

Do not wear clothing that is the same color as the virtual background.Higher quality cameras result in a better virtual background.Recommended physical green screens from Webaround or Amazon. The contrast in colors makes it easier to distinguish you in the foreground from the bright background. Use a very bright and distinct color, such as a green or blue screen.This method improves the sharpness and definition of the virtual background effect around your face, head, ears, and hair.

This method requires you have a solid-colored screen, curtain, or wall behind you, which Zoom will replace the selected color with the image or video you selected. Virtual Background with a green screen provides the best virtual background effect and uses less system resources during the meeting.

How to manage Virtual Background for Admins.Recommended setup without a green screen.You can also use Virtual Background in a Zoom Room, or a simpler Mask Background feature in the web client. Lastly, if you don't have your own images or videos for use as a virtual background, you can use nothing and just blur the background instead. Just as with a virtual background without a green screen, a video virtual background requires more system resources, and thus has higher system requirements. Additionally, instead of a static image, the virtual background feature, with or without a green screen, allows you to select short videos as your virtual background.
