Sight Control App Reviews

Basic settings, wish it had zoom.

I have a lot of backlight in my office and this did the trick. Solved my problems for my video conferencing.

Thank you … your app really helped me adjust my webcam so that my Skype sessions were "visible" to the other party instead of the usuall dark images that were being transmitted due to my rooms lighting. FIVE STARS for a great app.

This is a fantastic software and the developer provided me with great support. With an accurate and elegant user interface, this app is a must if you want to get the most out of your Macs built-in webcam.

I had been looking for something to control the settings on my iMac 27" FaceTime camera. At certain times of day the lighting conditions get very bad and Sight Control helps by allowing me to make various adjustments to the camera to get a good facetime picture.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt seem to be able to change the video settings within Skype. Also, I wish it were possible to open the control panel automatically when starting a Skype call, or at least it would be good for the app to be able to remember its settings. Instead, its necessary to change the settings every time! In this day and age, apps like this should be much smarter.

Ive installed version 1.4 and it resolves all my problems with Skype. I set the control panel to read and write settings from the webcam at 3 secs and it worked flawlessly!!!! Great work Mactaris!!!! Thanks for the great app!!!

Doesnt work on iOS 10.7.5. When I click on it, it doesnt even open. Waste of money.

I downloaded this app to control the saturation on my isight camera, which I have noticed is lower than it ought to be. It does the job well. But if I close Sight Control after closing Photobooth, the next time I open Photobooth, it will say "there is no connected camera." I usually have to restart to get it to recognize the camera again. So I dont use Sight Control as often as Id like to.

This app does what it says it does and has a clean/simple interface but has some reliability issues and poor usability. Reliability (2/5) When in manual mode, and in some applications, the aperture will occasionally reset back down to 0. (happens every few minutes in skype, and also sometimes when opening a new camera application) Occasionally, the controls will get "stuck", forcing you to restart the application. Usability (3/5) First of all, the sliders/controls dont make a lot of sense. For the exposure-time/shutter-speed, you are given a slider… but only the first 1/10th of the slider gives usable results making it hard to adjust the exposure time accurately. A better solution would be to use a stepper control, or limit the usable exposure time to the first 1/4th of the range. There is a control called "aperture"… but the webcams on most or all macbook/imacs have a fixed aperture if Im not mistaken. This is probably the ISO/gain/amplifier setting… and you have to hold down a stepper button to adjust it (takes 10 seconds to go through the entire range). a slider would have been much less frustrating to use here. Lot of features are "grayed out". Im guessing some features are available to certain models… i dont really know. (aperture/shutter priority mode and NR doesnt work on mine) Something like a Exposure-compensation setting would have been awesome to have since usually the auto-exposure is only off depending on your shirt color or background color.

I work in front of a dark background that always over-exposes my face terribly. This app completely solved the problem on my 2011 MacBook Pro running OS X 10.7.5. Thanks for the wonderful app!

The screen shot shows options not available to the user. I purchased the product because the screenshot shows the tools I need. However, only a few of the tools are functional, the other tools shown are appearance adornments. Very misleading as this product offers very limited control. Hopefully the developers will make this item fully functional, right now it’s not. A waste of money and time.

I bought this because my iSight camera seemed to be stuck with a black picture; obviously something wrong with the auto exposure setting. So I took a chance and bought this app thinking it might help - it was $5, and I wanted the options it offered anyway. Opening Sight Control and lo & behold, my exposure is set to manual and cranked all the way to darkness. I set it to auto, closed Sight Control, and everything using the camera showed a perfect picture - well, a sort of perfect picture. So I went back into Sight Control and tuned the settings just right for my setup, including turning off backlight adjustment, and I ended up with a much better picture for conferencing. The details and contrast is much better. Obviously, if I move the laptop I need to re-tune it, but by default it runs as a menubar item so it’s easy to get to. The bad side of this app is the options that aren’t available; Some settings don’t work, which I imagine depends on the camera model you have in your Mac, but it’s frustrating to see the options in the screenshot and not being able to use them once you get the app. It’s also a bit clumsy - But it’s the functionality that counts. Basically, if you want some control over iSight contrast, brightness, and other settings, this is a easy way to improve your outgoing iSight video.

My new 5K iMac had an extremely disturbing blue tint with its built-in iSight camera. Its disappointing for such an expensive machine. However, this program solved the problem. I unchecked the auto white balance temperature, and moved the slider until the color cast disappeared. I didnt even have to end the FaceTime conversation. All setting adjustments are immediate. This app really works, and even after quitting it, the settings stay.

Note (as I should have) that nearly all the settings are greyed out for the FaceTime HD camera that comes in a MacBook Pro. No gain or exposure adjustments (which actually affect how the sensor performs) are usable. The brightness and contrast settings only affect the image after it’s been captured, which makes them useless. Waste of $5.

As with the other 1 star review below, downloaded the Sight Control ap and it did absolutely nothing except install, take my money, and provide me with a totally grayed out and non functional interface on my Mac Mini running Snow Leopard. Total waste of $5 and cant even figure out how to get an credited uninstall or refund. Be way careful

most frustrating is that it doesn’t have a preview window. do i need to launch a different application to view the effect of my settings? second most frustrating is that it doesn’t offer to control my USB camera (which is not an isight camera but is UVC compliant).

Doesn’t work for FaceTime cameras on MacBooks with retina screens. And the same for this company’s other app, “Camera Control”.

Due to light configuration in my room it was practicall impossible to use Skype on my new iMac 5K. All people could see is a big white area instead of my face and a perfectly balanced picture of a back wall on my room. It drove me mad that Apple doesn’t allow users to control camera settings. This app however for just $5 allowed me to adjust brightness and contrast (and bunch of other settings) and I was able to fix all the light issues I had. I also played with saturation and hue to achieve more natural colors. Great app!