Using Face Tracking on the WebCam Live! Ultra

With Face Tracking, your camera automatically zooms in on your face during video instant messaging sessions, or when recording video.

Using color detection technology that locks on to skin tone, your camera will zoom in on and frame your face in real time. Face Tracking also recognizes and detects all faces if there is more than one face in your camera's field of view.

Face Tracking has two tracking modes:

Continuous
The tracker continuously follows each face movement (Note: Avoid selecting this mode if there is rapid head movement as continuous tracking movement can result in jerky video).
Smart
The tracker waits until your head stops moving before framing your face.

Enabling Face Tracking
You can enable Face Tracking in the Face Tracking Utility. You can launch the Face Tracking Utility in the following ways:

• In WebCam Center, click Tools - Face Tracking Utility.

• Right-click the Creative Cam Detector icon in the System Tray and click the Face Tracking Utility option.

• Click Start - Programs or All Programs - Creative - Creative WebCam Center - Face Tracking Utility.

Note
Face Tracking is only available with selected Creative WebCams. You will not see the Face Tracking Utility option if your camera does not support Face Tracking

Tips for successful face tracking

• Make sure the white balance is correctly adjusted so that there is no color cast. To quickly adjust white balance, place a blank sheet of white paper about 20 cm (8-inches) in front of your WebCam for three seconds.

• Make sure your face is well lit and not over- or under-exposed. An over-exposed face appears white whereas an under-exposed face appears dark.

• Avoid backgrounds and clothing that are the same color as human skin.

• Avoid sleeveless clothing.

• Make sure your face is within the field of view of the WebCam. The tracker uses digital pan and zoom, and cannot track your face if it is out of the WebCam's view.

• The tracker is sensitive to head movement. In the unlikely event that the tracker fails to detect very small head movements, gently move your head to attract the attention of the tracker.

• The tracker is set to work best at the default color saturation setting (level 32). Changing this setting, especially to one of the extreme ends, will affect the performance of the tracker.

• Place the camera on a sturdy surface. The Face Tracking feature is very sensitive to movement, and holding the camera can cause the software not to track properly