As of late, online video conferencing has become very important. Especially in the pandemic era when lockdowns have become usual, most office workers need to work from home. However, working from home has its own cons, the most important of them being the lack of a professional setup. If your work involves video conferencing & you are searching for the best free virtual background image websites for Teams & Zoom, then this post is sure to interest you.
Free Virtual Background images for Teams & Zoom
Imagine talking to your boss and teammates from your study room and your children pop up in the background. Or in another situation, your room might not be clean and you can’t show that to your team during an online conference.
In such a case, you could use virtual background images. A virtual background will detect and show your face and torso while the background would be the chosen template. Here’s a list of the best free virtual background image websites for Microsoft Teams and Zoom video conferencing:
- Shutterstock
- Unsplash
- Pexels
- Canva
- Zoom Virtual Backgrounds
Let us take a look at them.
1] Shutterstock
Shutterstock is one of the most popular names in the market for stock photos. Ideally, most of their subscriptions are paid. However, you can download the background visual images for free from Shutterstock here. It has a really amazing collection of backgrounds ranging from nature scenes to homely backgrounds. The interesting thing is that perhaps the backgrounds are free only for the Coronavirus lockdown period. So take the opportunity and download the .zip files of your favorite virtual backgrounds.
TIP: You can also Change or Blur Background in Skype Video calls.
2] Unsplash
Unsplash is a free image repository. Their tagline is ‘photos for everyone.’ While their collection of virtual backgrounds is limited, the images are of high quality and they have covered every type of wallpaper. Most of the backgrounds have been clicked by individual contributors who agreed to share their art for free. Check more on their website here.
3] Pexels
Pexels has been one of the best free image repositories for artists who wish to customize images. Unlike many other image repositories, Pexels doesn’t ask for any attribution to the original author of the image plus it allows you to modify any image on their website. So if you aren’t happy with those usual virtual backgrounds, use your creative touch to modify the ones you download from Pexels here.
4] Canva
Canva is an excellent source for stock images. Though the main repository is premium, most of the virtual background images are free of cost. The only restriction is that they cannot be customized. However, unlike most free virtual background websites, the images at Canva aren’t contributed by individual authors but clicked or created by their professional team. Thus, you can expect much better quality. Feel free to download the images from the websites here.
5] Zoom Virtual Backgrounds
Zoom Virtual Backgrounds isn’t as popular as other options in the list, however, it offers something that many others don’t- moving backgrounds. So if you are concerned that your boss might get suspicious of a static background, try one of the dynamic ones from this website. You can choose to download the backgrounds one by one, or the whole repository in one go.
