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I just wish that the browser-based Teams video conference version would let me blur the video background. I don’t always have a nice, presentable space for thes

I just wish that the browser-based Teams video conference version would let me blur the video background. I don’t always have a nice, presentable space for these calls.

tech234a 4y ago
You could probably do something using OBS with the virtual webcam feature and some plugins
actually_a_dog 4y ago
Don’t do that. Those blur effects always look so bad.
- willsmith72 4y ago
  strong disagree. If someone's in their home office, I'd rather have it blurred for both of our sakes
  - actually_a_dog 4y ago
    Why? In my office, you'd see me (of course), and some bookcases behind me with a bunch of very SFW books. What's so offensive about that?
    - Tagbert 4y ago
      The space can be messy and I don’t want that as a distraction.
yesbut 4y ago
No need for a video camera to have conference call. It's for work.
- Tagbert 4y ago
  To be an equal participant in a call it is better to be on video, otherwise you tend to be seen as not a full participant. You words tend to have more impact when you are visible. It’s also better for human relationships to see each other when you are talking.
Terretta 4y ago
Xsplit Vcam https://www.xsplit.com/vcam https://www.xsplit.com/vcam The only other easy tools I know with bokeh as good are a DSLR w/ UVC, Lumina webcam's software (maybe licenses Vcam, it shares features?), Reincubate Camo, and now Apple's Continuity Camera in portrait mode. All of those give bokeh that feels extremely natural. Camo lets old phones and Android phones be used as webcams, so you can use the bokeh mode in the phone. But Xsplit Vcam and Lumina's driver work with any webcam and have both a fully adjustable blur, and a "cameraman" mode that keeps you centered in the frame when you move around or sit differently. The blur in Zoom and Teams are embarrassingly terrible. Given these tools exist, one wonders why.
- afit 4y ago
  FWIW Camo also works with any webcam now, also.

I just wish that the browser-based Teams video conference version would let me blur the video background. I don’t always have a nice, presentable space for these calls.

tech234a 4y ago

You could probably do something using OBS with the virtual webcam feature and some plugins

actually_a_dog 4y ago

Don’t do that. Those blur effects always look so bad.

willsmith72 4y ago
strong disagree. If someone's in their home office, I'd rather have it blurred for both of our sakes
- actually_a_dog 4y ago
  Why? In my office, you'd see me (of course), and some bookcases behind me with a bunch of very SFW books. What's so offensive about that?
  - Tagbert 4y ago
    The space can be messy and I don’t want that as a distraction.

yesbut 4y ago

No need for a video camera to have conference call. It's for work.

Tagbert 4y ago
To be an equal participant in a call it is better to be on video, otherwise you tend to be seen as not a full participant. You words tend to have more impact when you are visible. It’s also better for human relationships to see each other when you are talking.

Terretta 4y ago

Xsplit Vcam https://www.xsplit.com/vcam https://www.xsplit.com/vcam The only other easy tools I know with bokeh as good are a DSLR w/ UVC, Lumina webcam's software (maybe licenses Vcam, it shares features?), Reincubate Camo, and now Apple's Continuity Camera in portrait mode. All of those give bokeh that feels extremely natural. Camo lets old phones and Android phones be used as webcams, so you can use the bokeh mode in the phone. But Xsplit Vcam and Lumina's driver work with any webcam and have both a fully adjustable blur, and a "cameraman" mode that keeps you centered in the frame when you move around or sit differently. The blur in Zoom and Teams are embarrassingly terrible. Given these tools exist, one wonders why.

afit 4y ago
FWIW Camo also works with any webcam now, also.