Set a neutral physical-camera baseline
Place the camera at eye level, use soft front light, and verify focus and exposure before applying beauty controls. Software cannot fully repair poor source video.
Platform Setup Hub · Windows & Mac
How to Use a Beauty Filter in Discord, OBS, and Teams
Choose your app below, then follow its camera setup. The shared workflow is simple: select your webcam in CiCi Cam, adjust your beauty effects, and choose CiCi Cam as the camera in your desktop meeting or streaming app.
For Windows 10/11 x64 and macOS 14+ on Apple Silicon. Desktop Starter has a daily time limit and watermark.
Choose the app you want to use
Select CiCi Cam in each app's camera menu. Follow a guide for its exact setup, permissions and troubleshooting. These are desktop workflows; test your installed app before a call or stream.
ZoomVideo & effects → CameraOpen setup guide →Microsoft TeamsSettings → Devices → CameraOpen setup guide →Google MeetSettings → Video → CameraOpen setup guide →DiscordVoice & Video → CameraOpen setup guide →OBS StudioVideo Capture Device → DeviceOpen setup guide →TikTok LIVE StudioCamera source → CiCi CamOpen setup guide →
Set up your beauty filter in three steps
- 1
Open your webcam in CiCi Cam
Install the desktop app, allow camera access and select your physical webcam. Confirm that the preview moves normally. On Mac, approve the camera extension if prompted.
- 2
Build a natural preset
Start with light skin smoothing and balanced facial lighting. Add makeup, face-shape or color adjustments only where you want them. Compare effects on and off, and save your preset.
- 3
Choose CiCi Cam in your video app
Open your app's camera menu and select CiCi Cam instead of the physical webcam. Check its preview, then keep CiCi Cam open during the call or stream. Use the app cards above for exact menu paths and troubleshooting.
A reliable cross-app beauty-filter workflow
Check your lighting, avoid applying the same effect twice and test the preview in the app you will use.
Use one primary appearance layer
Build a restrained CiCi Cam preset, then turn off native smoothing, lighting, or filters during the first test. Add one native control only if it solves a separate problem.
Test each destination preview
Discord, OBS, and Teams may crop, mirror, scale, or process the feed differently. Confirm the final preview and make a short recording or test call where available.
Keep a physical-camera fallback
Before an important meeting or stream, verify that both CiCi Cam and the physical webcam appear in the device list so you can switch if a virtual-camera component is blocked.
Fix beauty-filter setup problems
Most issues come from a stale camera list, missing permission, another app holding the physical webcam, or confusing an OBS input with its virtual output.
The destination app cannot see CiCi Cam
Confirm the CiCi Cam preview, quit the destination completely, reopen it, and check system camera permission. Browser clients may also need site permission.
OBS shows a black or frozen source
Open the Video Capture Device properties, confirm CiCi Cam is selected, return Resolution/FPS Type to Device Default, and close other apps that may hold the physical camera.
The image is too smooth or too bright
Disable Discord backgrounds, Teams Soft focus or brightness, and any OBS source filters. Establish a neutral CiCi Cam image, then add one layer at a time.
You selected OBS Virtual Camera by mistake
For beauty inside OBS, select CiCi Cam as a Video Capture Device input. Start OBS Virtual Camera only when another application should receive the composed OBS scene.
Detailed beauty-filter setup guides
Discord camera filters on desktop
Choose CiCi Cam in Voice & Video, preview your camera and resolve missing-camera or black-screen issues.
Beauty filter for OBS
Covers virtual-camera input, source order, webcam enhancement, recording, streaming, and troubleshooting.
Beauty filter for Microsoft Teams
Compare Soft focus and brightness with a desktop virtual-camera workflow.
Beauty filter for Zoom
Use Zoom's current appearance settings or select a reusable virtual camera.
Beauty filter for Google Meet
Compare Portrait touch-up, eligible Makeup, extensions, and a virtual camera.
Review notes and primary sources
Discord camera selection and backgrounds, OBS Video Capture Device and Virtual Camera directions, Teams native video controls, and the current Zoom and Google Meet paths were checked against official documentation. CiCi Cam is described as a Windows and Mac desktop virtual camera, not a mobile Discord filter or OBS plugin.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Discord have a built-in beauty filter?
Discord officially documents video backgrounds and camera selection, but not a dedicated skin-smoothing or makeup control. On Windows or Mac, a compatible virtual camera can provide an already-processed feed. Background availability and uploaded-background access can vary by client or plan.
Do I need a beauty-filter plugin for OBS?
Not for the CiCi Cam route. Add CiCi Cam as a Video Capture Device source. OBS can apply general source filters and community plugins, but CiCi Cam performs its appearance processing before the feed reaches OBS.
Should I use Teams Soft focus with CiCi Cam?
Start with Soft focus and Adjust brightness off while evaluating CiCi Cam. If one Teams control solves a separate problem, add it lightly and inspect the final Teams preview rather than assuming two beauty layers will combine well.
Can I use this Discord beauty-filter setup on mobile?
No. This workflow selects a virtual camera installed on a Windows or Mac computer. It does not install CiCi Cam as a camera inside Discord for iOS or Android. Use the mobile device's own supported camera and effects instead.
Why is CiCi Cam missing from Discord, OBS, or Teams?
Confirm CiCi Cam's preview works, fully quit and reopen the destination app, check Windows or macOS camera permission, and close apps that may be using the physical webcam. In OBS, add a Video Capture Device source and inspect its Device list.
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