Virtual Backgrounds

Jan 20, 2024

Browse our curated list from around the Web. Download your favorite virtual backgrounds and add them to your meetings!

Sports

Major League Baseball

Design

1000 Museums

Sports

49ers

Sports

Adelaide Crows

Entertainment

Adult Swim

Entertainment

AINU MOSIR

Education

Alabama Athletics

Travel & Outdoors

Alaska Airlines

Entertainment

Alaska is a Drag

Home

Autodesk

Design

Autumn

Design

Autumn leaves

Design

Autumn vegetables

Entertainment

BBC Empty Sets Collection

Home

Behr Paint

Entertainment

Big Brother

Travel & Outdoors

BMW

Seasonal & Holiday

Boxing Day

Sports

Brisbane Lions

Clothing & Retail

Burton

Education

BYU Cougars

Design

Canva

Entertainment

Cartoon Network

Entertainment

CBS

Food & Beverage

CCs Coffee House

Sports

Chicago Bears

Seasonal & Holiday

Christmas

Seasonal & Holiday

Christmas

Seasonal & Holiday

Christmas

Seasonal & Holiday

Christmas

Seasonal & Holiday

Christmas

Seasonal & Holiday

Christmas

Seasonal & Holiday

Christmas

Seasonal & Holiday

Christmas

Education

Columbia

Entertainment

Criminal Minds

Food & Beverage

Deschutes Brewery

Seasonal & Holiday

Diwali

Food & Beverage

Dunkaroos

Entertainment

Ellen DeGeneres

Entertainment

Funny Boy

Featured

Getty Images

Travel & Outdoors

GoPro

Travel & Outdoors

Grand Wailea Maui

Travel & Outdoors

Gray Malin

Travel & Outdoors

Gray Malin

Seasonal & Holiday

Halloween Ghosts

Seasonal & Holiday

Halloween Jack-o'-lanterns

Education

Hamilton College

Seasonal & Holiday

Hanukkah

Seasonal & Holiday

Hanukkah

Seasonal & Holiday

Holiday

Seasonal & Holiday

Holiday

Seasonal & Holiday

In Our Mother's Garden

Seasonal & Holiday

In Our Mother's Garden

Seasonal & Holiday

In Our Mother's Garden

Seasonal & Holiday

In Our Mother's Garden

Seasonal & Holiday

In Our Mother's Garden

Travel & Outdoors

Insta360

Seasonal & Holiday

International Women's Day 2021

Education

ISA Study Abroad

Featured

iStock

Food & Beverage

Jeni's

Entertainment

Jersey Shore

Education

Kansas

Seasonal & Holiday

Kwanzaa

Education

LSU

Education

Michigan

Education

Michigan State University

Entertainment

Moulin Rouge Broadway

Zoom

National Nurses Week

Entertainment

Netflix

Sports

New York Islanders

Entertainment

Nickelodeon

Travel & Outdoors

NOAA

Education

Notre Dame

Entertainment

One Day at a Time

Travel & Outdoors

Pellicano Hotels

Design

Pexels

Design

Pixabay

Sports

Pocono Raceway

Featured

Puppy Bowl 2021

Clothing & Retail

REI

Education

Sam Houston State University

Sports

San Antonio Spurs

Entertainment

Schitts Creek

Design

Shutterstock

Entertainment

Siesta Key

Entertainment

Smithsonian Channel

Seasonal & Holiday

Snow Falling

Seasonal & Holiday

Snow Falling

Seasonal & Holiday

Snow Falling

Food & Beverage

Sonic

Entertainment

Spogebob

Entertainment

Sundance Film Festival

Entertainment

Sundance Film Festival

Entertainment

Sundance Film Festival

Entertainment

Sundance Film Festival

Entertainment

Sundance Film Festival

Entertainment

Sundance Film Festival

Entertainment

Survivor

Education

TCU

Seasonal & Holiday

Teacher Appreciation Week

Seasonal & Holiday

Teacher Appreciation Week

Education

Texas State

Entertainment

Top Gun Maverick

Education

UNC Chapel Hill

Education

University of Georgia

Education

University of Illinois

Education

University of Miami

Design

Unsplash

Education

USC

Education

Villanova

Design

Voxbone

Design

Wallpapers Wide

Home

West Elm

Home

West Elm

Food & Beverage

Williams Sonoma

Seasonal & Holiday

Winter at Carnegie Mellon

Seasonal & Holiday

Winter Mountain Backgrounds

Entertainment

Yound and the Restless

Zoom

Zoom Branded

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Download an image or video of your choosing.

Compatible formats include GIF, JPG/JPEG, or PNG. We recommend an image with a 16:9 aspect ratio, and a minimum resolution of 1280x720 pixels.

Videos should be MP4 or MOV files with a minimum resolution of 480x360 pixels (360p) and a maximum resolution of 1920x1020 (1080p).

On the desktop app, navigate to Preferences in the settings menu. On the left side menu, go to Background & Filters.

You will then see Virtual Backgrounds, where you can choose from the preloaded options, or upload your own by clicking the plus (+) icon to the right of Video Filters.

You can choose either an image or a video as your background. You’ll see a library of the images and videos you’ve uploaded under Virtual Backgrounds.

To add or change your virtual background during a meeting, click on the upward arrow (^) next to Start/Stop Video. Click Choose Virtual Background, and select any of your backgrounds!

Leave "Mirror my video" checked. Words in your background will look backwards to you, but will read normally to the other meeting participants.

For the cleanest results, have a solid color in the background - or better yet, a green screen - so that your virtual background shows up clearly.

Don't wear clothing the same color as your virtual background. No one wants to be a floating head!

Set the mood or add levity to calls with filters or stickers. You can access both from either the desktop app, or from within a meeting.

Go to Preferences > Background & Filters

You’ll see Virtual Backgrounds and Video Filters. Click on Video Filters

Within Video Filters, you can preview the filters, sticker backgrounds, or stickers that move with you, like a graduation cap, sunglasses, or even transform yourself into a unicorn!

If you don't have the best lighting, or just want to brighten up your appearance, you’ll want to know about the touch up your appearance and lowlight settings.

Go to Preferences > Settings

Click Video in the left side navigation

Under My Video you’ll see check boxes for both Touch up my appearance and Adjust for low light. Both features will automatically adjust your video, but you can also manually adjust them using the slider