Virtual backgrounds and filters in your video conference with Zoom Cloud Meeting

Who hasn't caught a video conference unexpectedly?

At work, with friends, an interview, there are many examples in which one wants to continue maintaining its essence and giving a good image. But when it is by videoconference ... sometimes someone else can catch us unexpectedly.

Don't worry, one of the latest news about Zoom Cloud Meeting will be of great help to you.

The perfect virtual background for your boss meeting or Maria's quarantined surprise birthday

For the workplace, this feature of being able to select a virtual Zoom background will be very important. Not everyone has the "perfect office" at home, or the smooth, freshly painted wall.

But for the Zoom Cloud Meeting app, this is not a problem.

• From a smartphone or tablet device we can configure it when we make a video call, in the menu at the top in the option where "More" is written and select the "Virtual background" option in the drop-down menu, we can easily select the one with the most let's identify for the occasion.
• From the computer, the procedure changes a little, when we start the video, a date appears above the camera icon that will send us the settings in which we can easily configure it.

The platform itself has 4 virtual funds by default. But we have the option of adding any of the images that we have stored in our memory device. Let the imagination fly!
For your work environment, we recommend a clear background, which is not overly ornate and has an appropriate light so that the virtual background is well fixed to our silhouette.
Sweden's large multinational corporation IKEA has designed its own virtual funds. If you need a little inspiration we encourage you to stop by their website and maybe there you will find the definitive virtual fund. It has made the task much easier for us, separating its content according to the situation we are going to have in "our scene" of video calls. With design backgrounds for office, celebrations and even backgrounds for a romantic date. If IKEA's good taste stands out in its furniture and decoration, in a virtual background, it would be no less.

And for an original remote party, either because of the confinement or because our friend lives in Beijing, we can give it a very original touch with the virtual backgrounds for Zoom so fun that we can find on the internet. Who has not dreamed of being able to sit on the sofa of The Simpsons?

1, 2, 3, FILTER, action!

Although this option is not yet available for mobile devices, we can use it from a computer. In order for you to run it on your computers, they must have Windows 7 or any later version and for MacOS its model 10.11 as a minimum.
We will have to download Snap Camera to be able to use filters within ZOOM. Once downloaded, the app will appear on our computers, take a look to choose the perfect filter.
Once the Snap Camera app is opened with the chosen filter, Zoom must be opened and in its video option settings select the "Camera" and "Snap Camera" options. The two applications must remain open simultaneously for it to work. If you want to change the filter again, it is very easy, you will have to select the one you want from Snap Camera again.
Snap Camera is also compatible with other applications like Hangouts, Skype or OBS. To configure it is in a similar way to the steps followed when downloading Zoom Cloud Meeting, you will have to give it camera permission within the settings of the application.

Combine filters and virtual backgrounds in your video call

There is no excuse for not showing your creativity, with one of the advantages of Zoom Cloud Meeting, we can use the option of adding filter and virtual background simultaneously. Use the infinity of filters that you can find in Snap Camera and the amount of images that we can download from the internet for our background.

There will be no more excuses for not sharing your image in that work meeting because one has got up with dark circles. Much less, that nothing prevents you from organizing an online party from your video conference with Zoom Cloud Meeting.