

Need a preview? Here’s what you’ll find for your new, immaculate work-from-home situation. If you’ve ever wanted to dial in from a Dwell house, now’s your chance- click here to download backgrounds from some of our favorite dwellings, shot by photographers Pippa Drummond and Joe Fletcher.

Luckily, Zoom makes it easy to manifest the environment we want if the environment we have isn’t ideal. Download and use 100,000+ Zoom Background stock photos for free.

Perhaps your cat is licking its unmentionables, and it’s not quite the scene you want to set for your one-on-one. Your kids’ discarded toys and jackets may be strewn on the floor, or your roommate is in the throes of an online boxing class. Raise your camera to be eye level so that folks aren’t staring directly into your nostrils.īackgrounds, however, are another matter. While Zoom provides a few default free backgrounds and a range of bundles for workspaces, boardrooms, home interiors, public spaces and office backgrounds. First, check that you have Zoom version 4.6.0 or newer. Thankfully, installing a custom background is simpler than it sounds. Then right-click and select save as to save the graphic on your computer Open your Zoom app Click on preferences > virtual backgrounds > and hit the + sign to upload the image of the background you want to use. Click on the background you’d like to use in the grid below. Face a window to get nice, even lighting. The virtual background feature in the Zoom app allows you to use an image or video as your background as if you are standing in front of a green screen. How to use: Using these real estate Zoom backgrounds is easy breezy. Get dressed, for one (showering is optional at this point, IMHO). As we approach the 10th week of sheltering in place, most of us have figured out how to look good-well, okay, presentable-on camera as meetings have migrated to Zoom, Google Hangouts, and the like.
