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> Smart background replace with optional green screen support I find that one curious. Can you elaborate on it? I'm having trouble thinking of a situation that

> Smart background replace with optional green screen support I find that one curious. Can you elaborate on it? I'm having trouble thinking of a situation that would make it a need. I don't particularly want people having a view into my home, but it's easy enough for me to sit in front of a wall/curtain, or just move personal objects out of view. The others are more interesting; thanks for the list. Allow me to add one relevant to certain communities: Audio suitable for musical collaboration. The music teachers, students, and performers I know prefer Zoom because it works better than the alternatives they have tried. I think it's a combination of tolerable latency and the ability to disable audio processing that's designed for speech but distorts live music.

theshrike79 6y ago
I usually work in varied locations and rather not have the people I'm in call with see where I am. They don't need to know that I'm outside or in a cafe. The green screen support is mostly for my home office, I can hang a generic green sheet behind me and get perfect background replacement.
- artichokes 6y ago
  Seeing that someone is trying to conceal their setting is 100x sketchier than being outside.
  - bloodorange 6y ago
    I'm not the person to whom you have replied but I'd say one could look at it from another perspective. I do not like the invasion of privacy from having others look into my home when I haven't invited them to do so. So, when I have a choice, I'll always remove or replace the background.
  - jbc1 6y ago
    That's why the custom backgrounds is important. It normalises it. People can just think you're using one for fun.
  - nvr219 6y ago
    I'm on Zoom calls for work about 10 hours a week and custom backgrounds are very popular. Personally my office is a complete mess and putting a custom background on is much easier than cleaning.
    - srtjstjsj 6y ago
      For the same reason, I use a custom foreground where possible.

theshrike79 6y ago

I usually work in varied locations and rather not have the people I'm in call with see where I am. They don't need to know that I'm outside or in a cafe. The green screen support is mostly for my home office, I can hang a generic green sheet behind me and get perfect background replacement.

artichokes 6y ago
Seeing that someone is trying to conceal their setting is 100x sketchier than being outside.
- bloodorange 6y ago
  I'm not the person to whom you have replied but I'd say one could look at it from another perspective. I do not like the invasion of privacy from having others look into my home when I haven't invited them to do so. So, when I have a choice, I'll always remove or replace the background.
- jbc1 6y ago
  That's why the custom backgrounds is important. It normalises it. People can just think you're using one for fun.
- nvr219 6y ago
  I'm on Zoom calls for work about 10 hours a week and custom backgrounds are very popular. Personally my office is a complete mess and putting a custom background on is much easier than cleaning.
  - srtjstjsj 6y ago
    For the same reason, I use a custom foreground where possible.