Zooms gets more professional in Zoom 5.2

 It's always good to have a competitive marketplace.  The consumer is the ultimate winner.  This has been the true in the sphere of Webinar Software.  

Zoom has not stuck to its laurels as the market leader but is now releasing a new suite of features that spices up its professional usage scenarios.

One of the issues of doing a quick live webinar in an unfamiliar environment is the lighting.  You may have the best lighting setup in your office or home office, but sometimes you may have to do a quick webinar on the go.

There are two options in Zoom 5.2 that improve your appearance, both appear under Video Setting and are called Touch up my Appearance (Fig 1) and Adjust for Low Light (Fig 2).

Fig 1, Skin Smoothing, Zoom Official Blog

Fig 2,Adjusting for low light, Zoom Official Blog

It also has a feature we have wanted for doing a webinar in a noisy setting, some kind of noise cancellation.  You can find this feature under Audio -> Suppress Background Noise.

The coolest professional feature is the ability for you to control where your video appears when sharing your screen during a webinar session.  You generally want the audience to see you while you present your powerpoint presentation or your demo.  

Fig 3, Overlaying your Video over Slides, Zoom Official Blog

Update your Zoom version now.  You can check which version of Zoom you are running by selecting About Zoom.

Fig 4, About Zoom, Screen for Zoom 5.2

This article extracts new features found in the Zoom Official Blog entry Filters, Reactions, Lighting & More! New Features to Liven Up Your Meetings written by Jen Hill