Camera Assistant Software for Toshiba is a Freeware software in the category Audio & Multimedia developed by Chicony Electronics Co.,Ltd. It was checked for updates 565 times by the users of our client application UpdateStar during the last month. The latest version of Camera Assistant Software for Toshiba is 1.7.260.526.L, released on.
The following information applies only to webcams that are built into Toshiba notebook computers.The image from the computer's built-in webcam may be very dark or black - either as soon as the image appears, or after a few seconds.Try one or more of the suggestions below to lighten and otherwise improve the image from the computer's webcam.Check the webcam indicator lightA light next to the webcam glows continuously to indicate that the webcam is on. If this indicator light is lit, then skip ahead to the Improve the Subject Lighting section, below. If this indicator light is off, start the Camera Assistant Software (if it is not already running) to activate the webcam.
The Camera Assistant Software is the webcam application that Toshiba supplies with the computer. The webcam can also be accessed by other software, but if the indicator light is off, starting the Camera Assistant Software may activate the webcam, and allow it to work with your other webcam application.Follow these steps to start the Camera Assistant Software:. Click the Windows Start button, then click All Programs, click the Camera Assistant Software folder, and click the Camera Assistant Software.
Move the mouse to the middle of the far left edge of the screen, until a panel of icons pops out, as shown at left. Click the Start Webcam icon, shown highlighted at left. Optionally, start a different webcam application, if you have installed one.The webcam indicator light should now turn on, indicating that the webcam is now running.Improve the subject lightingWebcams need lots of light, more than your eyes do. The better lit the subject (your face, for example), the clearer and brighter the webcam image will be. If the light on the subject is insufficient, the image from the webcam will be dark and grainy (noisy). Illuminate the subject with as much light as possible: turn on more lights and / or turn up lights that are dimmed. As much as possible, aim lights toward the subject - and not toward the webcam.
Avoid back-lighting. If there is a bright light behind your head (for example), this light will reduce the webcam's sensitivity - causing your face to appear dark. Either turn off any lights that are directly behind you, or reposition yourself so that bright light (from a window, for example) is not shining from directly behind you.Enable Night ModeTry enabling Night Mode, as follows:. Move the mouse to the middle of the far left edge of the screen, until a panel of icons pops out, as shown at left. If the panel does not appear, follow the steps above to start the Camera Assistant Software. Click the Properties icon (shown selected at left).
The Properties window will appear. In the Properties window, click the Night Mode check box, if it's not already checked, then click OK.Reset the webcamThe webcam may turn off - and display a black image - if the light it 'sees' has fallen below a certain lower threshold level.
The webcam will turn back on if the light level is brightened - but only when it reaches an upper threshold level, which could easily be above the lighting level at which it had been working previously. See the illustration at right for clarification.Correct this by simply opening the Properties window of the Camera Assistant Software, as follows:. Move the mouse to the middle of the far left edge of the screen, until a panel of icons pops out, as shown at left, above. Click the Properties icon (shown selected).
The Properties window will appear.This will reset the webcam, and cause its image to be displayed again.Try other ProfilesTry other Profiles from the Properties window. Profiles control collections of various settings, including brightness and white balance (color cast). Switching to a different Profile may lighten, color-correct, or otherwise improve the image - depending upon lighting and other factors.
Open the Properties window, per the instructions above. Click the Profiles tab. Toshiba provides this information 'as is' without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Toshiba shall not be responsible for the topicality, correctness, completeness or quality of the information or software provided.
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