Hello all,
Surely there will be days when studying online, teaching online or having an online meeting that requires you to turn on the camera
but that day you don't feel really comfortable or confident
or you just want to have some make-up or cute or funny filters, more special than normal online meetings
In this video, I will introduce to you 2 applications
The first is a 3D animated character creation application like this
that is created based on your own face thanks to artificial intelligence technology,
express movements and emotions in sync with your movement and expressions
when you move in front of the camera, the character also moves like that,
n addition, you can choose your own clothes, accessories, hairstyle, background.
The second application is an application that allows to use of LENSE that you often call "filters" or effects when taking selfie
to smoothen the skin or put some make-up on when take photos on your phone
but with this application you can do it on your computer while in an online meeting
to have some beauty effects or makeup or funny effects like this.
Both applications can be used with any online meeting on many different platforms from Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Google Meet.
I will show you first how this 3D animation effect is created by Loomie application
As for Loomie, you will need to create your cartoon character first through the Loomie application on your phone
download the application depending on whether your operating system is Android or iOS.
Once installed, open it
Loomie will ask you to take a photo so that the application can create a character that simulates your face.
Remember to go to Settings and turn on the option that allows Loomie to access the camera to take photos
This step i show you is done on iOS phones, if you use other phones, it's the same
Put the face in the center position, look straight ahead and especially should not smile
It will take a while for the application to analyze your face and make initial suggestions
You just choose any suggestions here temporarily because we can adjust it later
To be able to sync and use Loomie on your computer, you need to create an account
select Sign In, Then use your gmail, Facebook, Apple account to register or select Sign Up to manually fill in your email and password.
You will receive the verification link on your email
after the verification is complete, you will return to the Application
Now it's time to customize the character as you want
You can change skin color, choose hair style, face shape, clothes, with each style of clothes, you can change the color scheme as you like,
choose shoes, glasses, background, makeup with blush color, lipstick color, eyeshadow color
add earrings, hat, headband, character gender
change face proportions like jawline, width, forehead and cheek height , or the shape of the chin, eye color,
eyelids, width and tilt of the eyes, eyelashes, eyebrows, lip shape, 3-dimensional nose shape, ears...
... when satisfied, then click Save
In addition to using Loomie in online meeting applications
you can also create your character sticker collection to use in mobile messaging applications like WhatsApp.
And to use this Loomie character on your computer, you access the link of Loomielive to download the application to your computer
Choose to download the appropriate application for your computer's operating system to download and install. Once installed, open it
Remember to grant permission to allow Loomie to access and use your computer's Camera
this action depends on the operating system you are using
As you can see now the character on Loomie is the default character
To open the your created character, you select Sign in and fill in the account you just registered on your phone earlier
to sync the character to your computer, if you log in successfully, you will see your cartoon character. appear.
There are 3 different modes,
choose Video mode so that the character's movements and mouth shape match your expressions or words in real life in front of camera
Or you can also choose Virtual Riality mode to get the real-life background and body
Loomie has a number of wallpapers available for you to choose from, from office to classroom or nature backgrounds
You can also choose Custom to manually load any background image from your computer
In addition, some other options such as near and far mode,
you can also control the character to perform gestures and movements such as agreeing, raising hands, congratulating ...
When in the meeting but you need to go out, you can turn on the Away status to show a temporary absence
In the settings here you can set the character's name to appear on the screen
Remember to choose to turn on this Mirror mode so that others will not see your images and text on the background being reversed
The remaining options related to the display mode, you can find out yourself if interested
So now how to use our characters in online meeting applications?
Remember not to turn off Loomie and I will guide you through each application. First example is Zoom.
When in the Zoom meeting room, you click the arrow on the video icon,
instead of using the computer's default camera, you choose LoomieLive
And now start to turn on the Video, you will see your character has appeared
However, please remember that, Loomie must always be open at the same time with online meeting applications
If you want to change the background or create movements and emotions, you have to control it from Loomie's window
The same way for meetings in Microsoft Teams
Drag the mouse pointer to the Camera icon
click here to select the input camera source is LoomieLive
and then turn on the camera,
in the meeting whenever you want to return to the normal camera, just select the default camera of the computer.
As for Google Meet, it is similar, in the three dots here,
you select Settings, in the Video section, select the camera source as Loomie Live and then turn on the camera.
when using Loomie for all applications, you should wear a headset with Mic to get a good sound source, the character's mouth will match your speaking better.
Next, is how to create funny and trendy effects with SnapCamera
You go to the following link to download the SnapCamera application for your computer
carefully read the operating system requirements and minimum graphics card
Choose to agree to the terms of use,
do not need to enter an email but verify it and then choose to download the version for your operating system.
After the installation is complete, open the application
In the main interface you will find a lot of the most popular effects from beauty effects, makeup, to funny effects
If you love any effects and want to save them, press the star to add them to favorites
so you can access and use them quickly from here.
If you want to find more effects, just type keywords here.
Now how to use these SnapCamera effects in online meeting?
Now hide and minimize the SnapCamera window, but remember not to close the Snap Camera application window completely
For meetings in Google Meet, also go to the 3 dots icon, select Settings
in the Video section select the camera source as Snap Camera
Similar to Zoom, at the Video icon arrow, select Snap Camera.
similarly continue if using Microsoft Teams, then drag the mouse pointer to the Camera icon
also select the camera input as Snap Camera
As you can see it is very quick and easy.
However, keep in mind that both Loomie or SnapCamera application need to be open AT THE SAME TIME as the online meeting applications
otherwise it will report a connection error or not show anything.
This parallel opening of course will easily cause overload on the internet connection or processing speed if your computer has a weak or slow processor
The instructions in this video are done on MacOS operating system, it is similar on Windows operating system
The most common problems
are depending on your computer's camera settings or granting SnapCamera permission to access using your computer's camera, computer processor...
One important thing is that no matter how much you love Loomie or SnapCamera
use it appropriately, in the right place at the right time so as not to distract or affect others in your online study or meeting
Wish you have good experiences with SnapCamera. Goodbye and see you again