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.