Change the background

Learn how to easily customize your scene’s background in VideoScribe for Browser

The default white background in VideoScribe is perfect for the classic whiteboard animation style, but you can customize your background to create many different styles and themes! 

There are several ways you can create a background for your scene:

1. Adding a background color
2. Using images as backgrounds
3. Using shapes as backgrounds

Adding a background color

The simplest way to customize your scenes is to add a background color:

• Select a scene in the left-hand panel, or click the canvas to view your scene settings in the right-hand panel
• You can change the background color for each scene by selecting either a default or custom color

Using custom colors

You can select and save your own custom colors. These will appear in all your projects so you can quickly use the same colors for both backgrounds and elements. 

1. Select the ‘+’ symbol to add a custom color
2. You can choose a color or paste a hex code
3. Select ‘Add color’ to add to your custom color palette

Using images as backgrounds

You can also use any image as a background. Check out the ‘Backgrounds and Scenery’ folder in the image library for images that work well as backgrounds. Alternatively, you can import your own images, including photos.

1. Add the image to the canvas - make sure it’s the first image in the timeline for the scene
2. Position the image to fill the camera view
3. Set the background not to animate so it’s already there at the start of the scene:
   • Select the image and click the ‘Animation’ tab in the right-hand panel
   • Select ‘None’ for the Entrance animation

It’s also a good idea to lock this image so it doesn’t move while you add other elements:

• Select the image and click the ‘Edit’ tab in the right-hand panel
• Select the ‘Lock’ button

Using shapes as backgrounds

Shapes are a great way to add creativity to your animations.

1. Click the 'Shape' button in the left-hand panel to add shapes - rectangles, circles, or triangles
2. Position the shapes within your camera view
   • Change their color from the ‘Edit’ tab in the right-hand panel
   • As above, you can lock these shapes and set them not to animate 

Applying a color gradient

You can also apply a color gradient to shapes.

1. Select the shape and click the ‘Edit’ tab in the right-hand panel
2. In the ‘Appearance’ section, select ‘Gradient’ and choose between a ‘Vertical’ and ‘Horizontal’
3. Customize the two gradient colors to match your video's theme and style