Recently Microsoft released a new Windows 10 Preview Build 21354 to the Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. This build comes with some improvements to the "News and Interests" feature, the ability to turn off the Content Adaptive Brightness Control (CABC), a new Camera Settings page, and some more improvements to Windows 10.

 

With the new camera settings page, you can easily add/remove, enable/disable a camera. It also allows you to set the brightness and contrast of the camera. In this quick post, we will learn how to adjust camera brightness and contrast on Windows 10.

 

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How to adjust camera brightness and contrast in Windows 10

 

How to adjust camera brightness and contrast in Windows 10?

If you are running Windows 10 Build 21354 or higher, you can now easily change the brightness and contrast of your video/web camera attached to the system. Just follow the simple mentioned steps below:

 

  1. Open the Windows 10 Settings app (shortcut: Win + I).
  2. Navigate to Devices > Camera settings page. This will list all the cameras added to your system.
  3. Click the camera for which you want to change the brightness and contrast.
  4. On the next screen, scroll down a bit. You will see the sliders to increase and decrease the brightness and contrast of the selected camera.
  5. Slide it up or down as per your need.

 

How to adjust camera brightness and contrast in Windows 10

 


Kunal Chowdhury

About the Author

Solution Architect & Former Microsoft MVP

Kunal Chowdhury is an enterprise solution architect and former multi-year Microsoft MVP. He is the author of three technical books: Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook, Mastering Visual Studio 2017, and the Mastering Visual Studio 2019.

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