Hey friends!
I’m Tasia and this video will show you how to use the MmHmm video app and change backgrounds
in Google Meet and Zoom.
But you’ll want to watch all the way through because this app is so much more.
It takes your video conferencing to the next level.
It’s in fact, a game-changer
So a lot of people have viewed my video on how to change a background in Google Meet,
which I will link to below and again at the end of this video, but with those views have
come a lot of questions on other ways to change backgrounds in Google Meet, Zoom, and other
video conferencing apps.
Well, a friend shared an awesome free app with me that’s in its beta stage, called
mmhmm, and one of the amazing things it allows you to do is create virtual backgrounds for
Google Meet, Zoom, and other video conferencing platforms.
But this app does so much more!
So this video is going to focus on a brief overview of how to use MmHmm and some of its
cool features, including virtual backgrounds.
Let’s go.
First things first, is the name mmhmm.
I like to say it with a little attitude, give it a little gusto like mmhmm, but no matter
how you say it, that’s really the name.
And mmhmm really aims to make your video conferencing and collaboration experience better.
And actually, it makes it stellar.
So the best way to walk you through how to use mmhmm and why it’s the coolest video
app since, well, video, is to dive into a little demo here.
(So, hello, here I am recording a video using mmhmm.
And in fact, using mmhmm, you can indeed record a video directly from this app.)
So if you want to pre-record a presentation and then save an mp4 of it, you can do so
right from this app.
Now, I am going to come back to another great recording option later in this video, after
I’ve explained some of mmhmm’s features so that it makes better sense for you.
So hold that thought and let’s get back to some of the other cool features of mmhmm
and how it works.
The first thing we’ll talk about here is the background or the room I’m in.
This has been the most frequently asked question when it comes to video chats, which is how
to change your background.
You can instantly change the room that you’re in, meaning you can seamlessly change the
background while presenting.
There are motion backgrounds, oh psychedelic, or there are static backgrounds, here we go.
We’ll talk a little more in a bit about how this all integrates within your Google
Meet or Zoom conference, but it’s really that simple to change your background.
But like I said, mmhmm is so much more than just fun virtual backgrounds.
Their pitch of the app is it’s like your own little version of weekend update, or the
soup, or tosh.0 if that’s more your jam.
So this is a little screen over your shoulder that you can toggle on or off as you please.
You can of course customize the size of the screen and what’s in the screen.
So you can show a still image, a website if you need to review a site build, you can show
a video here too.
And by the way not just a recorded video from your computer, you can stream live video if
you need to.
You will see all your screens that you are adding below you in the mmhmm app, as individual
slides, all making up part of your show, just like you’d see if you were building a PowerPoint
presentation….
But this is obviously WAY cooler.
And that’s really the power here with the app, is that it’s really enhancing the virtual
presenting experience.
So think about how you usually present in Google Meet or Zoom or Web X, and you have
to make the audience choose between watching you or watching your screen and just hearing
your voice - it’s not very engaging, is it?
That’s what I find so powerful here with the screens toggled on, and being able to
switch between screens like this, now you can actually present just like you would in
person.
So, mmhmm allows you to move or scale yourself down so you can speak to your slides, and
oh look at this, I’ll point here, and now you’re not in the way of what you’re presenting,
but your audience can still see you.
If you need to make the slide full screen so people can really see what’s on it, you
can do that too of course.
Now where things get really cool is that you can pop yourself back up in between the viewer
and the screen so that they have to pay attention to you, but you can also fade yourself out
either all the way or leave a little bit so you’re kind of like a ghost presenting.
Oooooooo (ghost sound).
You can scale yourself out of the way of any of your slides, or move yourself around to
point to things too.
It’s just too cool you guys!
I’m truly geeking out over this.
But wait, there’s more!
You can even use airplay to display your phone.
Now, this does require you to have Reflector or an app that allows you to airplay your
device to your Mac, but how great is this, you can do phone demos integrated right within
mmhmm.
Mmhmm!
Now remember earlier I told you to hold your thoughts on recording with mmhmm?
Well, now that you’ve seen some cool features and how it works with interactive slide decks,
I want to show you another great recording option.
As you know with mmhmm, you can pre-record your presentation directly from this app,
or you can do something called an interactive recording.
This will allow you to record your interactive presentation with your custom slides and screen
shares and what have you and then you can upload this pre-recorded video to the cloud
and share it as a link for people.
That way, they can watch your entire recording as a presentation all the way through like
a movie, or they can actually flip through the individual slides.
So by doing so, they can easily start your presentation from the third slide for example,
but they can also control you the presenter in doing so.
Remember we learned how to fade ourselves and move ourselves, well this interactive
recording gives the viewer that control.
So they can move you around on the screen themselves!
How neat is that?
So this is all great if you are the only one that presents.
But what if you are a co-founder or you’re presenting with a partner and you’re both
in different spots because, well, Covid?
Mmhmm has thought of this too!
You can enable a copilot, and this way you can be in separate locations, but both can
have the same exact slide deck or screen behind you here, and you can both control the presentation
so it’s completely seamless and organized presentation.
Not only that, but both of you can appear on the screen at the same time.
So, I don’t have a copilot here to demo this with me, but essentially, I could shrink
myself down like this and let’s say you are my copilot, you could shrink down right
here beside me and look we could have a conversation right here like this.
We could talk to our attendees together and then when it’s your time to talk I can go
away, and then I can come back when I need to talk.
It’s so beyond!
So now as promised, let’s talk about how mmhmm works with your preferred video conferencing
app.
If you remember from the video I did on how to change your background in Google Meet,
we talked about using snap camera to do so.
The process with mmhmm, is nearly the same, but obviously mmhmm has a far more robust
feature set.
So let me walk you through how to do this on Google Meet, but the process is similar
for whatever your preferred video conferencing platform is.
So, before starting the Google Meet, you’re going to want to restart your browser after
the install of mmhmm.
This is just for the first time after you’ve installed the app.
If you remember, we had to do this with snap camera too.
So once you’re done that and you have your presentation all ready to go, the first thing
you’ll want to do is toggle on the broadcasting button in your mmhmm app.
When the button is toggled off, it’ll say ‘off air’ in the top left here.
Now when it’s on, it turns blue and says you are on air.
Now go ahead and open your Google Meet.
Now, remember how we did this with the snap camera filter?
So from your meet, head to the bottom right and select more options.
Then from here select settings.
Now in this pop-up, select video, and here under camera, select mmhmm camera.
Blamo, there we are in my nice little room I created.
Now with my mmhmm app open I can just toggle through my presentation and look at my slides
woohoo how great is this?!?
Now I know you might be thinking OMG the text is mirrored, what is happening?
Don’t worry, your slides show up reversed in Google Meet and Zoom only to you, but it
looks normal to everyone else, I swear!
This is a built-in feature of the video conferencing app to make it easier for you to naturally
point to what’s over your shoulder than do it in reverse like a tv meteorologist,
but if it’s really bugging you, there are extensions you can download to adjust the
view on your end.
So that’s my maybe no-so-brief overview of how to use mmhmm camera app and do cool
things like enable virtual backgrounds, record meetings, and so, so much more.
As I mentioned mmhmm is in beta right now, so I’ll link to their site below and you
can sign up for access.
Plus I’ll link to their support page for ya, where they have a great overview of some
frequently asked questions.
Clearly, I’m obsessed!
What do you think of mmhmm?
What are your favorite features?
Let everyone know in the comments below.
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