How to add a custom background to your live session stream

When using Studio, once you've created your virtual or hybrid live session, you can personalize the live stream by adding a custom background.

This can allow you to display your organization or event's identity, your sponsor's logos, or any other visuals you wish to show to your audience during the live session:

1. Open your Studio stream in Backstage, and open the settings using the ⚙️  button in the top left corner.
   
   
2. Select Design in the menu to the left. Here you can drag and drop or upload the image you want to use as your stream background.
   Make sure you check the image recommendations below:
   
   
   
3. Click on Save.

The background is visible immediately after you add it in the stream.

Note: You can preview how your live session will look to attendees in the app, using the Preview button located in the top left corner in Studio. This preview button is accessible to anyone present in the studio/green room, whatever their role.

Background image recommendations

Make sure you follow the below recommendations for your background image:

• Recommended resolution is 1920 x1080 px, with a maximum file size of 5MB
• The middle area of the image is not safe to add content, as it will be covered by the speakers on the stage or any shared content/prerecorded videos.
• The safe areas on the image for branding/logos are the full strip at the very top of the image of 80px in height, for the full width, as well as the same strip at the very bottom of the image (also of 80px in height) but only the two thirds of it to the right (in order to leave space should you wish to use lower thirds during the live session).
  Please refer to the the background .psd image template for more guidance.

Note: If only a shared content is displayed on the stream, with no speaker webcams, then the background image won’t be visible at all, as the shared content will take up the entire space.

Background template file

You can use the background .psd image template to see the two safe areas, and re-use it to create your own background images.

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