It did a good job of removing noise onscreen and in the captured videos, especially in low lighting level conditions. The three settings available are: SettingĪutomatic Optimize video quality and performanceīased on my indoor testing, I found that using the “On” setting for ClearFrame, it appears ClearFrame is a noise reduction application in software as processor tasking is increased.

“ClearFrame Technology” is advertised by Microsoft as offering ” faster and smoother image processing”. Three settings of “ClearFrame” are available. Maybe this was done on purpose by Microsoft to avoid low frame rate complaints? ClearFrame: There is no indication of the frame rate being obtained during capture nor of dropped frames. Video resolutions can be selected but no information on maximum frame rate is provided. With the “Select Webcam” function, I was only able to select the Microsoft Lifecam Cinema webcam and none of my other non-Microsoft webcams.

The software utility provided by Microsoft with the Lifecam Cinema HD webcam is “Microsoft LifeCam”.

Lifecam cinema app