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It’s part of the webcam feed provided by the OS to apps on the latest macOS. This means the effects apply across all apps. You can increase lighting adjustment

by jitl 3y ago

It’s part of the webcam feed provided by the OS to apps on the latest macOS. This means the effects apply across all apps. You can increase lighting adjustment (aka Studio Light) and depth of field with sliders in the system menu bar, as well as toggle thede reactions on and off. They’re on by default. For what it’s worth the lighting and background blur effects are really good, much better than the tuning built into Zoom. I’m leaving the reactions on too for the comedy for now but I’ll probably turn them off eventually.

nickthegreek 3y ago
I didn’t know this was available at an OS level. Excited to try this blur over the Google Meet implementation. Found instructions here: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-video-conferencing-features-on-your-mac-mchlff01c919/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-video-conferenc...
- snowe2010 3y ago
  It doesn’t work over google meet. The other person was wrong, it does not apply to the OS video feed, apps have to explicitly support it in some manner.
  - jitl 3y ago
    I just tried this on meet.google.com on my personal account (Chrome 118 on MacBook Pro M1 Max), works for me.
    - snowe2010 3y ago
      guessing it's a chrome thing then. I refuse to use chrome and it most definitely does not work in FF.
snowe2010 3y ago
The effects don’t apply across all apps. I tested in google meet last week and it didn’t work.
- matthewmacleod 3y ago
  From someone who set off balloons in a customer call using Google Meet last week, I can assure you they work :) I haven’t investigated much further but it’s possible the settings are per-app or something.
  - snowe2010 3y ago
    might be browser based then. I tested in several different apps and google meet was the only one that didn't work, and I refuse to use Chrome, so it might just not work in firefox. point is, it isn't universal, there are apps it doesn't work in, else my testing wouldn't have shown failure at all.
JCharante 3y ago
I see. I thought it was only on FaceTime because the fix was to enter the camera settings from there. I know facetime ships with the OS but that settings really should be accessible from the normal settings applet

by jitl 3y ago

nickthegreek 3y ago

I didn’t know this was available at an OS level. Excited to try this blur over the Google Meet implementation. Found instructions here: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-video-conferencing-features-on-your-mac-mchlff01c919/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-video-conferenc...

snowe2010 3y ago
It doesn’t work over google meet. The other person was wrong, it does not apply to the OS video feed, apps have to explicitly support it in some manner.
- jitl 3y ago
  I just tried this on meet.google.com on my personal account (Chrome 118 on MacBook Pro M1 Max), works for me.
  - snowe2010 3y ago
    guessing it's a chrome thing then. I refuse to use chrome and it most definitely does not work in FF.

snowe2010 3y ago

The effects don’t apply across all apps. I tested in google meet last week and it didn’t work.

matthewmacleod 3y ago
From someone who set off balloons in a customer call using Google Meet last week, I can assure you they work :) I haven’t investigated much further but it’s possible the settings are per-app or something.
- snowe2010 3y ago
  might be browser based then. I tested in several different apps and google meet was the only one that didn't work, and I refuse to use Chrome, so it might just not work in firefox. point is, it isn't universal, there are apps it doesn't work in, else my testing wouldn't have shown failure at all.

JCharante 3y ago

I see. I thought it was only on FaceTime because the fix was to enter the camera settings from there. I know facetime ships with the OS but that settings really should be accessible from the normal settings applet