{"id":26,"date":"2020-10-08T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.imbonetti.com\/?p=26"},"modified":"2020-10-08T17:00:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T17:00:51","slug":"virtual-cameras-the-easy-paid-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.imbonetti.com\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Cameras (the easy\/paid way)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This requires nothing except a webcam and a willingness to install an app to act as a virtual webcam for you. Both options here can be tested for free, and they both display a very noticeable watermark when you do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But they both give you Zoom’s standard background features (automatic background detection (with or without a green-screen), replacement with a static image or a video file) and the very nice “blur the background” feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

XSplit VCam<\/a> can be paid for for a single month for $6, three months for $10 (lots of NaNo time!), or lifetime for $50. So, for just November, it’s about the cost of a fancy coffee that we’re not going to coffee shops to get. Unfortunately, it’s Windows only (sorry, Mac folks!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personify’s ChromaCam<\/a> is $30 lifetime, has the same features, and does both Windows and Mac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My desktop is not powerful enough to do automatic background detection in Zoom (but it does do motion backgrounds and greenscreen). However, both XSplit VCam and ChromaCam can<\/em> do automatic background extraction on my older CPU. (And they’re free, so you can try it first.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(I haven’t tested on the Mac, though.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upside: easy to set up, it just uses your webcam normally, and creates a new virtual camera you can use in discord (or skype, or teams, or meetings, or even zoom).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Downside: annoying watermark, which costs $ to get rid of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They only work with prerecorded videos (like Zoom). You can always use OpenShot to build your own video backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT. You can also use the automatic background extraction, a replacement background using an all green image like this one, and feed it into OBS Studio as a webcam, throw on a chromakey filter just like all the OBS Studio options do, and then do all the fun OBS tricks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This requires nothing except a webcam and a willingness to install an app to act as a virtual webcam for you. Both options here can be tested for free, and…<\/p>\n

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