Zoom announced support for the all-new iPad Pro Center Stage feature in a blog post this morning:. Center Stage even recognizes when others join or exit the frame, automatically adjusting to fit everyone in. For a closer look at Center Stage, check out our full review of the M1 iPad Pro and the new camera features:. As shown in the image below, Zoom will now include a button on the left-hand side of the screen to turn Center Stage on and off.
Now the But even other iPads besides the No worries! You don't have to do anything once it's set up. You could get up and walk around, and Center Stage follows you. On the M1-equipped iPad Pro, it worked really well.
It also worked similarly on the 9th-gen iPad and iPad Mini. I found that it quickly and smoothly panned and zoomed to my face as needed. It was sometimes a bit weird or jarring to video chat participants, however. Also stick around for the other iPad! Center Stage is turned on by default on iPads that have it, and the first time using it might seem off-putting. But you can turn it off; it's just that the setting feels a little hidden.
Tap that Video Effects button. OK, this is a chat for Passover on Houseparty, not Zoom. But propping it up so I could show the whole family in frame was a challenge of placement and elevation. The iPad on its own is a large, flat slab that you could hold in your hands, but I'd rather prop up. There are plenty of cases that double as stands, which is your obvious first step. But the thing about cases: their angles are usually limited.
Apple's expensive Smart Keyboard case has only two angles, and they're angled upward, so Zooming can look like it's aimed at the ceiling or the underside of your chin.
I take a few books and gently angle the case edge so the whole thing tilts down a bit, but I'm careful not to let the iPad fall, of course. Read more: 13 Zoom tips and hidden tricks. You could also prop the iPad between some piles of books or heavy objects, so it stays upright just be gentle with the iPad's glass display.
Don't frame too far away from everyone, but you may need to be creative. At Passover, I had to put the iPad on a folding table and back it off a few feet so we could all be in frame for a multifamily Passover Zoom.
Generally speaking, for single-person video chats, you want the camera at just above eye level for a clean, pro-looking shot. I'm looking straight at the iPad Pro, but because the camera's on the left edge, I end up looking like I'm looking somewhere else.
Most iPad cases mean the iPad is horizontal landscape , which also fits the most people in a wide shot. But unlike a laptop, which centers the camera on the long edge, the iPad's camera is on the shorter edge It means you're suddenly seeing your face off-angle, and your eyes aren't looking at the camera.
It looks weird. Center Stage even recognizes when others join or exit the frame, automatically adjusting to fit everyone in.
With support for Center Stage, you can participate more naturally in our Zoom video calls. Apple says that Center Stage image recognition is done on-device, and no image data is sent to the cloud.
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