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How to add a background to a screen recording

A recording that fills the whole frame looks like a raw capture. Put it on a background with some breathing room and it looks designed.

Updated October 20262 min readZoomr 1.15.1
  1. Style tab → Background.

    Pick Auto or Prism (free), or any gradient or animated (✦) background (Pro).

  2. Padding

    drag the slider to shrink the recording and show the background around it.

  3. Browser frame

    wrap it in a window (None and White are free; Dark, Midnight, Warm, Carbon are Pro).

  4. Preview and export.

In vertical and square videos

With Fit, the background fills the whole tall or square frame. The Auto background becomes a soft blur of your own recording, which looks great on phones.

Choosing a background