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#Create motion backgrounds how to
#Create motion backgrounds mp4
#Create motion backgrounds free

and when I add them manually I get the cant add info. I downloaded a few gifs and put them in the upload folder but they dont show up. It always says couldnt add when I click on add new. And I can use the animated background in Microsoft Teams.

#Create motion backgrounds mp4

Septemat 3:41 am I used this website to convert MP4 to animated GIF: Īnd then I made a copy of the animated GIF and renamed the file to include the words “_thumb” and copy the 2 GIF files to the UPLOAD folder.

#Create motion backgrounds how to

Septemat 4:47 am Thank you for the little guide how to set animated backgrounds on Teams! I searched in like forever and you solved it

Septemat 9:46 am Hi Ronald, I’ve only used pre-made GIFs so far, so I don’t have a recommendation on which program might be best to convert a MP4 to GIF. What converter tool did you use for the mp4 to gif conversion? Septemat 6:39 am I am always getting a message that the format of the file is not right. Jat 6:35 pm Worked Great! Thanks!!! I made sure teams was closed when I loaded the images.Īugat 9:20 am Thanks for taking the time to add that, Sven! Previously posted in WordPress and transferred to Ghost.Īugat 9:01 am Just to complete the answer – the path to the background-images on a Windows-System: %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Teams\Backgrounds\Uploads It won't be animated in the gallery there, but once you click it, you'll see it move in the camera preview. When you see the camera preview, click Background filters and select your animated GIF at the very bottom on the right side. Now open Microsoft Teams back up.įind an old meeting to join from your calendar. If you just click the X in the window, it will hide, but not close. If you have it open, just hold command (⌘) and press Q on your keyboard. Simply duplicate nodes.jpg (right click, duplicate) and rename nodes copy.jpg to nodes_thumb.jpg.

Just having a nodes.jpg isn't enough, since it won't be selectable. It will remain animated, but this makes the file usable in Microsoft Teams.įourth, create a thumbnail for your background. For example, if you saved my image above as nodes.gif, rename it to nodes.jpg. Third, change the file extension of your animated GIF to a JPG.

#Create motion backgrounds free

Feel free to right click and save it to your Desktop as an example, and then move it from the Desktop into the Uploads directory you just opened up. My favorite background is this one right here. Second, copy an animated GIF into the Uploads directory. Now navigate to Application Support > Microsoft > Teams > Background > Uploads. Here are the commands for that: $ cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Microsoft/Teams/Backgrounds/UploadsĪ new Finder window will open with the directory you need to be in.Īlternatively, open a Finder window, click on Go in the menu bar, hold the option key (⌥) on your keyboard, and then select Library in the dropdown.

Open Uploads directory in Finder using open.

Open Terminal from Applications > Utilities.

On a Mac, the easiest way to get there is with Terminal. Sure enough, when you browse for a new background, anything other than image file types are grayed out and can't be selected.įirst, open the directory in which Microsoft Teams stores custom backgrounds. When you try to add a new background to Microsoft Teams, the tooltip reminds you that it will only accept file types jpeg, jpg, png and bmp.

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