{"id":33368,"date":"2020-03-16T18:05:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T12:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=33368"},"modified":"2020-03-16T18:05:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T12:35:53","slug":"how-to-hide-your-background-during-video-calls-in-zoom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/how-to-hide-your-background-during-video-calls-in-zoom\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Hide Your Background During Video Calls in Zoom"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u00a0work from home\u00a0but still need to attend video conferences, you can use a virtual background in Zoom to hide your real background environment. It can add a personal touch to the video chat and hide messes behind you. Here\u2019s how it\u2019s done.<\/p>\n

Download, install, and then open Zoom. Once the application is open, select the Gear icon in the top-right corner of the window. This opens the \u201cSettings\u201d window.<\/p>\n

\"Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the left pane of the Settings window, select \u201cVirtual Background.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Virtual<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once selected, you\u2019ll see a video preview of your current environment along with a \u201cRotate 90\u00b0\u201d option in the top-right corner of the preview.<\/p>\n

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A small selection of backgrounds to choose from. Select the box next to \u201cI Have A Green Screen\u201d and\/or \u201cMirror My Video.\u201d The latter option will do as it says\u2014mirror your video. If you have a green screen in your background, be sure to check that option because it will significantly improve the quality of your virtual background.<\/p>\n

Select one of the virtual backgrounds from the library.<\/p>\n

\"select<\/strong><\/p>\n

The background instantly appears behind you.<\/p>\n

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The background of your actual environment will now be completely hidden.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not satisfied with any of the background options in the library, you can use your own. Select the \u201cAdd Image or Video\u201d button (represented by the \u201c+\u201d icon) in the top-right corner of the virtual background selection. From there, choose \u201cAdd Image\u201d or \u201cAdd Video.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Add<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zoom will open the File Explorer (Finder for Mac). Navigate to the location of the image or video you\u2019d like to use, select it, and then click the \u201cOpen\u201d button.<\/p>\n

\"Select<\/strong><\/p>\n

The selected background will now be applied. Ensure the image you choose is high-resolution so that it doesn\u2019t diminish in quality during your video meeting.<\/p>\n

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If you\u00a0work from home\u00a0but still need to attend video conferences, you can use a virtual background in Zoom to hide your real background environment. It can add a personal touch to the video chat and hide messes behind you. Here\u2019s how it\u2019s done. Download, install, and then open Zoom. Once the application is open, select […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86864],"tags":[86855,86854,86856],"class_list":["post-33368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-hide-video-calls","tag-video-calls","tag-video-calls-in-zoom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}