Video Call Success
Now more than ever before people are going on video calls with clients, customers, and their company. It is wonderful to be able to work from home, or really anywhere with an internet connection, but it can be embarrassing too.
If you are like me, your office stays in a disaster area most of the week. We spend so much time in our office working that we fail to take the time to clean up and keep things looking professional. This is even more the case now that millions of people are working from home.
Since your appearance impacts how you are perceived professionally, using professional video backgrounds is a powerful way to impress. Just like dressing for success was critical in the past, now presenting an ideal video call appearance is critical.
It is human nature that we judge others based on appearance. We may not want to do so, and can even work hard against that natural instinct. In ways our judgment helps us and it is instinctual. Since the time of the caveman, we have learned to make quick judgments of the safety of a situation. Those quick judgements also impact business and personal relationships.
These days anyone can fix their hair and makeup, and even put on a nice shirt to be on video. What was not so easy until now is presenting where you were in a good light. Your home office might have kids' toys on the floor, or your office paperwork everywhere.
If you are like me, you tend to have clutter everywhere you work or spend time. Even my car is often a mess. Not because I am lazy, but because I like having things within my reach. I do not want to put things away if I will want or need them later that day. Often I work so hard that I do not take the extra time at the end of my workday to put all of my things away and start fresh for tomorrow. So, my clutter of items from one day to the next grows. I do not want all of that on my video calls with clients or customers.
But what is the solution?
Well, the solution is the combination of a new video call technology, and custom video backgrounds. Now, for the first time, you can use virtual green screen technology to effortlessly replace your video background. Go from a nightmare messy office to an instant professional look in seconds. You do not need fancy lighting, and thousands of dollars of equipment. In fact, you can use your current web camera, and the light in your office right now.
Nothing could be simpler than this method to improve your video calls and your professional appearance. You can get custom made software to do this for less than $50 and there is even a way to set it up with free software that you can download safely online. The only missing piece of the puzzle is finding the right background images and video for your video live streams and calls. There are some solutions online you can find for free, which is great. But if you want to save yourself hours of looking, testing, trying, and hunting, you want Video Call Backgrounds. A complete package of video call backgrounds that you can download and use royalty free for your own videos for pennies per image.
First, let's talk about how to execute the virtual green screen technology. Like anything else online, there are more providers offering this every day. But I will focus on two for you just to keep it simple.
For my money the industry leader is Xsplit. They offer many inexpensive video tools. The product of theirs I use is called VCam. This simple software does a great job of helping you replace your camera background with any background you choose. It is simple and easy and does not require a special computer system or a ton of memory. If your computer can run Windows 10 or 11, it is likely powerful enough to use this software.
Yes, it works for you Mac fans too.
The other free tool you can try is called OBS or Open Broadcast Software. It is more tedious to set up and use, but there are free videos online that can help you. Also, it is completely free and open source software. This means you do not have to pay for this solution and that is very helpful. OBS is available on both Windows and Mac as well and can be a powerful solution for those on a budget.
All you need after either version of software you choose is a great background for your videos. If you need help to find the perfect background, you can get an entire set as a download right now from videocallbackground.org