October 30, 2018
Tips and Tricks to easily Change the Background of the webcam feed
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October 30, 2018
Tips and Tricks to easily Change the Background of the webcam feed
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You can change the background of your course at any point in time.

  • At the start – before starting to record, or,
  • After recording your video
    To change the background, you first need to take a snapshot of yourself and mark out your outline. You then replace the background with one of your choices.

You can also use your desktop as a background for your webcam video. Click Desktop Screen.

Change background before recording

To change the background of your webcam feed,

  • On the screen, click Change Background.
  • Before you start recording, click Take my snapshot.
  • Start marking yourself by dragging the mouse across your image to draw a straight line across your face to mark the length. Then draw a straight line across your shoulders to mark the width.
  • To produce a better-quality foreground image, press Ctrl and draw a line from the marking line to edit the foreground to include just your image.
    Tips: To clean up background sections, click drag with the Alt key pressed.
  • Click I am fully satisfied if you are satisfied with the result, and would like to see the preview.
  • Click My Preview looks goodif you are satisfied with how complete your image looks against the background.
    Tips: Click anywhere on the preview screen to change the background to any one of those backgrounds packaged with Captivate. 

Change background after recording

  • When editing the video demo, place your webcam video at the required position.
  • In the Property Inspector, click Change Background.
  • Select the background of your choice from a list of default backgrounds.
3 Comments
2020-03-19 20:59:23
2020-03-19 20:59:23

I came here looking for how to change my background on my mac: https://howto.org/change-background-on-mac/

Very good the information, I did not know. Thanks

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2019-10-13 09:16:36
2019-10-13 09:16:36

Thank you. Short and to the point. 

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2018-10-31 14:11:41
2018-10-31 14:11:41

I will look back on the time I used to spend rendering green screen as a character building exercise…but not miss it.

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