Background for a whole group

[Destroy666]

Is it possible to set background (+ its transparency) for a whole group of different elements? Doesn't matter if with default OBS or a plugin.

I looked into filters available for groups, but didn't see anything there. There are also no properties for group.

 

[koala]

Create an item that serves as background for your group and resize it appropriately. Can be a a color source for some uniform color, or a media source with an image, or any other source you like.
Put it in a group. Then add the other items, put them into the group, and move them above your background in the intended place. Order is important, items in the source list above other items obscure these, so make it so your background source is the bottom source in the group, and the other items are above it.

 

[Destroy666]

Create an item that serves as background for your group and resize it appropriately. Can be a a color source for some uniform color, or a media source with an image, or any other source you like.
Put it in a group. Then add the other items, put them into the group, and move them above your background in the intended place. Order is important, items in the source list above other items obscure these, so make it so your background source is the bottom source in the group, and the other items are above it.

Yea, I thought about this as the last resort option, but wondering if there's something quicker in terms of setup.

Why? Because some groups aren't rectangular and I'd like to cover only their "real" areas, if possible.

 

[koala]

For non-rectangular backgrounds or backgrounds of arbitrary shape, you can use the Image Mask/Blend filter with an appropriately shaped mask image file.

 

[Destroy666]

That didn't seem to work too well for me, but fixed with the amazing obs-shaderfilter plugin and a simple shader: https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-shaderfilter.167535/post-620772