Mastering Webcam and Smartphone Video

While webinars and videoconferencing can be fabulous business tools, you have to look and sound professional to achieve a positive result. This book will teach you how. The first chapter covers bandwidth, or your connection speed to the Internet. You'll learn how much bandwidth you need, how to measure how much you have, and what happens if you don't have enough. In the next five chapters, you'll learn how to optimize video quality, including what to wear, choosing a background,...
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While webinars and videoconferencing can be fabulous business tools, you have to look and sound professional to achieve a positive result. This book will teach you how. The first chapter covers bandwidth, or your connection speed to the Internet. You'll learn how much bandwidth you need, how to measure how much you have, and what happens if you don't have enough. In the next five chapters, you'll learn how to optimize video quality, including what to wear, choosing a background, lighting, how to position yourself within the frame, and how to customize brightness, color and sharpness when necessary. In the next seven chapters, you'll learn to optimize audio quality, including what types of mic to buy, how to use it, and how to install the mic and adjust audio volume on the Mac, in Windows, and on iOS and Android devices. The next four chapters detail how to configure audio/video settings in Panopto, FaceTime, Skype and Google Hangouts. The final chapter includes a number of production-related checklists to ensure that you can apply all your newfound knowledge and produce the best possible event.