Is your video blurry? Videosocials.net co-founder, Mark Bullock, goes over some of the main reasons behind why your video may appear blurry or fuzzy.
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So, what do you do if you’re in Videosocials and you’re trying to record videos and you’re seeing that your screen is just a little bit, or your image is just a little bit blurry.
Hi, I’m Mark Bullock, the co -founder of Videosocials.net and phoneBlogger.net . And I sat down and wrote out a list and, believe it or not, there are seven different factors that could be at play with a fuzzy screen. So, I’ll go through them quickly as a series of tips for you to consider.
The first, and most obvious is grab a tissue — wipe off the lens. The lens is literally the size of a pinhead and so just a speck of dust or a speck of lint can cause the image to be blurry.
The second is — something that you probably wouldn’t realize — and that is that Zoom is doing lots of magic behind the scenes, and one of the things it’s doing, it’s prioritizing the synchronization of what’s on screen versus the audio, and if it’s really busy or your computer is really busy with other stuff — like the 27 browser tabs you may have open or the six other applications that you’re running — that can actually cause them to lower the resolution, in other words, making the image blurry. The thing to do there is close all your applications, and I invite you to do the same thing that I do before every recording session, and that’s that I reboot my computer so they don’t have any other programs running at the same time.
The next is your internet connection. So, as I’ve said in other videos — wired is always best if it’s at all possible, which means taking a network cable from your device to your router rather than depending on WiFi. Sometimes WiFi is great, sometimes it’s not.
The next is, believe it or not, lighting. So, if you’re lighting is a little bit low, again, Zoom and your camera are trying to adjust for that, and if they can’t, it can end up lowering that resolution and making it blurry.
The next thing is in the Zoom settings themselves, and that is the ‘touch -up -my -appearance option. So, in your bottom left -hand corner, next to your mute button, or excuse me, next to your Stop Video button, you click the up arrow, go to video settings, and then on the right -hand side, look for the touch -up -my -appearance, and try turning it up, turning it down, or setting it to auto to see if that might help, because the touch -up -my -appearance is a blurring function, if that makes sense.
Another is — and this is going to depend on your device — but your camera may have settings, either as downloadable software, if it’s a webcam, or if it’s a built in camera, it may also have actual settings that would allow you to control things like brightness and clarity, color, hue — these types of things. So, I can’t direct you on that because I don’t know what your device is but check to see if you have that.
And then lastly, the most obvious thing, the camera itself. So, if there’s a scratch on the lens or it’s an older camera or it’s not set up properly with your system, it may not be able to give you the kind of resolution that you’re looking for.
So, those are all the things to consider, and from least expensive and easiest to solve, down to the most expensive and more difficult to resolve. Again, I hope you found that valuable. Again, Mark — Videosocials.net, phoneBlogger.net . And if you did find that valuable, my other tips for our Videosocials members are at Videosocials.net/Academy. Have a great day.