A great show uses space, lighting, and special effects to make the speaker look their best. In mmhmm, you can use the Style panel to change how you're framed, add visual effects, communicate with hand gestures, and more.

Table of contents

• Change your opacity
• Change your size
• Enhance your appearance
• Rotate your image
• Change your frame
• Add visual effects to your appearance
• Communicate with gestures with Big Hands
• Set yourself as "away"
• Use a laser pointer in your presentation

Change your opacity

Use the Fade slider to change your presenter opacity from fully opaque, to translucent, to fully transparent on stage. For example, if you want to emphasize your slide content, you can change your opacity to completely transparent so that the audience's full attention is on your slides.

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In the Style panel, click and drag the Fade slider to adjust your opacity.

1. In the upper right, click the Presenter tab.
2. Click and drag the opacity slider to adjust your opacity.

Change your size

Use the Size slider to change your presenter size on stage.

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In the Style panel, click and drag the Size slider to adjust your size.

You can also click and drag a corner of your image to adjust your size.

1. In the upper right, click the Presenter tab.
2. Click and drag the size slider to adjust your size.

You can also click and drag any of the four corners of your image to adjust your size.

Enhance your appearance

Rotate your image

In the Style panel, click and drag the Rotate slider to rotate your appearance. You can also use the rotate icons to rotate your appearance by 0°, 90°, 180°, or 270°.

Change your frame

Your frame determines how much of your head, body, and real background appear on stage. By default, your appearance will be framed in silhouette. There are three types of frames in mmhmm:

1. Silhouette – Frames only your silhouette wherever you're in the camera’s field. This hides your real background with or without a physical green screen.
2. Circle – A tight circular frame that shows your real background.
3. Rectangle – A large rectangular frame that shows your real background.

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In the Style panel, go to the Frame setting and select a Silhouette, Circle, or Rectangle frame.

1. In the upper right, click the Presenter tab.
2. In the Frame setting, select a Silhouette, Rectangle, or Circle frame.
   • By default, the Rectangle and Circle frames will follow you as you move around. If want the camera to remain static, clear the Center me checkbox.

If you selected the Rectangle frame, you can further crop your image inside the frame:

• To crop your frame, click and drag the blue handles on the sides of your frame.
• To remove the crop, click the X arrow icon inside your frame.

Add visual effects to your appearance

Use Effects to add fun visual overlays to your appearance.

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In the Style panel, click the Effects dropdown menu and select an effect.

If there's an option to change the intensity of an effect, a slider will appear under the selected effect. Click and drag the slider to adjust the intensity of the effect.

1. In the upper right, click the Presenter tab.
2. In the Effects section, select an effect.
3. Next to effect name (e.g. Touch up), click the gear icon.
4. Click and drag the slider to adjust the intensity of the effect.

Communicate with gestures with Big Hands

You communicate visually over video by turning specific hand gestures into live emojis with Big Hands.

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In the Style panel, go to the Big Hands setting and select On. You can now use hand gestures like "thumb up" and "telephone" to activate Big Hands.

1. In the upper right, click the Presenter tab.
2. Select the Show Big Hands checkbox. You can now use hand gestures like "thumb up" and "telephone" to activate Big Hands.

You can use the keyboard shortcut G to turn Big Hands mode on or off.

Tip: To see a list of all hand gestures that activate Big Hands, click the information icon next to Show Big Hands.

List of hand gestures that activate Big Hands

Thumb up	Thumb down	Shaka	Telephone	Heart
1	2	3	5	Thanks

Set yourself as "away"

If you need to take a moment for yourself during your call, the Away button lets other attendees know you’ll be right back.

1. In the upper right, click the Presenter tab.
2. Click the Away button. This will replace your current mmhmm stage with a Be right back message and will mute your microphone.
   
3. When you're back, click the Away button again. This will bring your previous mmhmm stage back and unmute your microphone.

You can use the keyboard shortcut A to turn Away mode on or off.

Use a laser pointer in your presentation

Use the laser pointer to draw attention to certain areas of your slides.

1. In the upper right, click the Presenter tab.
2. Click the Pointer button. You can now move your cursor anywhere on stage to show a trailing red laser pointer.
   • To change the color of your laser, click the down ∨ arrow and select a color.
   • To use the magnify pointer, click the down ∨ arrow and select Magnify.
   • To make the pointer trail stick instead of trail away, click and drag your cursor as you draw with the pointer. The trail you make with your cursor won't disappear until you release your cursor.
3. To turn off the pointer, click the Pointer button again.

You can use the keyboard shortcut P to turn the pointer on or off.

Don’t see the answer to your question? If you’re having technical difficulties or want to suggest a topic for this guide, submit a support ticket or email us at help@mmhmm.app.