Talk:Zoom Cat Lawyer

Latest comment: 2 years ago by SmilingBoy in topic Technical explanation

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Technical explanation

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Suggestion to add to the article: It wasn't a Zoom filter, but likely a hard-to-remove filter by a virtual camera software bundled with the webcam driver:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dwightsilverman/2021/02/10/software-behind-the-cat-lawyer-viral-video-has-bedeviled-webcam-users-for-years/?sh=783ad738440a
https://diylifetech.com/how-to-use-the-cat-filter-from-the-viral-zoom-courtroom-video-and-how-to-turn-it-off-fdc8d7586f8e
https://debugger.medium.com/i-figured-out-the-exact-filter-that-created-lawyer-cat-fe1c3e8319c7
https://web.archive.org/web/20130515061832/http://blog.chembark.com/2013/05/05/mistakes-from-the-job-search-the-kitty-interview/

SmilingBoy (talk) 13:28, 26 August 2022 (UTC)Reply