How to Create a Virtual Background for Zoom

Canva is one of my favorite platforms to create online designs quick and on the fly. I know how to use the whole Adobe Suite, but this is the best place.

Canva has templates to create a Zoom Virtual Background. 

1. Once you’ve created an account and logged in, type in “Zoom Virtual Background” in the search bar. It will give you the exact sizing needed of 1280px x 720px. 
2. You want to click on that option. After doing so, you’ll see that there are a bunch of template options that other people have already made. 
3. After selecting one of these pre-made templates, edit it to make it a custom design for your brand. I selected an image with an office setting. I added a text box with my name and company role. Then, I grabbed my business logo, and placed it within the scene, on the tv, to be all fancy. 
4. Boom! Now I have this custom design. Maybe I’ll also change the image’s elements to reflect my brand colors. Now I’ve got this virtual background.
5. After finishing the customization of the image hit download, and make sure to download the image as a JPG.
6. Now, you can add this new virtual background that you created to use in a Zoom meeting. While inside of a Zoom meeting I want to go up to the little carat (beside of the video icon), select “Choose Virtual Background.” In the virtual background settings, select the (+) plus icon > “add image” and it’ll open up your “Downloads” file for you to select the image.
7. Now that the image is selected, it uploads that image as a virtual background. When you make the screen bigger or smaller, it resizes to display the virtual background over the entire video feed. 

So that’s how you create a virtual background for Zoom. You can also use this tutorial to create a virtual background that uses a step and repeat design to market your business 

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