A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a computing system (100; 600, 630; 700), a video stream (302, 304) of a first peer involved in a video communication; receiving, by the computing system (100; 600, 630; 700), a video stream of a second peer involved in the video communication; providing, by the computing system, one or more frames of the video streams (302, 304, 306-310) of the first and second peers to a classifier adapted to recognize objects reflected in the video stream; determining, by the computing system, a number of users associated with the first peer (A, B), the users being participants involved in the video communication, the classifier providing a probability that the objects reflected in the video stream (302, 304) of the first peer and recognized by the classifier are persons; determining, by the computing system, a number of users associated with the second peer (C, D, E), the users being participants involved in the video communication, the classifier providing a probability that the objects reflected in the video stream of the second peer and recognized by the classifier are persons; recognizing, by the computing system, the objects as persons at a desired confidence level if the probability is a threshold probability corresponding to the desired confidence level; determining, by the computing system, the first peer to be a primary peer based on the determined number of users associated with the first peer satisfying a selected threshold number of users; determining, by the computing system, the second peer to be a secondary peer based on the determined number of users associated with the second peer not satisfying a selected threshold number of users; modifying, by the computing system (100; 600, 630; 700), image content of the video stream of the second peer to create a modified video stream of the second peer; and combining, by the computing system (100; 600, 630; 700), the video stream (302, 304) of the first peer and the modified video stream of the second peer to create a composite video (320, 330), wherein the combining of the video streams includes superimposing the modified video stream of the second peer onto the video stream (302, 304) of the first peer. receiving, by a computing system (100; 600, 630; 700), a video stream (302, 304) of a first peer involved in a video communication; receiving, by the computing system (100; 600, 630; 700), a video stream of a second peer involved in the video communication; providing, by the computing system, one or more frames of the video streams (302, 304, 306-310) of the first and second peers to a classifier adapted to recognize objects reflected in the video stream; determining, by the computing system, a number of users associated with the first peer (A, B), the users being participants involved in the video communication, the classifier providing a probability that the objects reflected in the video stream (302, 304) of the first peer and recognized by the classifier are persons; determining, by the computing system, a number of users associated with the second peer (C, D, E), the users being participants involved in the video communication, the classifier providing a probability that the objects reflected in the video stream of the second peer and recognized by the classifier are persons; recognizing, by the computing system, the objects as persons at a desired confidence level if the probability is a threshold probability corresponding to the desired confidence level; determining, by the computing system, the first peer to be a primary peer based on the determined number of users associated with the first peer satisfying a selected threshold number of users; determining, by the computing system, the second peer to be a secondary peer based on the determined number of users associated with the second peer not satisfying a selected threshold number of users; modifying, by the computing system (100; 600, 630; 700), image content of the video stream of the second peer to create a modified video stream of the second peer; and combining, by the computing system (100; 600, 630; 700), the video stream (302, 304) of the first peer and the modified video stream of the second peer to create a composite video (320, 330), wherein the combining of the video streams includes superimposing the modified video stream of the second peer onto the video stream (302, 304) of the first peer.