Canvas & Backgrounds
Transform your recordings with beautiful backgrounds and canvas modes.
What is Canvas Mode?
Canvas mode places your screen recording on a styled background, giving your video a polished, professional look. It's perfect for tutorials, product demos, and presentations.
Without Canvas
With Canvas
Canvas Modes
Off (Disabled)
Original recording without background. Standard zoom crops into the video.
Crop (Fixed Frame)
Traditional zoom behavior. When zooming, the video crops to show the zoomed area. Good for focusing on specific UI elements.
Scale (Dynamic Layer)
RecommendedVideo layer scales and moves on the background during zoom. Creates a cinematic "floating" effect. Best visual quality.
Background Types
Solid Color
Clean, simple background with a single color.
Image Background
Use a static image as your background. Supports JPG, PNG, and other formats.
Fill
Stretch to fill canvas
Cover
Maintain aspect ratio, crop edges
Animated Background
Dynamic, moving backgrounds that add visual interest.
Procedural Effects (GPU-generated)
Video Backgrounds
Gradient Flow
Color Waves
Or import your own video file as a background
Setting Up Canvas
Open Canvas Settings
Click the Canvas icon (🎨) in the left sidebar.
Enable Canvas Mode
Select Scale (recommended) or Crop mode.
Choose Background Type
Select Color, Image, or Animated background.
Customize
Adjust colors, select presets, or import custom files.
Preview
Play your video to see how the canvas looks with zoom transitions.
Design Tips
Match Your Brand
Use your brand colors for a consistent look across all your videos.
Subtle is Better
Animated backgrounds should complement, not distract. Use slower, smoother animations.
Dark Mode Content
If your screen recording shows a dark app, use a darker background for better contrast.
Scale Mode + Parallax
Combine Scale canvas mode with parallax effects for cinematic depth during zooms.