Creating a more professional virtual meeting with OBS and other software
Want to step up your virtual meeting quality as well as communicate more clearly and effectively on your meetings? We’ll show you how to use a few inexpensive and highly effective software tools to crush the meeting and sales game. Things we’ll cover:
How to create a transparent background without a green screen using Xsplit Vcam
How to create scenes for presentations, conversations and training using Xsplit Broadcaster
How to create scenes for presentations, conversations and training using OBS
EventRender’s Background Builder to create custom-branded backdrops
Connecting it all to Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams or Skype
It’s time to face it, virtual meetings are here to stay. Well, at least for a little while. In the last six months you’ve probably had more meetings through the webcam on your computer than you can even remember. And that’s part of the challenge: being memorable. While applications like Zoom allow you to change your background, the novelty quickly begins to wear off. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
As we all try to imagine new ways to be creative and stand out with our businesses and products, it’s important to keep up with tools that’ll help you do so. For example, most people are familiar with the way news broadcasts and, more and more common, YouTube tutorials and entertainment videos, look. The over the shoulder graphic, the switching from one screen to another, it all keeps the presentations moving. And that’s the key: energized, captivating presentations.
One tool that helps create this effect is called XSplit. This easy to use application can help you create the familiar view of a nightly news program, with or without a green screen. Channel your inner news anchor with over the shoulder images that help to display the information you’re explaining. You remain on screen and just to the right or left of you is a video, or slideshow, or even your logo.
Check out our Xsplit tutorial here:
Another similar and maybe even easier to use application called OBS can also help you keep your audience engaged with Picture-in-Picture displaying slideshows or your own mirrored screen. Another great feature of OBS is that it is compatible with both Windows and Mac operating systems.
Check out our OBS tutorial here:
Tie it all together with EventRender’s Background Builder. The on-screen graphics created by XSplit and OBS are useful features, but ultimately aren’t fully utilized if your background is your office, or these days maybe your living room. Background Builder is a simple tool that will help you create a virtual space that represents your brand and the feel of your company. Whether these are sales calls or in-house presentations, a unique and tailor-made experience will keep your audience’s attention and create a lasting image long after the meeting is over.
Check out a Virtual Studio example here:
With Background Builder, you’re able to seamlessly create memorable and effective meetings, made more so with the addition of XSplit and OBS. It’s easy to do and the results speak for themselves. Check out our tutorials for both applications on our YouTube page and feel free to reach out with any questions. And don’t forget to stop by our website and check out EventRender’s Background Builder free trial version. You’ll be amazed at what a little background magic can do for you.
Eric Westendorf - Founder of EventRender