Rock your Zoom Video Meetings with Fun Video Backgrounds.

May 27, 2020
4 min read
Covid19 Virtual Background Meeting

We’ve all experienced this… The clock almost hits 10AM — your meeting is in a couple of minutes, you’re still in your pj’s and your room is a mess. You quickly throw on a  work  shirt from your closet but there’s no way you can clean your entire room just in time for the meeting. You struggle finding a good spot with a clean background and continuously change your laptop’s position. What if we told you there’s a solution for that?

Zoom  is definitely our preferred way of video chatting these days… and they’ve got your back! Zoom’s Virtual Background feature allows you to use a still image or a video in the background — and  poof,  your mess is gone. You’re no longer in a messy room, you’re having a meeting right on the beach, office or an airplane, Magic!

Seaside background for a work calls
Pfff. Magic!

So — we are slothzilla.fun, we’re a platform filled with beautiful, creative, unique and… free stock videos for everyone . Our platform is easy to use, filled with awesome videos that will fit your needs and, get this:  no registration required! and you can do with the videos  whatever you want.

We recently noticed quite some tweets about using Coverr for virtual backgrounds , so we decided to take it a step forward and prepare a guide and some inspiration for y’all.

We’ve put together a few categories to inspire you into choosing the perfect background for your meeting. Right after these cool examples you’ll find a complete guide for how to do it.

🥁…  Let the magic begin.

  • Office style
Cafe background for a work calls
WeWork Style.
Office background for a work calls
  • Pretend you have a pet
Outdoor background for a work calls
Wanted a dog? Got two!
  • Working from the sky?
Sky background for a work calls
When you’re high?
  • Hammock at an Oceanic Paradise?
Seaside background for a work calls
Try to fit the hammock
  • It’s winter? Not here!
Seaside background for a work calls
Tulum Vibes.
  • It’s raining? Go inside!
Street background for a work calls
  • Here’s how you make it happen in a few simple steps

Before you start, here’s the list of requirements  found on Zoom’s support site, depending on the type of system you’re using, keep in mind the older devices might not fully support this feature.

  • Open up your Zoom client.
  • Click on the gear “Setup” icon on the upper-right corner.
Meeting app interface
  • Select “Virtual Background” in the left-hand menu.
Meeting app interface choosing a virtual background
  • Check out the sample backgrounds Zoom put together for you & click on the one you’d like to use.
Meeting app interface choosing a virtual background
  • If you’d like to insert your own background, click on the + sign above, choose an image or a video from your computer and then add it!
Meeting app interface adding a custom virtual background
  • Keep in mind that if your computer is not capable of handling the virtual backgrounds, you will receive a pop-up message and be urged to check the “I have a green screen” box, as seen above in the left corner.

You can also add a virtual background during your meeting.

  • In your Zoom client, click on the up-arrow next to the video symbol on the bottom left.
  • Select “Choose a virtual background…” and you will be taken to the same Virtual Background page as before.
Meeting app interface
Look for the tiny arrow if you’re picking a background during a meeting

Now that the technical part is settled,  let’s have some fun.

Community Power!

Choose the perfect background that will not only make your meeting a whole lot more enjoyable, but you’ll soon be boosted as the  coolest  member of the team, or the family or the your best friends group :)! We’re inviting you to take a screenshot of your preferred background and share it on Twitter, if you mention @coverrco we will definitely retweet! Spread the word & most importantly stay safe! 🙏

Seaside background for a work calls