Zoom’s New Studio Effects Dresses Up Your Stream

When the Covid-19 pandemic pushed the world’s workforce to remote locations, apps such as Zoom and Google Meet became a staple of our daily lives. This means that many of us need to have their cameras ready every day. To be honest, working from home can lead to a little laissez-faire in terms of personal appearance. Also, if you have children participating in distance learning, that is, if they also have to look good, the danger of not showing your best face becomes a serious reality.

Due to the rapid and massive need for daily video conferencing, Zoom is continually updating the capabilities of its conferencing interface to meet the needs of its users. One of the first changes was to allow the user to change the background. This is useful if you don’t want to see children’s toys scattered around or be distracted by your last vacation trinket collection.

Zoom has also recently updated the ability of hosts to remove and block infamous Zoom bombers from joining conferences and unruly conferences. The latest Zoom update comes with Studio Effects, which allows users to add a variety of eyebrow, facial hair, and lip colors to their video feeds. In a way, you can clean things up or add a little pizza or humor to your video conference.

Adding a make-up effect to the zoom is a bit suspicious. Because no one wants to meet a colleague who has the face of a clown first thing in the morning. It also has the advantage of being able to “fix the face” without having to fix the face in advance.

To use Zoom’s Studio Effects, go to the gear icon when you log in to the Zoom desktop app and click on it to enter the settings menu.

First, from the list of options on the left. Click the tab, find and click Studio Effects (Beta) at the bottom right. Click to open a new window on the right with options to change the color of your eyebrows, mustache and mustache, and lips.

This is all fun, but don’t forget to leave the “Apply to all future meetings” option unchecked in case you’re not ready to share the updated look with your colleagues.

February 12, 2021