{"id":2214,"date":"2020-03-28T19:07:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T00:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gr8n8tr0n.cloud\/?p=2214"},"modified":"2022-11-21T20:59:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T20:59:47","slug":"my-lightboard-whiteboard-greenscreen-home-office-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.virtualnate.net\/wordpress\/2020\/03\/28\/my-lightboard-whiteboard-greenscreen-home-office-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"My Light-board, Whiteboard, GreenScreen Home Office Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019ve had a few requests now that the home office has been moved into a bigger room to share how I setup the home office to enable remote work capabilities and leverage conference calls with a whiteboard and green screen as well as video presentations using a Light-board. For those of you that are now working from home more due to pandemic reasons, this is a good way to stay connected with your customers and business partners while making it fun at the same time. It works well with family and friends too of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whiteboard and GreenScreen setup<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not much to share here other than purchasing a whiteboard of your choice and mounting it on the wall, but the whiteboard is magnetic so it made it easy to add a blue screen or green screen backdrop behind my desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4\u2019x6\u2019 magnetic whiteboard with Neewer collapsible GreenScreen\/BlueScreen backdrop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I also have a green cloth backdrop I use more permanently as the collapsable one is good for road trips and conferences where vLogging may come into play. Keep in mind the whiteboard makes it simple as I just use some magnets to hold the cloth on the whiteboard. The placement of my Logitech camera makes it easy to both use the whiteboard with the extended boom mic for customer presentations and doubles as the GreenScreen backdrop for Zoom meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I use either a Logitech conference cam or my iPad\/iPhone to record the video and if you use Zoom as your conferencing application, there is an option to add a GreenScreen backdrop and choose your picture or video of choice with the latest version of Zoom. I put together a library of zoom backgrounds and videos that I use for remote presentations and customer calls here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Using Zoom on my iPad with a GreenScreen background picture

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Light-board Setup<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now on to the fun part, the Light-board. I\u2019ll include a list of materials that I used to build out the home office Light-board setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Testing out the Light-board behind the desk, but quickly realized that I needed more black space in the background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The 3\u2019x4\u2019 Light-board is made with a clear piece of Lexan I ordered on Amazon (see parts list below) connected to some closet organizer pieces 4\u2019 length and I attached the glass to the strips using some picture hangers designed to hold glass being mounted to a wall. The legs are 10\u201dx15\u201d shelf brackets held to the bottom of each shelf bracket using some black mechanical bolts and secured to the table to keep from slipping using some Gorilla Pads (rubberized pads with double sided tape).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hole drilled through glass and mounting bracket secured to vertical legs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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L brackets secured to vertical strips on each side with Gorilla Pads mounted underneath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The LED light strip (see parts list) is secured to the underside of the glass using a piece of shower door stripping. I secured the extra light strip by reversing the LED light strip on the existing spool and clipping it to the side of the leg using a simple binder clip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reversing the LED strip allows me to re-use the light by cutting on the dotted H line if they ever break and then remounting in the rubber shower strip on the bottom of the glass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lighting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I decided to use 3 lights which are soft photo lighting 2 on either side and if needed a boom light for overhead. Come to find out I didn\u2019t need the boom based on the lighting in my office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Side lighting for GreenScreen and Light-board<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Side lighting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Boom light if needed (I use more for the GreenScreen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This is the trickiest part because if you don\u2019t get the 2-3 point lighting down just right, you\u2019ll end up with reflections off the glass and shadows behind you when presenting or when using a GreenScreen, you’ll still have shadow effects around your profile like an aura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General information on lighting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.Complete Guide to Three-Point Lighting | Video School Online Lighting Tutorial<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some good videos are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.How To Set Up 3-Point Lighting for Film, Video and Photography<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.Using Geometry for Better Interview Lighting<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backdrop<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was a bit of a challenge as I started off with some PVC pipe and made a large golf ball toss frame to hold the black curtain. I started off trying this behind my desk but quickly realized after a few tests that I needed a wider backdrop. I switched to moving the curtain to horizontal and hung it on the wall using some small nails at the ceiling and using some office binder clips to hold the top of the curtain while hooking over the brad nails close to the ceiling. After some curtain steaming, I finally had a nice clean back drop that was wide enough to cover the wall behind me and get the whole Light-board in the picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brad nails and binder clips holding the curtain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here’s an example of the first Light-board video I made using this new setup<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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