You can easily apply soft focus to your video feed within Microsoft Teams through your device settings.
Soft focus is a video effect that can help smooth out your appearance on camera during meetings and calls. It's a personal setting that affects only your outgoing video.
Steps to Enable Soft Focus in Teams
Setting up soft focus in Teams is a straightforward process found within your camera and device settings.
According to the provided reference, to adjust the brightness and soft focus in Microsoft Teams, you can go to your Device settings and scroll down to the bottom of the options. You'll see the two options for Adjust brightness and Soft focus.
Here’s a breakdown of the steps:
- Access Settings: While in a Microsoft Teams meeting or call, or from the main Teams settings, navigate to your device settings. The exact path might vary slightly depending on your Teams client version, but it's generally found under audio/video settings or device setup.
- Locate Video Options: Within the device settings, look for sections related to your camera or video.
- Find Soft Focus: As the reference indicates, you will need to scroll down to the bottom of the options in the device settings.
- Enable Soft Focus: You should see an option labeled "Soft focus" (often paired with "Adjust brightness"). Toggle this option to turn the soft focus effect on for your video.
This setting applies the soft focus effect to your video feed that is shared with others in the meeting or call.
Benefits of Using Soft Focus
- Improved Appearance: Can help soften facial features and smooth skin tone.
- Enhanced Lighting: Often used in conjunction with brightness adjustments to optimize your video's look, especially in less-than-ideal lighting conditions.
- Simple Enhancement: Provides a quick and easy way to slightly polish your video quality without complex software.
By following these steps and utilizing the device settings as described in the reference, you can effectively set soft focus for your video within Microsoft Teams.
