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Topic: Quickcam 9000 on mac - focus problems

I have recently purchased an imac along with istopmotion. I have been animating with a Quickcam 9000 for windows. Seeing people on youtube state that the webcam still works on mac i felt sure i could still animate with it. I plugged it in and the istopmotion software recognised it straight away. I could even animate in 1600x1200 so no quality difference from the windows version. I went to the settings in istopmotion and could not find anything mentioning focus anywhere.

Can anyone help me with this?

I don't really want to go out and buy a Quickcam vision pro for mac.
If anyone uses a quickcam vision pro - how do you manually focus?
Of course, i'd rather not go out and buy the quickcam vision pro but if there is no other way round it then I'll have to mini/sad

EDIT: Having now seen the topic posted by Sean about upcoming Logitech HD quickcams this also has me wondering whether THEY will work in istopmotion. If my QC9K problem is not sorted I will probably buy the C910 as it looks stunning, providing that it does work in istopmotion. It HAS been confirmed that it has manual focus, but again it is a webcam developed for windows so I am not used not installing anything when plugging a webcam into a mac. How will I be able to change the focus manually?

I've probably repeated myself a lot in this post but you get the idea mini/tongue

Last edited by blingblongstudios (August 13, 2010 (05:27pm))

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Re: Quickcam 9000 on mac - focus problems

The webcam needs drivers in able focus it. these drivers only work for windows. Sorry.

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Re: Quickcam 9000 on mac - focus problems

I suspected as much. mini/confused

Well then, I need a new webcam which works in istopmotion.

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Re: Quickcam 9000 on mac - focus problems

u should get windows on your mac and use the 9000 for capturing frames

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Re: Quickcam 9000 on mac - focus problems

There is an easy workaround!

1 ) Find a sharp object such as a knife. This will be used later to open up the USB Port.
2 ) Turn your Mac off.
3 ) Locate the a desired USB Port.
4 ) Prep it to be opened by filling it with how wax (candle drippings would do).
5 ) Facilitate the preparations by allowing the Mac to sit in the freezer for 45 minutes.
6 ) Take the knife and pry the wax out. The USB Port is now ready to be operated on.
7 ) Locate the plastic bar in your USB Port. It is usually white or black and off center.
8 ) Use the knife to remove this plastic bar. You may discard it.
9 ) After removing the "lockdown bar" you can now run any hardware off the mac.
10 ) Plug in the QuickCam and begin animating!
11 ) Go to Best Buy and buy a computer that isn't total rubbish.]

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Re: Quickcam 9000 on mac - focus problems

ummmm...thanks fib12345. I don't really want to do anything dangerous to my mac. mini/no

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Re: Quickcam 9000 on mac - focus problems

oh geez. that was insane. Insanely dangerous! I would rather get vmware fusion mini/tongue Much less of a risk.

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Re: Quickcam 9000 on mac - focus problems

ok, all you have to do is get bootcamp, capture all the frames in the quickcam settings. then import them in to istopmotion. i dont run a mac but i know alot about them and im pretty sure theres an import tool in istopmotion.

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