Make a GIF a Zoom background

🤔 Ever wondered how to take a GIF and magically turn it into a Zoom background video?

If so, this is the message for you.

❓So how do we turn this cool GIF into a background we can use in Zoom?

Jeff Goldblum giving us a lil’ smirk.

Follow these steps

Step 1. Find a cool GIF (see above).

Step 2. Download/save cool GIF locally on your machine.

Step 3. Convert GIF to MOV file.

Watch how https://youtu.be/5qMPsBqBae4

Step 4. Download/save MOV file locally on your machine.

Step 5. Resize the video to minimum Zoom background video dimensions (640 x 320). Experiment with a width of 800 if you have trouble uploading to Zoom.

Watch how https://youtu.be/UGsasy6OCwQ

Step 6. Upload the video to your Virtual Background as file in Zoom.

Watch how https://youtu.be/-HEZLbBMYCc

Step 7. 🤑 Profit.

Good luck. We’re all counting on you.

Dear Jeff, I hope this isn’t too shameless of a friend request. I love your jazz.

fin.