Here’s how to use and change up your Zoom background. So if you don’t have a pretty place to work or your family or roommate needs to walk around in the back, don’t stress. Especially if you’re looking to come across as put together, adding a Zoom custom background helps keep the meeting distraction-free. Save time, and money while spicing up your everyday backdrop – try a virtual background. Perhaps you’re one of the lucky ones who gets to lounge by the pool with your laptop!įor those of us who’ve had to figure out ways to make working from home work, it’s all too common that your space gets cluttered, or looks messy. Maybe you’re set up at your kitchen table, or you’ve moved things around to accommodate an at-home office. A video (MP4 or MOV file) with a minimum resolution of 480 by 360 pixels (360p) and a maximum resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels (1080p).Now that a lot of us are at home using video conferencing to connect with everyone from the office plus family and friends, we’ve gotten pretty used to having to work from different locations.Sources for royalty-free images: Pexels, Unsplash, Pixabay. A background image with an aspect ratio of 16:9 and minimum resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels.Do not wear clothing that is the same color as the virtual background.Higher quality cameras result in a better virtual background.Recommended green screens from Webaround or Amazon. To achieve the best virtual background effect, Zoom recommends using a solid color background, preferably green.Recommendation on using Virtual Background To disable Virtual Background, open the virtual background options again and choose the option None.Tap Close after selecting the background to return to the meeting.The background will be automatically applied. Tap the background you would like to apply or tap + to upload a new image.While in a Zoom meeting, tap More in the controls.For Zoom mobile app (iOS only, Android is no available yet):.Then click the "x" to return to the meeting. You can click the + button to add your own picture. If prompted, click " Download" to download the package for virtual background without a green screen.
In a Zoom meeting click the ^ arrow next to Start/Stop Video.iPad Pro and the 5th and 6th generation iPad 9.7 or higherĮnabling Virtual Background During a Meeting.
Zoom Mobile App for iOS, version 1.0627 or higher.Dual Core 2Ghz or Higher (i5/i7 or AMD equivalent) processor.Zoom Desktop Client for Mac, version 2.0613 or higher.