Video calls are an increasingly common part of our daily lives. Whether it's for work meetings, online classes or chats with friends and family, there are two features that completely change the way we share our screen and manage our background: Presenter Preview and Background Replacements.
Presenter Preview: the confidence of sharing only what we want
When we share our screen during a video call, we might accidentally show something we shouldn’t. Presenter Preview takes care of this by letting us see exactly what we’re about to share before we actually do it.
Every time we’re about to share our screen on FaceTime, Zoom, WebEx or any compatible app, the system shows us a preview of the content that participants will see. From there, we can choose to share the entire screen or just specific apps or windows. As the conversation progresses, we can add or remove elements on the fly, without having to stop the presentation.
We do all of this from the video control in the Mac’s menu bar, where we also find options like Center Stage or live reactions, for example. It’s a panel we’ll want to check carefully before starting to share our screen in any video call.
Background Replacements: a professional background in every call
By now, virtual backgrounds are nothing new, but Apple’s implementation takes this feature to another level. Thanks to the Mac’s image segmentation capabilities, Background Replacements let us change our background with impressive precision and natural results.
We can choose from several preset backgrounds, gradients or any of our own images, without needing green screens or professional lighting. We can also combine Background Replacements with other visual enhancements like background blur and studio lighting to get a more realistic and consistent result. Background settings are saved between calls, so we don’t need to reconfigure them every time we start a video call.
At a time when video calls are more common than ever, Presenter Preview gives us the confidence to share only what we want, while Background Replacements lets us do so with style, regardless of our surroundings. Two features that simply make our video conferences better.
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