Is there anyway I can get my Dell Webcam to have the same settings outside of Dell webcam Center as in it?

When I go into the Dell webcam Central on my Vostro 3750 it allows me to change the resolution that the camera sees and it lets me choose 320 X 240, 640 X 480, 1280 X 720, and 1920 X 1080. However anytime I use my webcam outside of the Dell Webcam Central it only displays in 320 X 240. Which let's be honest isn't exactly idea. Besides it looking completely terrible, it doesn't capture very much of the picture, and barely captures my head within the frame. Ideally I would like to be able to at least use the 1280 X 720 resolution outside the software, but can't for the life of me figure out how. It is a huge inconvenience and essentially renders the on-board webcam moot.