Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with NaNoWriMo or its parent organization. I’ve just been a happy participant. That’s all. A friend of mine finished a million words through NaNoWriMo on…
Writer, Reader, Layabout
Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with NaNoWriMo or its parent organization. I’ve just been a happy participant. That’s all. A friend of mine finished a million words through NaNoWriMo on…
The year has passed unbelievably quickly. NaNoWriMo 2021 is only a month away, and somehow, I’m already behind. I changed my preparation process in 2020, trying out a new act…
Wow. I’m not sure how the month (and thus NaNoWriMo) snuck up on me this quickly, but tonight is the kickoff! Halloween was weird, because of social distancing. We had…
(aka Virtual Backgrounds for EVERYONE) OBS Studio lets you do a lot of things. It’s a video mixer, it’s a video recorder, it does overlays, and it lets you organize…
OBS Studio doesn’t have background removal, at least not the way Zoom does. Discord doesn’t support virtual backgrounds. (They might be working on it, who knows?) Virtual NaNoWriMo is now,…
(Windows version 26.0.) For this, I assume a Windows desktop, and that you have a webcam and want to use OBS Studio to be your output to other video applications…
Maybe Zoom works great for you, and it does all the things you want in a virtual background. Nothing wrong with that, it’s what sold me on virtual backgrounds and…
So this one splits the difference. It’s free (yay!), you don’t need an account (yay!), and you don’t need to give them your email address (yay!). It’s also easy to…
This requires nothing except a webcam and a willingness to install an app to act as a virtual webcam for you. Both options here can be tested for free, and…
The National Novel Writing Month takes place every November. I participate, as part of the North OC region. This year (2020), the event will be entirely online, which adds its…