But still, environmental noise can creep in, meaning, kids, pets, loud shows, whatever else is happening in your crazy house (mine's pretty noisy sometimes). IPads generally have pretty good microphones, and the new iPad Pro's microphones are stellar. Eliminate your environment with headphones Or, take a screenshot of something (press the volume and power button, or the home button and power button) to save a shot and make it your new virtual wallpaper, and don't even worry about what your room looks like. Tap in the settings area to launch virtual backgrounds, then you can pull a photo from your library. Zoom's virtual backgrounds don't always work on laptops, but they're great on iPads. Make sure things in your room are put away or at least look OK where you're focused (move the iPad to frame the shot better, it's easier than cleaning up). Don't have a bright window or lights behind you, or you'll be overexposed. You could drag the window showing your face to the same part of the screen, making it feel a bit more normal - but not all apps allow parts of the display to be moved or resized.ĬNET's Brian Cooley has some great tips for self-shot video and web chats. But just make sure to talk while looking at the left edge of the iPad to make it look like you're making eye contact. There's no great fix here, other than video chatting with the iPad in portrait (upright) mode, which means holding the iPad up, most likely.
It means you're suddenly seeing your face off-angle, and your eyes aren't looking at the camera. so it's off-center when you do landscape chat. But unlike a laptop, which centers the camera on the long edge, the iPad's camera is on the shorter edge. Most iPad cases mean the iPad is horizontal (landscape), which also fits the most people in a wide shot. I'm looking straight at the iPad Pro, but because the camera's on the left edge, I end up looking like I'm looking somewhere else. Generally speaking, for single-person video chats, you want the camera at just above eye level for a clean, pro-looking shot. At Passover, I had to put the iPad on a folding table and back it off a few feet so we could all be in frame for a multifamily Passover Zoom. You could also prop the iPad between some piles of books or heavy objects, so it stays upright (just be gentle with the iPad's glass display).ĭon't frame too far away from everyone, but you may need to be creative. Read more: 13 Zoom tips and hidden tricks I take a few books and gently angle the case edge so the whole thing tilts down a bit, but I'm careful not to let the iPad fall, of course. Apple's expensive Smart Keyboard case has only two angles, and they're angled upward, so Zooming can look like it's aimed at the ceiling or the underside of your chin. There are plenty of cases that double as stands, which is your obvious first step.īut the thing about cases: their angles are usually limited. The iPad on its own is a large, flat slab that you could hold in your hands, but I'd rather prop up. But propping it up so I could show the whole family in frame was a challenge of placement and elevation. OK, this is a chat for Passover on Houseparty, not Zoom. It generally is, but there are some issues, too. That bigger display, that better-than-your-laptop front-facing camera, its ease of use. (Tips for making even a mediocre laptop webcam look better are here.) Laptops are great for propping up and being hands-free, and the camera's perfectly positioned - but laptops are bulky, and the cameras are often terrible. Phones are easy to use and have great front-facing cameras, but are small and hard to share.
We're using phones, laptops, iPads, Chromebooks, whatever's around. Zoom, Houseparty, FaceTime, Hangout, Skype - I'm signing up for all these services to keep up with business, family, friends. System: American Megatrends Inc.My whole life is on video now. Graphics Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics, 1024 MB
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ZOOM VIDEO CAMERA WINDOWS
The computer received regular Windows Updates. I did not use Zoom for several months prior, but before that stretch, the view with Zoom was normal. This has been happening for the past month. I want the view to be normal during Zoom meetings.
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I reinstalled the camera driver and the Zoom client and tried with web-based Zoom, and no better. But the camera/video view is normal/correct when I run the Camera app on my laptop. Hello, When I join a Zoom meeting, my camera/video view looks very close-up, like the camera has been zoomed-in.
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