


I used a desk lamp to make sure my lighting was balanced. In any case, what I found to be effective was to go into the Zoom Settings and then into Virtual Backgrounds, and then uncheck the I have a green screen checkbox. You can probably do a better Trump set than this, but it’s not a bad effort. But that doesn’t happen with the Snap celebrity backgrounds we used-even though clicking the background does apparently ready it to be used with Zoom. With the “potato” lens that we used as an example in our earlier tutorial, clicking on the background in the Snap Camera lens preview actually turned the background green-a signal that it could be used with a Zoom background. You can see from my attempts at green screens in the examples above that I was trying to come up with a solution that would work. And when I say “doesn’t make clear,” I mean it.

What Snap Camera doesn’t always make clear is that you can click on the background to essentially remove you and the lens from the frame, and allow you to insert your own customized background. Because I’m overdue for a haircut, this doesn’t look too bad on me right now.īiden’s confined to a single set in his house, so pulling off his look isn’t that hard. Joe Exotic: I refuse to watch the Netflix documentary on weird murderous tiger people, but if you’re into the scene, so to speak, then you may want to show up to your next Zoom meeting and talk about big cats. (Of course, it could simply be that I don’t look anything like Brad Pitt, making the differences more pronounced.) Mark Hachman / IDG Otherwise, it’s a pretty good likeness, no?īrad Pitt: Unfortunately, this Snap Lens is the most artificial of all the “realistic” lenses we’ve found, giving your face an unnaturally lightened hue. My bangs are way too long to pull this off, so I slicked my hair back in other shots. It’s going to be hard to convince people that you’re going to take them out back behind the woodshed when it looks like all you want to do is give them a hug.

Joe Biden: Even with a neutral face, this Snap lens gives Vice-President Joe Biden a bit of a smile. There’s also a weird, tiny little image right smack in the center that the creator left for some reason. Unfortunately, the mapping doesn’t quite extend to the edge of your face.
