Today, more people than ever work from home. It's likely that you are also forced to invite clients, superiors and colleagues virtually into your kitchen or living room. To help you keep your privacy, but also, to improve your virtual-meetings game and eliminate distractions in the background, we created our Zoom Backgrounds with Images and Videos collection.
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When choosing a background, stay away from intricate, complex patterns that can strain the eye, hypnotic patterns that play tricks on the eye and too many overly-bright colors, like neons, experts at Shutterstock say.
Also, think about how other people, especially your boss and colleagues, will respond to your choice and consider visual limitations. This might be your chance to add to your professional reputation or personal brand.
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The Virtual Background feature allows you to display an image or video as your background during a Zoom Meeting. This feature works best with a physical green screen and uniform lighting to allow Zoom to detect the difference between you and your background, according to the Zoom official website.
Below are some limitations and dimensions to keep in mind, when choosing backgrounds, according to Zoom.
For background images:
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For background videos:
To enable Virtual Background, follow these simple steps, provided by Zoom.
"Investors Business Daily" had recently picked a few "juicy" brains from Google, YouTube and other prominent companies on how they hold productive and professional Zoom meetings. Here is what the experts shared:
"Stand close to one another when there are two people in the same frame, meaning on the same laptop camera. And while the other person is talking, make sure to look at them. The person talking should, of course, look directly at the camera. Looking down makes the attendees wonder what you're looking at." Shames continues: "Also, don't eat during the session. Keep a glass of room-temperature water nearby, though, or a cup of warm tea or coffee. To protect your voice, avoid dairy products, peanut butter and bananas, which give your voice a sticky quality. What's better? Grapes are terrific for lubricating your voice."
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"Don't just use technology, leverage it. Keep the in-person feel with social media so participants are engaged."
"Livestreams rightfully earned their place as a way to match the reach of in-person gatherings. But just because a conference turns into a digital event doesn't mean it has to be done live."
"Be ready to quickly change your plans along with conditions. That's a must in the digital age when coronavirus rules are shifting."