In Mike Enders' screencast videos, he has a nice gray background. Is this an actual wall or board or is it a virtual background? I'm going to do a lot of my recordings at home and would love an easy option for a background that's not my kitchen!
I have two setups that I use. One portable, one more permanent.
1. On the portable end, I have a 5'x7' collapsible background by Botero. This works really great as you can take it just about anywhere (including your kitchen!). It cost roughly $65. I use #023.
2. On the more permanent side, I have several rolls of 107" Savage paper that I use as backgrounds. David Anderson recommended these and they work really great (we're both fans of the Thunder Gray color). I use these in my basement where my ceiling is exposed. I purchased some inexpensive metal conduit from the local hardware store and used that to suspend the Savage paper with J hooks.
The savage paper is around $50 a roll.
Either of these solutions combined with an inexpensive softbox kit makes for a great starter recording area in your home.
@ashley Is there a way to set a virtual background like with Zoom or Teams, etc? for those of us who dont have the space or option to have a physical backdrop
Right now, you can only select the webcam and capture size in Replay. More details here. I appreciate you sharing your use case for setting the background and will surface this to my team.
I can't wait to see what folks will recommend in the meantime!
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Hi Tracy!
I'll be sure to pass this along to Mike - he is our resident Replay expert :)
Hi Tracy,
I have two setups that I use. One portable, one more permanent.
1. On the portable end, I have a 5'x7' collapsible background by Botero. This works really great as you can take it just about anywhere (including your kitchen!). It cost roughly $65. I use #023.
2. On the more permanent side, I have several rolls of 107" Savage paper that I use as backgrounds. David Anderson recommended these and they work really great (we're both fans of the Thunder Gray color). I use these in my basement where my ceiling is exposed. I purchased some inexpensive metal conduit from the local hardware store and used that to suspend the Savage paper with J hooks.
The savage paper is around $50 a roll.
Either of these solutions combined with an inexpensive softbox kit makes for a great starter recording area in your home.
I hope this helps!
Mike
Thanks so much for taking the time to send these pictures and details! I
really appreciate it!
Hi Tracy,
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@ashley Is there a way to set a virtual background like with Zoom or Teams, etc? for those of us who dont have the space or option to have a physical backdrop
Hey there, Celia!
Right now, you can only select the webcam and capture size in Replay. More details here. I appreciate you sharing your use case for setting the background and will surface this to my team.
I can't wait to see what folks will recommend in the meantime!