Image Capture Is Ghostly With Good Background

Hi Raj,

Thank you for the screenshot. This sort of artifact can be caused by one of the following reasons:

1) If you use a poor quality webcam (most internal webcams are not very good)

2) If there is low contrast between your recording background and yourself

3) If you are not well-lit (or uniformly lit)

Looking at your video, the webcam quality looks okay. There is harsh lighting on some parts of your face/shirt, while the rest of it is not well lit. There also appears to be some object (chair?) around your shirt that is appearing as line artifacts.

What you can do:

1) Use a light colored wall as a background, such as white. Make sure the immediate background around you is clean and free of any clutter. Preferably wear a dark shirt to contrast well against this background.

2) If you can get your hands on a good quality external webcam, it will fix a lot of problems with lighting. The Logitech 910/920/930 is highly recommended.

3) Otherwise, you can improve the overall lighting by adding more lights, or by moving to a location that has more light, or sitting opposite a light-colored wall so that the reflected light falls on you. When you increase overall lighting, take care to avoid highlights (areas of yourself that are strongly lit) and shadows.

With a contrasting wall/clothes combination, a good quality external webcam, and a well-lit space, you should get good results. Let me know if this helped.

Thank you,

Renzil D'Souza

Adobe Presenter Video Express Team