How to Change Webcam Background Windows10/11 & Mac

Webcam chatting and filming are important. In the post-pandemic era, you can see the webcam is applied everywhere in our lives: online chatting with family and friends, remote work, distance learning, and online business meetings. As one of the most commonly adapted online tools, distance talking by showing yourself & talker with a webcam is popular.

There are many people who are asking how to change webcam background in order to protect their privacy while communicating with the webcam. Or content creators who have a need to make a tutorial video for YouTube may like to read this post to learn how to change the webcam background.

Here are several different methods of how to change the webcam background on Windows 10/11 or Mac.

How to Change Webcam Background Windows 10/11?

If you are bothered by your webcam background and don’t want to use a green screen (Chroma Key), the iTop Screen Recorder can be your best tool to remove the background of your webcam and change webcam background. 

The iTop Screen Recorder is an all-in-one screen recorder plus a video editor. You can use the iTop Screen Recorder to improve your screen recording and webcam recording experience quite easily.

This intriguing screen recording software for Windows 10 and 11 is agile and flexible, with full-featured webcam recording and editing features, to change the background on the webcam is only a matter of mouse clicks. Most importantly, the iTop Screen Recorder is free-to-use software, you can use it freely, and try it before exploring the advanced features.

Steps of How to Change Webcam Background on Windows with iTop Screen Recorder

Step 1. Make sure you have installed the newest version of iTop Screen Recorder. You can get the updated software by clicking the download button below.

Step 2. On the iTop Screen Recorder main screen, click the Camera button.

Step 3. Under the webcam tab, there are several options to change Windows camera background: Original Background, Blur Background, Transparent Background, and Replace webcam Background.

• Use Original Background: This will not modify your background while the webcam is turned on.
• Use Blur Background: This screen recorder will blur the background, which properly protects your privacy while you are using the webcam.
• Use a Transparent Background: Your background will be removed, and you can only keep yourself in the Windows camera.
• By clicking Replace Background, you can use a picture as your webcam background. Click on “Select a Background”. Then a Windows Explorer window will pop up and you can choose any picture as your webcam background. For better graphic presence, a picture bigger than 1920x1080 pixels is better suited.

Step 4. After you’ve selected your webcam background, click the red “REC” button on the main panel, and the record will start immediately.

Note: Part of the iTop Screen Recorder features need to be upgraded to PRO service.

There are also other handy features for you if you are a content creator: if you are recording Zoom meeting & webcams, or if you are a lecturer who needs to make a tutorial video, the iTop Screen Recorder can absolutely satisfy your need. 

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How to Change Webcam Background on Mac? 

If you are using Mac instead of Windows, and you need to change the webcam background for your webcam & online webcam capturing. There is a convenient way to change webcam background on Mac with the MacOS built-in software, iMovie.

Step to Change Webcam Background on Mac

The following steps are a guide to how to use iMovie on Mac to change webcam background.

Step 1: After iMovie has launched your project, choose and add the backdrop movie or image to the timeline. In the timeline, place the green-screen clip above the background clip.

Step 2: After that, adjust the backdrop video clip's length to match your green-screen clip by trimming and moving it. Make sure to reposition your clips in the timeline because the two clips moved together.

Step 3: Select Green/Blue Screen from the pop-up menu if the video overlay options aren't visible by clicking the Video Overlay Settings button above the viewer.

Step 4: In order to reveal the backdrop clip behind the subject, MacOS iMovie can remove the green or blue from the green-screen clip. Keep in mind that the clips and the background clips are interconnected; you can move the two clips together by adjusting the clips in the timeline.

Step 5: You can make changes after adding the green screen effect, or achieve it by record part of your screen. Use any of the green-screen controls to make changes after selecting the green-screen clip in the timeline and clicking the Video Overlay Settings button.

As you can see the iMovie Mac can only edit/ modify video clips instead to remove your webcam background in real-time like the iTop Screen Recorder.

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Change the Webcam Background by Recording with Green or Blue Screen

For a professional video maker to record in a studio for high-end video material, then film your subject in front of a real green/blue is an acceptable approach. To some extent, it provides easier editing and modifying for your video making.

Step 1. Record video with your webcam in front of a green or blue screen. Note: the subject of your video should be wearing high-contrast clothing with a different color from the background. Also, make sure the distance between the subject, the light source, and the green screen is well-adjusted.  

Step 2. After you film the subject with a blue or green screen, you can add background to your webcam with video editors (for example Premiere Pro, iTop Screen Recorder, etc…)

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Conclusion

The above article has briefly introduced the methods of how to change webcam background on both screen recorder for Windows and iMovie on MacOS. Also, a film with a real green or blue background is a substitute solution. Both solutions are achievable & accessible and can practically help you to change your webcam background on a different platform.

If you need to change webcam background on Windows, then the iTop Screen Recorder is no doubt the best tool you can use to change the Windows camera background background. With the iTop Screen Recorder, your webcam background can be changed with only 3 clicks – want to do it quickly? Try iTop Screen Recorder now!

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