Free, after the trial
$0
- Everything sketched — you and the room
- Pencil, Ink and Comic looks
- 720p
- Papercam watermark on the picture
- Web calls up to 30 minutes
Camera privacy for video calls
Keep the camera on. Hide the room.
Papercam draws your room away and leaves you. No fake beach, no blurry halo round your head — everything behind you becomes a pencil sketch, on your own computer. Turn it up and you disappear into the drawing too.
14 days of everything, free, no card · Works as a camera in Teams, Zoom, Meet, Discord and OBS · Runs on your computer
Sample scene
Live, in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
Try it on yourself
Pick a look and a privacy level. Turn on your camera to see your own face — the picture never leaves this page.
"Cameras on, everyone"
Being visible is part of the job now. Turning the camera off looks like you have checked out.
Your home is not an office
A bedroom, a kitchen, a family member walking past. None of it belongs in a work call.
Blur isn't enough
Background blur still shows every detail of your face, on every call, all day.
How it works
- Install Papercam. It adds a camera called "Papercam" to your computer.
- Pick it in your meeting app. In Teams, Zoom, Meet or Discord, choose Papercam as your camera.
- Choose how much to show. Full sketch, sketch just yourself, sketch just the room, or a tap to reveal real video.
Everything happens on your computer. Your camera picture is turned into a drawing before it is sent, and the original never leaves the machine.
Look your best when you do reveal. Soft skin, even tone, a ring-light glow, brighter eyes and background blur — all optional sliders.
Planned pricing
Every download starts with 14 days of the full app — no card, no account. Afterwards it keeps working for free with the whole-picture sketch, and Pro unlocks the parts people use daily.
Pro
$10/month
- Hide just the room, keep your face
- No watermark, in the app and the browser
- Unlimited web calls and Studio for OBS
- Or hide just yourself, or a box you draw
- Change my proportions — harder to recognise
- All looks and colours
- 1080p and 4K
- Touch-ups and background blur
- Hotkey to reveal
Team
$5/seat/month
- From 5 seats ($25/month)
- Everything in Pro
- 2 computers per person
- Shared presets
- Central billing
- Priority support
Get it first
We'll email you once when the desktop app is ready. Nothing else, ever.
Questions
Is my video sent anywhere?
No. The sketch is drawn on your computer, and only the drawing goes into your meeting. In the web calls, video goes straight between the two people in the call.
Which apps does it work with?
Any app that lets you pick a camera: Teams, Zoom, Meet, Discord, Slack huddles, OBS and others.
Windows or Mac?
Windows first, macOS after. Say which you need on the waitlist form and it changes the order.
If someone records the sketch, can my face be recovered from it?
Not literally — the detail is gone and nothing can bring it back. But a sketch still carries the shape of a face, and software that guesses a photo from a drawing can land on someone who looks like you. That is why Papercam can shift your proportions a little: the spacing of eyes, nose and chin changes, the lines stay sharp, and the face in the drawing is no longer the shape of yours. Treat it as making you hard to recognise, not as a mask.
Can I show my real face when I need to?
Yes. One tap, or a hotkey, switches to normal video and back.
What happens after the 14 days?
Papercam keeps working, free — everything sketched, you and the room together, with a Papercam watermark on the picture. What Pro adds is the version you can use at work: your face as it is, the room drawn away, and no watermark.
Do I need a card for the trial?
No. Download, install, and the 14 days start. We ask for nothing until you decide to buy.
Is there something I can use today?
Yes — the web version does private one-to-one calls in the browser, with no account. Free calls last up to 30 minutes, with the Pencil, Ink and Comic looks and the Papercam watermark. Pro removes the limit and the mark, unlocks every look, and adds Studio for feeding Zoom, Teams or OBS — the same key works in the Windows app. Open the web app.