How To Make A Webcam Look Like A DSLR
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
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Want a shallow depth of field but only have a cheap webcam? Here you go. How to get a noticeable bokeh with something like a Logitech c920
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Description tags, yo: Streamcam, Brio, camera, DSLR, mirrorless, canon, sony, lens, background, blur, Kiyo
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What's the top thing you wish a webcam would just DO?
Work and look good when you plug it in
Make more vids
Have a blurry background or look like a dslr
Blur background
Just not be complicated
I love how Harris and Sam just assume we are too poor to pay for the premium version of stuff and they're correct.
It's cause he knows what it's like 😂😂😂
true
They’re some of the only that really understand though
Lmfao funny cause its true
Now the $50 webcam is a $250 webcam, and they are back-ordered to the 2nd coming.
Yeah, why it's so expensive right now? Is it because the demand so high?
@@abrianardedes probably, high demand and low supply.
@@abrianardedes due to covid-19 and zoom conference.
i bought it at discount for 50$. but it does not really cost that less.
it usually is arround 80. and now over 120$ on ebay.
I cashed in, i sold mine i got for 50 for 140 AHAHAHAH
@@ddg517 lol nice.
as soon as he said “take a picture using your phone” i literally said “fuck offff”
but fr tho why didn’t we think of this lol
I did this back in 2012 when I had a garage based streaming setup and had to bring a truck in. I just a took a still from the cam before though. Didn't really think to do much else with it.
I don't even have my phone with me rn (it broked last month rip)
Insane amount of value in your channel man. Congrats and thank you.
Yep
Hi people talking about needing a green screen. All you need is a single color blanket or sheet to key out. It doesn't need to be a "greenscreen". Green is only used because its very vibrant and not found in skin tones so you will never accidentally key out ur face. If you have a blanket or towel that is one color you can achieve this.
Sincerely, someone who went to film school
How about a green t-shirt?
Always appreciate the focus on not just buying the most expensive item but looking at what you will actually be using and what you will need
When your space is so small that you'd have to put a green screen on four surfaces just to get it to work.
This is a very cool alternative to a true DSLR camera for sure. I personally am not a fan of green screens being used all the time, but I get the desire to want to blur a background, get that depth of field and all. Neat trick all the same! Thanks for your guys' constant hard work!
Post a link to your room image. If we’re going the fake route, might as well steal from the best ;).
Thewolfman_6 LMFAOOOO FAXXXXX
I was the 420 like
post it..
Lmao you caught me with the "you need more, you need lights " 😂😂
PSA: Watch your GPU usage when using the Blur filter. It uses far more than you would expect.
Why does that matter?
Truth..... Using ours for 2 webcam filters for blur during starting and brb and it uses close to 40 percent.....
@@nrtic8364 Because your GPU will already be working its arse off when streaming, if thats what you'll be using the blur for.
@@SnDPlays You're not using the GPU for the blur . the blur is static in this case ! This is a great alternative if you don't have a fancy DSLR with a low aperture - Nicely done
You're not using the GPU here to blur anything - so it will have minimal impact.
Ive mentioned this a few times on stream and its never noticed.
The more expensive C922 Pro Stream webcam has a built in chroma cam.
It is not perfect but doesnt require a physical green screen.
While the green screen effect looks pretty ragged, it has a background blur effect that actually looks amazing.
Unbelievable that anyone can make a living just with showing videos! I am amazed!
I am so unbelievably happy I found you ! I have been an adult cam model on and off for about 7 years total and you are covering everything as if you were in my brain. Like everything
Here’s how to make a cheaper camera look like a more expensive camera. Also you need to buy a green screen. Haha
And lighting
I suppose lights are cheaper than a dslr for 500
@Arctic Donkey does this really work? i'd be interested to see how your feed looks.
a green screen is litterally anything green man. 5$, green paper or felt or whatever you find easiest, bam, green screen.
You could also use xsplit vcam, which also does the blur for you
Have only watched 2 of your videos so far but the speed is just right and the explanations are on point. Just the right ammount of detail. Slow enough for me to understand and fast enough for me to avoid pushing that juicy fast forward buttom. I can always rewind if i missed something and i love that you get that. Hope you do or have done many many more.
You can also do this, admittedly not free but it's also not expensive, in real time with no green screen using the Xsplit Vcam software. It works pretty well!
If I had a green screen, I would put myself somewhere cool, not just my room. Or have no background at all, lol.
Harris: "You'll be like 'Why did I not think of that?'"
Me: Why would anyone ever think of that?
Everybody: I want my dslr video look like film.
How To Make A Webcam Look Like A DSLR.
Actually exist
I'm SO glad you took the time to recognize the fauxkeh portmanteau opportunity. For real. It was gonna irritate me it it didn't get mentioned at some point XD
"$50 C920 webcam"
2020: LOL
Brio 4k
I literally just purchased everything for the budget streaming/gaming PC and Now THIS!? I've always wanted to find a way to create a fake background with LED lights and you've answered my question. YOU sir just got a new subscriber! 🙌🏾
Me: *has same camera* yoo niceee
Alpha: lets improve this $50 cam
Me: *bought the cam last week for $100* wait wtf????
Well, it's usually worth 50$ but with the inflated prices due to Covid you end up paying 100-150$ instead.
@@pseudo3857 yes i know lmao crazy
this is the worst time to buy anything tbh.
@@nicane-9966 Idk. I imagine used DJ equipment should be way less expensive rn. 😅
Starting my stream next weekend so excited I watched this
Good luck man
@@rubenplaysguitar6939 thank you !
"Until someone....." Harris, what ya got in the works?
hes deffo making one with elgato, bet he had influence in the elgato mic coming soon too
@@ZendoNinja94 the suspense though! *twiddles thumbs*
By far the best channel ive found to help...hate really saying newer streamer trying to grow(by no means ashamed) but feel like that statement comes off well needy but not only have many of these videos taught me good knowledgeable things but the more i watch the more my own creative juices start and thats just as valuable as any video content provided....provided feels wrong there but anyway...full disclosure i started out through twitchs mobile app broadcasting mobile games and actually started on youtube but still so small and ben a little vacated for sometime i rushed into a poor laptop trying to rush into a better looking stream without putting in any real research and you know that story ends on failure the laptop just had no chance even just try to stream my mobile through it.. and i forget if it was during this video or on the one currently playing on my smart tv but you were talking about being willing to fail and i at least with my experience have almost a greater feel of pride or something like that that is coming with every time i knock something off a check list and there still a big list to go but thanks to the channel i have a better feel for what i want moving forward and more importantly what i need...sorry for the life story my ocd built up from my smartv only marathon of watching this channel(my tv doesnt let me comment while watching)
How do you do a greenscreen on a stream though? Super livestream beginner here.
Content Aware. It's a setting that allows the software to make a certain color or range of colors transparent.
@@ihatenickleback5059 absoloute legend for this been waiting a while for it to come out didn't know it was out already! awesome bit of software
U use a green screen
No one mentioning that this is THE Clisare?
@@PurpleDerpy lol u use a webcam even tho u don't have any actual good videos ir even a face can
Who else thinks he changed his head shape in the transformation
Yo big ups to this channel, just finally started taking streaming seriously for the quarantine, and i've been a bedroom DJ for about 6 years. You've given me some badass tips & tricks over the last couple of weeks than I've learned in my whole time streaming. Much love
I absolutely love your content, I found your channel a while ago but recently been more consistently watching your videos.
Bro, awesome! Hands down, entertaining, brings knowledge, well made, awesome video you two!
How to make any video look good: be born with that face
love this channel you’ve grown so much since I started watching which was around 50k
The room green screen trick is cool. I forget who it was. But someone made a series of pranks around his room.
But yeah the downside is if you get up and move around, you can see it’s not really the room.
Very clever though!!
Coming back to look at this in October... Remember being able to be in rooms with people
Legit one of my favourite videos on this channel. Sound advice and probably the best stream clip ever.
Was kind of hoping on some tutorials on camera settings.
This video could have been much better.
For anyone that might have missed it. The links for the camera light overlays are in the Alpha gaming Discord. I didn't listen to Sam until I watched the video a couple more times. You can miss it very easily.
oh, green screen! okay, I'm out.
I love that Post Production you came back with the Fauxquet.
I wish the C920 was still $50, the price hike is insane 😂
Razer Kiyo is pretty sick, got mine on eBay new for 110 which isn’t bad comparatively, comes with a built in ring light and it looks really good
You can buy it off the Dell website for a decent price. On ebay the bids go too high for me. Got mine for £90
This is really about to help with the garage setup I have to use for the next year 😂
I've actually thought of doing this. Since everyone shows off their streaming "room," I have a corner in my living room, so without the green screen, its a white wall. Which is super dull. This games me some ideas. Thank you!
Video starts at 2:39
If it's a decade behind, could be Apple behind the curtain for the engineering 🤣
I have a c920 - I use an old school method of using a tiny amount of vaseline on the outer rim of the lens. ( Having cool stuff in the background, well, can't help with that but ... ) This creates a blur/glow effect depending on how you apply it. Just keep the main subject (You) clear. Photographers/Filmmakers have been doing this forever. It's quick, cheap and effective :)
PS - No, It doesn't hurt your cam.
So as a IT professional and a mild mannered streamer I can kinda answer why we dont get better web cams. The reason is pretty simple. Companies like Cisco and huddle are the major players and most web cams are used for conference rooms and so on. Huddle cams are awesome but expensive Cisco well its Cisco. Maybe with covid and more remote work and learning there will be more options and affordable options coming soon.
"way to make cheap web cam look AWESOOOMMEMMEEE" takes picture with $1000 phone
So this is how Logitech stream cam did it! Harris to print a retraction for last video...... 🤓
You know you bout to learn some shit when Harris smirks like that.
First quote of Harris 2020 (comedy):
(While hitting sam with a broom "This is why you'll never get a raise" - Harris Heller 2020
im gonna be talking to my door when my mom walks in
I just acquired a DSLR, now I wandering if it was a good decision...
Always, a DSLR isn't just tied down as a webcam.
Hopefully you got a mirrorless camera and not a dslr.
@Christian William still depends on what kind of camera you got. What is the model number?
@Christian William most of the older dslr cameras will take amazing pictures but aren't good for streaming because you can damage them by overworking the motor during long streams. I use a $1000 mirrorless camera for streaming and it looks amazing!
@@raizt1596 It is a sony A6100 and I want it for youtube videos to.
Harris every video: KEY LIGHTS
Just wanted to let you know two things:
1.) Great video, I learned a lot. Thanks.
2.) The name "Gaussian", is pronounced "gow-see-an". fun-fact, Is is the name of a mathematician (Carl Friedrich Gauss). Gauss's formulas make up much of the basis of computing and almost all other fields that are math heavy. he is some times called, "Princeps mathematicorum" which is Latin for, "the foremost of mathematician".
thank you for coming to my ted talk.
Gimp is not the only easy way to do background blur on the photo. I do this with Photoscape X. There are otherways to do it.
OK, so this involves me becoming a video editor and webcam military advanced level expert. Cool. It is not in detailed enough tho.
If you have access to nvidia broadcast then you can do what he says in this video. Of course, you would also need access to an RTX GPU. One last tip, use your android phone as webcam with droidcam which is supported by nvidia broadcast. Hope this helps.
I have literally been doing this for years. I thought that's how everybody did it. That didn't have money.
not all teachers work in academia. hats off to Harris
I had this same idea! But since I don’t have a green screen, I am waiting for the Nvidia background removal! Any idea when that’s coming out?
if it comes out soon it will be crappy
Want to know too! I gave up waiting and just bought one, but would be interested to see how well it works.
I don't get why you're all riled up about the green screen.
Ofc I'd rather it be just software, but a green screen doesn't need to be green, or a specific material. Just find any cotton curtain in a solid main color such as blue or green(which is preferrable) and use some PVC piping to make a tiny stand that you can easily disassemble. There you go, assembled in 5 minutes and works just as good.
same xD
Great content, Just getting into twitch myself. I have everything I need bar the actual confidence to turn on my DSLR camera whilst streaming as I sit in a cupboard lol. Being able to blur and change the background is awesome
people without a green screen: am i a joke to you?
Ok, that's pretty clever :) But now i've got to buy a green screen!
Lhorbrum you can get away with a green sheet if you don’t want to spend a lot on an actual green screen. Heck I mean I think pewdiepie uses a spray painted projector screen lol
@@Iggyhaxor That Elgato screen looks fantastic though :P Wish it was cheaper.
@@lhorbrum1818 apparently its super nice i think pewds even ditced his janky painted projector and got sponsored by elgato and advertised it in one of his vids, alternatively i think neewr makes a super similar one that costs a bit less
they are cheap. google is your friend...
if you don't want to use a green screen then use Xsplit's Vcam , although there's a giant watermark across the whole thing and you have to pay to get the non watermarked version.
Harris? Can you take a photo of your room (without the chair and you) so we can use your room for streaming? :D would be nice to "stream in your room "
Starting my stream and I’ve watched a lot of your videos, great content. but this one… legend
Just being one of the many people liking the video before even watching the whole video 👍
I actually love this, not what I thought it would be, but this solves an issue I had with an old idea that I had. I am so excited!
DO more vods with SAM before he leavvess pls xd
I just purchased the logitech brio and the image quality is similar to logitech 920,just slightly more accurate/sharp but is much muchhh widerrrr ,the field of view.For that field of view,it does deserve the extra 100euro.
However,webcams are good.not excellent,they cant come near to a professional camcorder or DsLR!
I was shocked to see the same logitech brio,with same lights,but different decoration/colors looks so different.In a darker background/brown furniture,cheap forniture,it loooks bad,it needs a specific color/decoration/backround to improve your quality!
How'd you know I would be looking for this today Harris? XD
CEO of getting sponsored by OWN3D.tv
Auto levels.
Auto contrast.
Auto color correction.
Green screen and $1000 worth of lights. Simple.
Done.
green bedsheet, poles, empty water container, ducktape, lizard sun lamp with white led and part of a trashbag to soften light hanging off a hook in the ceiling. homemade isnt great but you CAN figure it out if you really desire it
@@SkarletShadows Sounds like a rave party for the homeless. But not half bad.
@AidanRNC And a green halo. Priceless.
I'd like to see a new version of this but with the El Gato facecam. It's what I'm considering for my stream and videos
wait, i can't find the bit on how to do it in streamlabs...
Time to make my $2 ps3 eye into a $500 dslr
f i need a green screen now
Love the blue and red lights
Yo can we get a download drop for the mad geometric background of your intro
its really awesome you have done this. i done this same thing about 6 months ago with my cam as i was not happy with the way looked with my lights in the back.
You could also use green poster board as a green screen. If your webcam is not facing a wall or you are not comfortable putting the poster board on your wall, you could also use pvc pipe to hold it up
This quarantine has made the webcam prices skyrocket here in EU. The logitech c920 costs 140$ which is insane, the cheapest webcam that is decent is the logitech c270 and on a discount + a coupon it is 40$
does this tutorial still work? was trying it and project seemed broken and the options didnt match the instructions.
I know it takes extra steps and hooks up similar to an slr... but I thought a good video title would be “the best webcam you didn’t know you had” for GoPro owners. Gopros film much better than most webcams and can be easily easily setup as a video device with a cam link(which uses a GoPro you may have laying around while also giving you one piece of hardware to upgrade the slr route down the road) just a thought for a video! I’m sure you have some GoPros laying around. And depending on your model they are capable of 4K30, 1080p120/60 etc etc with all sorts of fov adjustments
Great video. Congrats. Would it be a good idea to use an iPhone 11 Pro Max or iPhone 12, Pro Max, as the external camera instead?
For anyone reading this comment, after watching this video if you see the words "green screen" it doesn't always mean it has to be green. You can use any color sheet in your house( yes some colors will perform better than others, but you can use anything. Just make sure the chroma key you use it set to a similar color same to the sheet. So for anyone that can't afford a green screen right now i hope this is at least something good luck
Y'all are so funny. I love this channel.
The only issue is that I use a REAL operating system, called (Ubuntu) Linux. Thus, there are 20 extra steps----none of that i-Nonsense or executable Windows thingamagigee files.
This was good, but those of us using OBS in Linux will continue to roam around in the wilderness , alone, and figure it out on our own. I like the trick, though. A yelling, crazy Harris and broom already made my day.
I’ve never seen a better video
Webcam doesn't need a processor. It literally attached to a computer! There you go! Here is your innovation. Process signal by processor on your computer.
Its a clever idea and I suppose if you’re budget doesnt call for it. You could do this. But its a lot of work for a very static and limiting outcome. Sure it looks pretty good when done right. But these days you can pick up cheap dslrs for like 150 bucks. Throw on a cheap manual focus lens with a shallow depth of field and get better results that aren’t static. But cool nonetheless.
the redragon gw800 is pog, I got it a week ago and is surprisingly good, but if you are super bright or the lighting is harsh you won't look good, so my advice is to actually point you lights away haha
When you originally said faux bokeh I literally said to myself that you should have called it fauxkeh... then I saw the post production bit lol
bro only if I had a green screen i would have never searched for this video
You said it! Now show us how to turn our phone into webcam.
Me: Wow that looks great considering I'm on a major budget and can only afford a $50 webcam."
Harris: "Ok so now pull out your green screen that you all ofc have laying around."
Masked Blaze Vault you can use sheets and stuff for a budge one if you have them
@Epoch I don’t have a wall behind me so I don’t have a way of putting the sheets up
Masked Blaze Vault if the wall is one color you might be able to just key out whatever color the wall is and avoid the green screen all together. Obviously that may or may not work very well depending on the color of the wall though
Epoch my walls are fairly similar to my skin tone, I don’t think the keying would work well
Masked Blaze Vault ah. Is there anyway you could say, duck tape a sheet to your wall? That has potential to work as well
Awesome video. Enjoyed the broom fight !!!