open tour guide window before using ChromaCam

Version 2.3.0.10 | 2019-03-21 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Use new requirement checker to detect AVX and OpenCL 1.2 support more precisely
  • Do not run requirement checker 64 bit in Windows 32bit system
  • Abort installation if registration ChromaCam as virtual camera failed
  • Add slider to Settings tab to allow customize blur effect
  • Fix issue that some cameras got stuck due to auto gain checking process
  • Fix Back Light Correction not working correctly for some cameras
  • Can not recognize a camera using default driver from Microsoft which displayed as "USB Video Device"

Version 2.3.0.8 | 2019-02-15 | Download (alternative link)

New feature, bug fix & Enhancement

  • Using personify-apis 3.0.10 (new AI Engine with major quality and performance improvements)
  • Add an instruction for user to check and enable OpenCL1.2 support if the system requirement doesn't meet yet [APPS-157].
  • New code signing certificate for installers: security and safety is always ensure.
  • For ChromaCam, installer will run requirement checker for both 32 bit and 64 bit [APPS-157].
  • Solve crash issue when unplugged the c270 logitech camera, c922 logitech camera
  • Persist windows state (remember last windows state) of ChromaCam Control Panel [APPS-94]
  • Support new model of C922 (USB Vendor ID is 0X046D and the USB Product ID is 0X085C) (PR#2023).
  • Support delay applying watermark at initial-time to avoid annoying glitch of watermark during initial phase (PR#2013).
  • Add requirement checker for AVX and OpenCL1.2 (PR#2037)
  • Re-sort cameras with whitelist blacklist greylist concept and hide all virtual camera from the list [APPS-129]
  • Apply new way to speed up initial time (after install and first use) [APPS-129]
  • Add publisher information to Personify product installer [APPS-126]

Bug fix

  • Correct logic for previewing mode for free user to fix water issue displaying sometime using C922 camera [APPS-152]
  • Fix bug/crash of ChromaCam when unplugged the RS camera (RGB mode) [APPS-111]
  • Fix some compatibility issue in Microsoft Surface
  • Fix crash issue when having no camera due to virtual camera [APPS-125]
  • Fix crash issue when the machine having no camera (PR#2026)
  • Fix issue that control panel still display when having no camera [APPS-117]
  • Allow camera detection from no camera to having first camera [APPS-121]
  • Fix crash during checking upgrade process (PR#2026)
  • Bring back the camera enumeration for 2D camera just like ChromaCam 2.2.2.2 (PR#2037)
Notes: above list is the complete changelog comparing with ChromaCam 2.2.2.2 as previous major & auto-update enabled release.

Version 2.3.0.6 | 2019-01-15 | Download (alternative link)

  • Move rear/side camera to bottom of camera list thus making sure it's not default camera [APPS-121]
  • Allow camera detection from no camera to having first camera [APPS-121]
  • Solve crash issue when unplugged the c270 logitech camera, c922 logitech camera
  • Persist windows state (remember last windows state) of ChromaCam [APPS-94]
  • Fix bug/crash of ChromaCam when unplugged the RS camera (RGB mode) [APPS-111]

Version 2.3.0.5 | 2018-12-21 | Download (alternative link)

  • Using personify-apis 3.0.7 (new AI Engine with major quality and performance improvements)
  • Fix some compatibility issue in Microsoft Surface
  • Fix crash issue when having no camera due to virtual camera [APPS-125]
  • Fix issue that control panel still display when having no camera [APPS-117]
  • Apply new way to speed up initial time (after install and first use) [APPS-129]
  • Move the virtual camera functionality to the client side [APPS-129]
    • No virtual camera will be present.
    • No camera won't show CC panel and won't crash.
  • Add publisher information to Personify product installer [APPS-126]

Version 2.3.0.4 | 2018-12-13 | Download (alternative link)

  • Using personify-apis 3.0.6 (new AI Engine with major quality and performance improvements)
  • Fix requirement checker for AVX and OpenCL1.2 (#2037)

Version 2.3.0.0 | 2018-12-05 | Download (alternative link)

  • Using personify-apis 3.0.0 (new AI engine)
  • Support new model of C922 (USB Vendor ID is 0X046D and the USB Product ID is 0X085C) (#2023).
  • Support delay applying watermark at initial-time to avoid annoying glitch of watermark during initial phase (#2013).
  • Fix crash issue when the machine having no camera (#2026)
  • Fix crash during checking upgrade process (#2026)
  • Bring back the camera enumeration for 2D camera just like ChromaCam 2.2.2.2 (#2037)
  • Add requirement checker for AVX and OpenCL1.2 (#2037)
  • Re-sort cameras with whitelist blacklist greylist concept and hide all virtual camera from the list (#2014)

Version 2.2.2.2 | 2018-08-19 | Download (alternative link)

  • Using personify-apis 2.9.x: the next, 2nd generation Personify AI Engine with significant quality and performance improvements.

Version 2.2.1.20 | 2018-06-06 | Download (alternative link)

  • Using personify-apis 1.x: very first Personify AI engine that enabled background subtraction for regular webcams and cameras
  • Come with complete feature set
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