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Blurrred Background

co19
Explorer
Explorer

The background is always slightly blurred, even though the "virtual background" and "blur" functions are turned off. I have tested 5 different cameras. With all of them I have the slightly blurred background.

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TomO
Community Champion | Employee
Community Champion | Employee

On the new versions of MacOS, Apple has added a new Video Effects (Change video effects for FaceTime calls on Mac ). Try to turn off the Video Effects mode while using Zoom. The blurred background effect should then be removed.

 

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If this resolves your issue please mark this reply as an accepted solution.

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TomO
Community Champion | Employee
Community Champion | Employee

On the new versions of MacOS, Apple has added a new Video Effects (Change video effects for FaceTime calls on Mac ). Try to turn off the Video Effects mode while using Zoom. The blurred background effect should then be removed.

 

TomO_0-1676660321752.png

 

If this resolves your issue please mark this reply as an accepted solution.

co19
Explorer
Explorer

Thank you, TomO! That solved my problem perfectly!
A super fast and helpful hint with a perfect description!