Adjust your appearance

You can use the Style panel to change how you're framed, add visual effects, communicate with hand gestures, and more.

Note: This page is about Studio. For information about mmhmm, read Adjust your appearance in mmhmm.

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.

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

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Change your size

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

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

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

Enhance your appearance

  1. In the upper right, click the Presenter tab.
  2. In the Effects section, select the Touch up effect.
  3. Next to Touch up, click the gear icon.
  4. Click and drag the slider to adjust the light, shadow, and contour of your appearance.

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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 Studio:

  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.
  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.

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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.

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Add visual effects to your appearance

Use Effects to add fun visual overlays to your appearance.

  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.

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Communicate with gestures with Big Hands

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

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Thumb up Thumb down Shaka Telephone

Heart

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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.

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  1. In the upper right, click the Presenter tab.
  2. Click the Away button. This will replace your current 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 stage back and unmute your microphone.

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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.

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  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.

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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.

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