Camo Studio 2

Time to ditch Continuity Camera

- ALEX BLAKE

Free: $39.99 yearly: $79.99 lifetime

From www.reincubate.com Needs macOS 10.13 or later, iOS 12.0 or later

WHEN CAMO STUDIO first launched, it showed you could get top-notch video output from your iPhone without the help of a webcam. Now that Apple has followed suit with Continuity Camera, is there any need to use Camo? Well, the app's developer Reincubate believes there is, and it's just launched Camo Studio 2 with a slate of new features to prove it.

Let's not beat around the bush: Camo Studio 2 is a superb webcam app that offers far more than Apple bundles into Continuity Camera. For one thing, Camo Studio 2 now works with any camera you can connect to your Mac, not just iPhones. That includes DSLRs, action cams, monitors with built-in webcams, and even Continuity Camera itself.

The app's strongest feature is undoubtedly its focus on customization. Not only does it place a ton of tools and presets at your fingertips, but almost all of them can be tweaked in minute detail. You can pick and choose resolution and frame rate combinations, select which lens is used, and then increase or decrease the strength of nearly every effect.