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Lighting Your Way to Better Webcam Shots. Posted 02/04/2008 at 11:42am | by Jason Whong 3. Add a Soft Light Tissue paper hung from the ceiling can diffuse the light. Just don't start a fire! In many television studios, the key light would be matched to a fill light coming from a similar angle on the other side of the subject to even out the light and make the shadows less harsh. The best one yet. Be very careful: If you place the tissue paper too close to the light, you could start a fire. 4.

My head, with a pleasing light behind it (and slightly glowing ears). Add some dimension by shining a spotlight from the rear. Consider the placement of the light and how you intend to use the room. How to Improve Your Cheapo Webcam's Picture Quality. We're taking a little detour today to talk lighting in a context other than still photos.

How to Improve Your Cheapo Webcam's Picture Quality

Each day, untold bandwidth is being used to transmit really bad webcam image quality. Which is such a shame, really, when you consider how easy this is to fix. We're talking basic, low-end-theory off-camera lighting, folks. The same thing we talk about every day. And the webcam is an easy way to play around with lighting and see instant results. 1. I think we have all been here. As seen here, we have the computer monitor acting as our light source. Compounding that is the fact that the background light is brighter than the foreground light.

Solution: Turn on your flippin' desk lamp. So now our color is getting closer. But the bright, harsh light of the engineer's lamp is not doing me any favors. How to setup lighting for your webcam. For even more improvement to this effect, suspend a small spot light about 4 or 5 feet above and a couple of feet behind your head.

How to setup lighting for your webcam

Choose a lamp with a wide enough beam to light your head and shoulders, plus a bit to move around in, but not so wide as to spill all over the room. For this "back light" I used a 50 watt 12 volt halogen mini spot light suspended from a tall tripod. You could also use a narrow beam spotlight in a clamp light fastened to a shelf or the top of a door. This lamp highlights your hair or hat, and makes the edges stand out from the background. Notice how the front brim of my cowboy hat blends in with the crown (top) in image 3, but stands out in image 4.

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