
Voila! You are no longer in a messy one-bedroom apartment in Toronto’s west end, you are in the Maharaja’s private palace in Jaipur. Click “choose virtual background,” then on the “+” sign to upload an image. When you’re on a call in the Zoom app, click the arrow beside “stop video” and a list of options will appear. To upload a custom backdrop to Zoom, do the following: save the below images to your desktop. On the desk is a desktop computer, a pencil cup, some artwork, and a lamp.

This background passes for a professional one thanks to the sleek white background. We combed through the ELLE Canada print archives to find the chicest backdrops for every virtual gathering on your schedule. We’ve had quite a number of minimalist office Zoom backgrounds on this list and here’s another. Whether you’re hiding a mountain of dirty dishes, piles of unfolded laundry, unruly children or if you are simply a private individual, there is no need to expose your humble (or not-so-humble) dwelling. Here are a few suggestions, and some of the funniest we've seen from across the globe.With many of us now working from home, the scramble to find a clean corner of our living quarters seconds before an office-wide video-conference call is a common reality. To upload a background, simply head to Settings in the Zoom homepage, and go to the Virtual Background tab. It didn't take long for people to start creating their own fun with Zoom, including making the most of its virtual background feature.Īs long as you're sitting in front of a plain background - green screen is best but you can usually improvise at home using curtains or similar - you can upload anything you fancy as your wallpaper. It's also lifted spirits across the world, whether it's because of a cat sitting on a keyboard or a housemate strolling past your camera in their pants.

It's a useful business tool that's also being used recreationally too, for family pub quizzes and after-work drinks with friends.

Most useful of all is Zoom, a video-conferencing application that can host up to 100 participants at once for free. Thank goodness for technology, which is allowing many companies to operate largely as normal even though few of us can be in the same room as our colleagues.
