A great show uses space, lighting, and special effects to make speakers look their best. In mmhmm, use the side panel to change how your background appears, frame yourself, add visual effects, communicate with hand gestures, and more.
Choose how your real background appears
In the Presenter settings, choose if you want your Real background to be:
- Visible: Your real background is visible behind you
- Blurred: Your real background is blurred behind you
- Hidden: Your real background is hidden behind you
Change the shape of your frame
Your frame determines how much of your head, body, and real background appear on stage. In the Presenter settings, choose if you want your Shape to be:
- Rectangle: A full rectangular frame
- Circle: A tight circular frame
- Hexagon: A tight hexagonal frame
Crop your frame
Cropping helps frame your shot on the mmhmm stage. Click and drag the handles on the sides of your frame to crop it. This is also useful if you want to remove unwanted parts of your background that are not covered by a physical green screen:
To remove the crop, click your frame and select More... and Adjust Crop. Then, click Reset. This will reset the frame to its default dimensions.
Additional presenter settings
In the Presenter settings, click to expand Additional settings.
- Blur amount: If your Real background is set to Blurred, choose between 1x and 2x for the intensity of the blur.
- Size: click and drag the slider to adjust your frame size.
- Fade: click and drag the slider to change the opacity of your appearance from fully opaque, to translucent, to fully transparent.
- Enhance: click and drag the slider to adjust the light, shadow, and contour of your appearance.
- Rotate: click and drag the slider to rotate your appearance. You can also use the rotate icons below the slider to rotate your appearance by 0°, 90°, 180°, or 270°.
- Effects: click the dropdown menu and select an effect to add fun visual overlays to your appearance. If the intensity of an effect can be adjusted, a slider will appear under the selected effect.
- Big Hands: turn on this setting to turn specific hand gestures into live emojis. The following gestures can be identified by Big Hands:
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Thumb up | Thumb down | Shaka | Telephone |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Eyes |
Use a virtual background
In the Virtual background setting, choose one of the default backgrounds. To access more virtual backgrounds, click See all. Here, you can browse backgrounds from a variety of categories.
To add a custom background:
- In the left sidebar, go to Custom.
- In the upper right, click + Add new.
- In the window that appears, select an image or video file to upload from your computer. Video files will not play sound when used as a virtual background.
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.