How can I add a background image to a video?

You can overlay your video on top of a still image by dragging the video on top of the image on the Timeline. Make your video smaller than the image. You can even use another video as background!

How can I add a watermark to a video for free?

Adding watermarks to your videos is absolutely free on VEED! You don’t even have to create an account however, doing so would let you save all your projects in one place.

How can I change the background of a video on my phone?

You can change the background of your video online using your smartphone or tablet. VEED works on iPhone, Android, and all mobile devices. All you need is your mobile web browser!

How do I record a video with a different background?

When you use VEED’s webcam recorder, you have the option to choose a background—either a solid color or a pattern. You can also upload an image and use it as a background. While it won’t replace your original background, you can have a custom background behind your recording.

Add Background to Video

Add a background image to your video or replace your original background. Create professional training materials

Add background to video

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Add a background or replace your video’s background to create professional training materials

Add a background image to your video or use another video as background—perfect for creating professional training materials. VEED features a full range of professional video editing tools to help you make videos that are suitable for business use, whether that’s for training, office communication, or marketing. You can even remove your original background using our one-click video background remover. Or do a video overlay!

Ways you can add or change your video’s background:

Step 1

Use an image or video as a background

Upload an image and use it as a background for your video. Make sure to drag your video on top of the image on the Timeline and make the video smaller than the image. You can also use another video as background using this method.

Step 2

Remove and replace the original background

Use our video background remover and our Artificial Intelligence software will automatically edit out the background of your video. Just click on your video and click Remove Background. Replace it with an image or another video.

Step 3

Use a green screen

If you’ve recorded your video against a green screen background, you can easily use another image or video to replace the green screen. You can even add animations and effects!

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Use a virtual background to create stunning videos for social media

Create amazing-looking videos that you can use for your social media marketing campaigns by using virtual backgrounds. Replace the original background of your video with a still photo or another video to create a virtual background. You can also select from our royalty-free stock video clips. Our premium subscribers get full access to our stock library. Check our pricing page for more info.

Add logos and watermarks to create brand awareness

You can also add your logo and watermark to your videos to increase brand awareness online. Use our Brand Kit (available in premium) to save your brand assets on your dashboard and add it to any project. You can also add your brand colors, fonts, and more! Animate your logo to make it even more noticeable. Improve brand retention with branding that reaches every eye that your video content does.

Add subtitles to make your video searchable

You can make your videos even more searchable by including a text transcription of the entire video. All you need to do is click ‘Subtitles’ > ‘Auto Transcribe’, and our speech-recognition software will create a (.txt) text file of your entire video’s audio. Not bad, right? You can simply copy and paste the text into your video’s description, and voila!, you’ve just made your video’s transcript searchable.

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