What lighting conditions do you have? For example, light sources, windows, blinds, your monitor, color/temperature and direction of the light, all those things reflect the video image of you.Īnd what lighting conditions can you create by adjusting one or more of the parameters? A simple horizontal flip of the image can make all the difference Try to match the color temperature to make it look more realistic The halo effect When selecting a suitable background, there are some things to consider to get the best effect Lighting conditions Typically a resolution around 1000 pixels is good enough. Since the quality of the video stream is not super great, the resolution doesn’t necessarily need to be very high, but it depends on the type of image. \\Library\Application Support\Microsoft\Teams\Backgrounds\Uploads\ Copy your background images to the Uploads folder Too bad, but perhaps we’ll see some moving backgrounds in the future.Ĭ:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams\Backgrounds\Uploads\ Note: Unfortunately, animated gifs don’t work they appear animated in the selection panel, but when applied, they don’t move. Make sure you do not violate any copyright regulations when using other images then your own. You can upload pretty much any JPG, PNG, or GIF to the Uploads folder and use it as a background image in your next Teams meeting. Until Microsoft releases the ability to upload your own images directly from the Teams app (it’s on the roadmap and are expected to be rolled out soon), the uploads folder is the key to the background kingdom. The first time you use the background effect in a Teams meeting, an upload folder is created. Microsoft Teams has come with a set of curated background images. Don’t find the background you are looking for? Please note: Background effects are only available in the PC and MAC app of Microsoft Teams. Or, while in a Teams meeting select the … (more options) and Show background effects. Add a background image in a Teams meetingįirst off, find the new backgrounds, when entering a Teams meeting, select the background effect button on the pre-join screen. The goal is not to deceive your meeting peers the AI engine is not that good, just make it a little bit more fun by adding some realism to it. With the recent release of custom background images or background effects as it is called in Microsoft Teams, I thought it would be a good time to share some tips and tricks to get the most out of this new, fun, and useful feature.Ĭombining some basic understanding of how lighting can work for you, with some common sense and knowledge of how video meetings work, you can improve the perception of the new background effects.
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