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Fishbowl effect

cfiechter
Newcomer
Newcomer

In Zoom meetings, viewing myself, there is a fishbowl effect.  The viewers say I look normal, but it is distracting to me to see myself distorted and stretched out like a fishbowl effect.  Does anyone know how to change this?  I am on a MacBook Air running Bootcamp. Thanks!

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J-Zoom-ATL
Zoom Employee
Zoom Employee

@cfiechter Unfortunately if there is an issue with how your Camera is displaying on your Macbook, the wonderful team over at Apple support would need to continue to assist. 

I would take a look at their support portal and reach out to them (or in person at an Apple store) for additional assistance. 
https://support.apple.com/mac/macbook

RN
Community Moderator | Employee
Community Moderator | Employee

Hi @cfiechter weird you're experiencing this! What are the camera options when choosing a camera within your Zoom desktop client settings? Are you using an integrated camera or an external USB camera? 

 

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If you haven't already done so, I would suggest upgrading Zoom to the latest version or uninstalling Zoom and reinstalling 

 

 

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Uninstalling and reinstalling took care of it!  The camera is just the built-in camera on the MacBook.  The fishbowl effect did not happen with any other program than Zoom.  Not sure why it started doing that but it is fixed now.  Thank you! 

RN
Community Moderator | Employee
Community Moderator | Employee

@cfiechter great! Uninstalling/reinstalling usually takes away the wonkiness with the client. Glad it got resolved! 

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Have you heard about Zoom AI Companion? ➡️ Check it out!