--- title: How to Setup Zoom Video Virtual Backgrounds description: A short video providing step-by-step instructions on how to use Zoom Video virtual backgrounds. image: https://www.daybreak-marketing.com/hubfs/Canva%20-%20Cheerful%20surprised%20woman%20sitting%20with%20laptop.jpg --- [Skip to the main content.](https://www.daybreak-marketing.com/blog/how-to-set-up-virtual-backgrounds-in-zoom-video#main-content) - [mailto:info@daybreak-marketing.com](mailto:info@daybreak-marketing.com) - - - - [![Daybreak Digital Marketing company logo](https://www.daybreak-marketing.com/hubfs/Daybreak%20Logo%20Long%20LG.svg "Daybreak Digital Marketing company logo")](https://www.daybreak-marketing.com/) [![Daybreak Digital Marketing company logo](https://www.daybreak-marketing.com/hubfs/Daybreak%20Logo%20Long%20LG.svg "Daybreak Digital Marketing company logo")](https://www.daybreak-marketing.com/) - [Digital Marketing Solutions](https://www.daybreak-marketing.com/digital-marketing-solutions) - [Digital Marketing Solutions](https://www.daybreak-marketing.com/digital-marketing-solutions) - 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If you've yet to encounter Zoom's "virtual backgrounds" on a video conference call, here's a quick primer.  Zoom Video allows users to alter the background of their video feed, using videos or photos of the users choice.  Essentially, it's like having a "green screen" without actually having to own a "green screen."  There a number of built-in virtual backgrounds that come pre-installed with Zoom's software, and there's a fairly robust offering of third party video and photography designed specifically for Zoom Video calls.  If you count yourself among the millions of parents globally who have witnessed the slow and steady decline of your home's cleanliness over the span of the COVID-19 pandemic, you can naturally see how this could be a useful feature. I put together this video for anyone out there who's been dying to know how to use Zoom's virtual backgrounds. As an entertaining bonus, you'll get to enjoy a number of awkward interactions between me and myself - as I show off a free Houston Rockets t-shirt I picked up about 5 years ago. As the icing on the cake, I've set the whole thing to some very upbeat EDM. Enjoy! \- Robby PS - This is the Daybreak Consulting's first YouTube post! 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