We’re all doing more virtual meetings now, and virtual backgrounds have become a way to add some individuality to your visage.

Yes, you can use videos as your background in most applications.

When COVID first started, a ton of places started offering interesting backgrounds. It turns out that you can use pretty much anything you want for one. All you need is a quality image or video.

A lot of professional studios and artists released some of their own backgrounds as well, and after I saw like 10 of these collections on the internet I vowed to make a collection of the collections. So here it is:

How to change your background in Zoom

Images

• Unsplash’s List
• Studio Ghibli’s Backgrounds
• Anime Backgrounds
• Pocket Lint
• The Good Housekeeping Collection
• GotYourBack’s Optimism List
• Den of Geek’s Geek Backgrounds
• Canava’s List

Fine Art / Corbis Historical / Getty Images

• TechRepublic’s Collection
• Tom’s Guide List of Pop Culture Backgrounds
• The Dad’s Nerd Backgrounds
• Art Backgrounds from Modernmet
• PC Mag’s Geeky List
• Famous Paintings
• Variety’s List of Movie/TV Backgrounds

Videos

• Coverr’s Videos
• Wibbitz Video Backgrounds
• Kapwing’s Videos