Funny Zoom Background Videos: Make Your Own with AI in 5 Steps

To make a funny Zoom background video with Revid, click Create, pick From an idea, describe a short silent joke with the action at the edges of the frame, set the ratio to 16:9 and generate. Then delete the voiceover and hide the captions in the editor, export, and add the file in Zoom's virtual background settings.

The most common mistake is putting the joke where your head goes. On a call you sit in the middle of the frame, so a dancing cat in the center stays hidden behind you for the whole meeting. Put the action at the edges and keep it slow enough that people still look at your face.

Here is the finished example this guide builds: a cat and a rat dancing in a colorful room.

#How to make a funny Zoom background video with Revid

#Step 1: Open Create and choose From an idea

1. Click Create at the top of the left sidebar (or press C anywhere in the app).
2. On the "What do you want to make?" page, choose the From an idea tab. This opens Prompt to Video, which turns a written description into a finished video.

If you would rather build a scene-by-scene story with characters, the AI Movie Maker does the same job from a script or a one-line idea.

#Step 2: Write a short, silent, edge-heavy prompt

Type the scene into the prompt box. A background has no dialogue to carry the joke, so describe what moves, where it sits in the frame and the visual style. A prompt that works:

A cat and a rat dancing on the left side of a colorful room, 3D animated style, bright lighting, plain wall in the middle of the frame, slow and looping movement.

Three things make the difference:

• Position: say "on the left side", "in the top corner" or "on a shelf on the right". Leave the middle as plain wall, sky or floor.
• Style: the old preset menu is gone, so put the look in the prompt ("3D animated", "anime", "watercolor", "claymation").
• Pace: ask for slow, repeating motion. Fast action pulls eyes away from you.

If you struggle to describe camera and movement, the free AI video prompt generator suggests camera directions and examples.

#Step 3: Set the ratio to 16:9 and pick a media type

1. In the ratio picker at the top right of the page, choose 16:9. Zoom shows backgrounds on a landscape screen, and a vertical 9:16 file gets cropped or stretched.
2. Under Customize options, open Choose media type and pick how the scene is drawn.
3. Pick any voice. Music is optional too.

For a dancing cat, choose AI video: with Animated AI images the cat stays frozen and only the camera drifts. The narration is billed at 10 credits per started 500 characters even though you remove it later, so a short prompt keeps the total down.

#Step 4: Generate the video and open the editor

1. Check the Estimated cost next to Generate video, then click Generate video.
2. When the video is ready, click its card in Videos to open the editor.

#Step 5: Remove the voice and captions, then export

A background should be silent: narration would compete with the meeting, and captions behind you look like clutter.

1. Click a voiceover clip on the timeline. The Edit Voiceover panel opens.
2. Click Delete, or switch Muted on if you might want the voice back later.
3. Repeat for every voiceover clip. The Audio panel's Voiceover tab lists them all under Project Voiceovers.

Do the same with the music clip if you want a completely silent file.

Then hide the captions and export:

1. Open the Script panel in the left rail. It lists every caption segment with its text and start time.
2. Click the eye toggle next to each segment ("Hide caption segment") so no text appears behind you.
3. Click Export in the top right (Export / Publish on a free account) and download the file.

Revid exports in 720p, 1080p or 4K at 30 or 60 fps. 1080p is plenty for a laptop camera; 4K export adds 10 credits. Before exporting, the Revid AI video editor also lets you trim a clip by dragging its edges on the timeline or split it at the playhead with S.

This walkthrough of removing the voice and captions was recorded in an earlier version of the editor, so some labels differ from the steps above:

#Where to put the joke in the frame

Your body covers the center and lower middle of a 16:9 background. Anything funny that happens there is invisible to everyone else on the call.

If a generated scene still puts the action in the center, fix that one clip instead of starting over: select it in the editor and use Regenerate from prompt (for AI video) or Regenerate/Edit image (for AI images), or click Replace to swap in another file.

#Funny Zoom background ideas to use as prompts

Short, visual prompts work best. Paste any of these into the prompt box and add a position and a style:

• A cat and a rat dancing in a colorful room (the example above).
• A llama in a business suit taking notes at a tiny desk in the corner of an office.
• A goldfish wearing headphones, DJing from a bowl on a bookshelf.
• Office plants on a windowsill that slowly sway to music, one of them waving.
• A sleepy sloth hanging from a ceiling lamp, occasionally sipping coffee.
• A penguin in a hard hat building a tiny snowman on the edge of a desk.
• A raccoon in reading glasses quietly flipping through papers behind a filing cabinet.
• A cozy library where books slide out of the shelves and dance back in.

For seasonal calls, the same workflow makes a themed background: see this guide to a Halloween Zoom background. For joke structures that work without words, read how to make funny videos or browse viral funny TikTok videos.

#How to add the video to Zoom

1. Open the Zoom desktop app and go to its settings.
2. Open the virtual background section (Background & Effects in recent versions).
3. Click the plus icon, choose to add a video, and select the file you exported from Revid.
4. Select it as your background and check the preview before joining.

Zoom sets its own file type, resolution and length requirements for video backgrounds, and they can change between versions, so check Zoom's support page if your file is rejected. A plain wall or green screen behind you gives cleaner edges around your head and shoulders.

#Fixes for common problems

#FAQ

#Can you use a video as a Zoom background?

Yes. Zoom supports video virtual backgrounds as well as images; you add the file from the virtual background section of the desktop app's settings. Check Zoom's support page for the current file requirements.

#Is a funny Zoom background appropriate for work meetings?

Usually, if it is subtle. Keep the motion slow, the action at the edges and the subject harmless, and switch to a plain background for interviews or client presentations.

#Do I need a green screen for a video background?

No, but it helps. A plain or green wall behind you lets Zoom cut around you more cleanly, so the background does not flicker at your edges.

#Can I make one for free?

Yes, with limits. Sign-up is free and new accounts get free credits, no credit card needed, which cover an Animated AI images background; the AI video media type and regular creation need a paid plan, from $39/month (Growth). The Revid pricing page lists current plans, and every video shows its estimated cost before you generate it.