Change the background
Pick a background under Look in Simple, or in Pro under Scene › Background: a photo, a gradient, a solid colour, a soft mesh, a live scene, or your own picture.
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Where to find it
- Video editor
- Pro
- Scene
- Background
In Simple#
Under Look, the row of swatches holds six backgrounds that suit most recordings, then any colour and a picture of your own. Click one. When the video wears a background the row does not offer, it comes first, lit.
In Pro#
- 1Open Scene › Background.
- 2Pick a family: None, Mesh, Gradient, Solid, Image or Live.
- 3Pick a background from that family, or make your own.Gradients and solids have a custom colour. Image has the wallpaper shelf and Use your own image.
- None
- No background behind the recording.
- Mesh
- Soft blended colours, like Dusk.
- Gradient
- A smooth blend between colours. Make your own with Custom gradient.
- Solid
- One colour, from a set of quiet tones or your own.
- Image
- A photo from the wallpaper shelf, or your own picture.
- Live
- A scene that moves, looping for the whole video. See Live backgrounds.
Blur and movement#
- Background blur softens a photo or your own picture, so the recording stands out from it.
- Animate the background makes a still background drift slowly while the video plays: Drift wanders, Swirl turns about the centre, Breathe swells and settles. Speed and Amount set how fast and how far.
Read next
Live backgrounds15 scenes that move behind your recording, each in several moods with colours you can change. The loop fits the length of your video.Padding, rounded corners and shadowFrame sets how the recording sits on the background: Flat, Soft, Deep or Lit in Simple, or padding, corners and shadow by hand in Pro.Styles: save a look and reuse itA style remembers how a video looks and puts it on another in one click. 12 starter styles come built in, and you can save, share and import your own.
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