Introduction
Background effects can be used in any MS Teams meeting for a user attending on a desktop. MS Teams does come with some pre-loaded offerings and allows users the ability to add their own. Empire State University backgrounds are available for download in the Branding Toolbox.
Please note: custom background effects are currently not available for mobile devices. Mobile device participants in a meeting do have the ability to blur the background behind them.
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Start and set pre-loaded background effects
1. Select the “more options” icon in the toolbar of the meeting (it looks like an ellipsis), a drop-down menu appears.
2. Click the “Apply background effects” option in the drop-down menu. A "Background Settings" window will appear to the right of the meeting window to let you select your background.
3. Click the background option that came pre-loaded with MS Teams or has been uploaded from a previous use.
4. Optional: select the "Preview" button to see how the background will look in relationship to your camera.
5. Select “Apply and turn on video” to broadcast out your video camera with this background.
Please Note: this background will be the default setting with your video camera display the next time that you come into a meeting; you will have the option to take it down.
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Add a new background effect
- Select “more options” icon in the toolbar of the meeting (it looks like an ellipsis), a drop-down menu appears.
2. Click the “Apply background effects” option in the drop-down menu. A "Background Settings" window will appear to the right of the meeting window to let you add your background.
3. Select the "+ Add new" option at the top of the list of options in the "Background Settings" window, a file picker will open.
4. Select the file of the background that you want to add. The name of the file should appear next to the "File Name" field at the bottom of the file picker.
5. Click the "Open" button in the file picker. The background will now appear at the bottom of the "Background Settings" window after any previously loaded backgrounds. It will appear there in all future meetings.
6. Optional: select the "Preview" button to see how the background will look in relationship to your camera.
7. Select “Apply and turn on video” to broadcast out your video camera with this background.
Please Note: this background will be the default setting with your video camera display the next time that you come into a meeting; you will have the option to take it down.
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