There’s also a list of all the cameras that are currently supported. I think it’s still in beta, but it seems to work pretty well. If you go with a Canon camera, then you can just use the Canon webcam utility. There’s a ton of software that already blur your background and does a pretty good job, but it’s not native. At least with hardware on smaller cameras. And that’s just due to the DSLR lens or the mirrorless lens, in this case, that has that property that it’s hard to replicate. What you can immediately see is that there’s a much clear difference between what’s sharp and what’s not sharp. Alright, this is the camera that I have up here. So, I’m going to switch now from my webcam, in my MacBook Pro to CamTwist. I would go with a Canon camera just because they have a US utility that allows you to connect the camera as a webcam, but that’s by no means a requirement. There are cameras and lenses that you can get for 300-400 dollars, that will give you the exact same effect. Now this setup here will probably set you back somewhere around 1100 to 1200 dollars, Probably a little less if you buy it used. And then right behind it, I have my Canon. So you see that right now I’m using my regular camera here on my MacBook Pro. By the way, the hairdryer is not part of making this work. To give you a quick look, I’ll quickly share the view with you from my camera. All right, that already adds quite a bit of contrast in my face, and generally makes my face pop out from the background. I can open, or I have a ring light here that I can now turn on. In my case, I have either a window here that. Otherwise, your face is just going to be dark. Good usually means more light coming from the front than from your back. First and foremost, the most important thing is to get good lighting. So let’s reset, and I’ll take you through this step by step. Number three – microphone, Number foursome backlight.Īnd then last but not least, number five – the logo up here. Number one – front light, Number two – the camera. There’s a total of five steps that I’m going to walk you through. And so today, I want to show you how you can take your Zoom setup from this to this.

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