The latter, V4L2 - version 2 of V4L, is a set of drivers and utilities for video capturing and processing. It allows to combine multiple sources, add effects and either record or stream the result to various platforms and formats. The former is a powerful tool for video recording and live streaming. The main ingredients to the virtual camera are OBS Studio (or just OBS) and Video4Linux (V4L / V4L2). So what is needed to create a virtual camera with OBS Studio and can you use a green screen for some beach feeling like shown? As usual, this is how I remember all the interesting stuff. It required to recompile some file and reminded me that I wanted to blog about it. For some time now, I have been using OBS Studio ( Open Broadcaster Software) to create a virtual camera on my Linux system. It will require a lot of work with light and more, and in this scenario, my skin looks weird.Similar to many of you, part of my work and hobbies consists of video conferencing. Now you have a camera filter in OBS and you may save to buy a Green Screen!Ī pink color is tricky.Of course, here you need to use the HEX value from Color Picker!.Open the option, and use a custom color.By default the filter will use a Green color.Select your camera in the OBS sources list, and add a Chroma Key Filter.Once you select a color, Color Picker will show the color details: RGB, HEX and HSL.Launch Color Picker and select the background.The image below shows my camera, and my office, with my pink background.

Once installed you can launch Color Picker with the shortcut key.

One of the utilities available is the Color Picker.

I’m a big fan of the PowerToys, Fancy Zones rocks 🤘🤘🤘. Let’s start by installing Windows 10 PowerToys.If you don’t have a green screen, but you have a decent and plain background, these steps may help. It will allow you to create scenes, and with good lighting, it will be hard to check “is this real or not”. Having a Green Screen behind your camera, is a super useful feature when you work with OBS.

Obs green screen without green screen