How to set a background scene

So far, that could mean anything. There are countless ways to do what might be construed as satisfying those few words, all of which have different visual effects, other side-effects, and requirements to make them work. So what are you actually doing?
 
AaronD said:
So far, that could mean anything. There are countless ways to do what might be construed as satisfying those few words, all of which have different visual effects, other side-effects, and requirements to make them work. So what are you actually doing?
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How to set a wallpaper as the background
 
PaulGureghian said:
How to set a wallpaper as the background
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Wallpaper from where?
- Your desktop, regardless of what the OS puts on top of it? (windows, icons, etc.)
- A separate image, independent from that?
- Something else?

Do you really want it on ALL scenes, and not explicitly specified in any scene? (except possibly one) Or do you still want exceptions?

Is it even a static image with stuff on top like PowerPoint does, and like your wording seems to require? Or is it actually a background replacement for a camera, which is a completely different thing?

You're barely saying anything, and people in general are all over the place in what words they use to describe things. If they do use technical terms, they're often mangled, so just because you've used some doesn't mean anything. Again, what are you actually doing?
 
Add an image source and keep this source always in the bottom of the list of sources. Make sure to match the resolution of the source with the resolution of the canvas.
Also, make sure the image size (megabytes) isn't too expensive on the resources at hand.
 
PaulGureghian said:
I downloaded wallpapers as .jpg > just want to set one as the background > now sure what scene means as far as obs goes >
have just one scene I guess
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So...just one standalone image at the back of one scene?

Easy. Add an image source, point it to that file, and make sure it's at the bottom of the stack. Done! All basic compositing, same as PowerPoint or almost any other office app. Except you can *see* the stack in OBS, while everything else makes you imagine it.

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No image sources here, but you can see the list of scenes that I've made for my rig to choose from - think of them as PowerPoint slides, except they often contain live video - and the list of sources in the selected scene. The order of sources is the order that they're drawn, kinda like paint on a canvas. Stuff towards the top covers stuff towards the bottom, and there are up and down arrows at the very bottom to move the selected item around in that stack.

PaulGureghian said:
now sure what scene means as far as obs goes
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Sounds like you need to learn how OBS works in the first place. You probably have a lot more questions than just this, and a lot of them will be answered by just playing around with it.

If you're paranoid about messing something up, you can Duplicate the Profile and Scene Collection, do all you want with that, and then delete your "sandbox".
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As you can see, I have 5, all for different purposes. Some are complex, others simple. All independent.
Don't forget to switch *both* the Profile *and* the Scene Collection. I don't know why they're separate, but they are.
 
PaulGureghian said:
I created a scene with the wallpaper .jpg > set audio and video sources > recorded a test video and when I played it back the wallpaper was not used
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Can you post some screenshots*, and a link to the video?

* The PrntScrn or PrtScr key ("print screen") is greatly preferred over a camera to the screen. It's much clearer! If it doesn't look like it does anything, try pasting into a new post. If that doesn't work, look for a new image file in your home folder.

Essentially, how did you *actually* set it up, since words clearly aren't working, and what was the *actual* result?
 
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