(As you might expect, video files have a small camcorder icon in the corner.)

But if you click one of the images below your video window, you should see what’s behind you replaced with either a static image (the Golden Gate Bridge is a favorite) or else a slowly looping video background, like the northern lights or Zoom’s beach scene. By default, Zoom turns on your webcam, and you should see what others in your chat will see: you, and your background. The gear icon hides Zoom’s Settings menu. This opens up a wealth of options, but the relevant one for us is the Virtual Background option. The first thing to do is to click the Zoom Settings gear in the upper right-hand corner. When the Zoom main screen opens up, you’ll see the Zoom main page.

Virtual backgrounds are also available for iOS (with an iPhone 8, 8+, or X, or an iPad Pro and the 5th and 6th-gen iPads) but support for Android isn’t listed. This is all simple enough that it will either work, or it won’t. If you don’t know what you have, don’t worry. A PC with a supported microprocessor: a quad-core 6th-gen Core i5 (except a U-series chip) a quad-core 4th-gen Core i7 or any 3GHz processor with 8 cores or more.An up-to-date Zoom app running on Windows 7, 8, or 10.Some Twitter users have filmed themselves looking attentive and used that as their Zoom background, allowing the real-life them to slip out of the frame and have a snooze.Zoom has a rather complex list of minimum requirements that you’ll need to enable custom backgrounds, but here’s what they boil down to: You can also create your own background on Canva, which has a selection of funny images. Want to be the centre of attention in your Zoom call? Distract your colleagues with these (sometimes bizarre) backgrounds from Russian Zoom.įrom carpeted walls to ‘cozy balconies’ the backgrounds will leave everyone wondering where you are. Now you know how to change your background, the next step is to find a good one. Funny Zoom backgrounds – from celebrity houses to Hogwarts The feature works best with a green screen and uniform lighting but a good old white background against natural light should do the trick. Images must be in a GIF, JPG/JPEG or PNG format, with recommended dimensions of 1920x1080px. Many meetings are now taking place online (Picture: Getty)Īnd voila! There you have it.

Zoom background pictures