2D Background Section

Background Color

Activates the color picker to select a solid color as the background of the current project.

Activate Image

You can enable this checkbox and click the button to load any image file to be placed as a backdrop. Select from the Display Mode drop-down list to define the mapping method for the image background. You can save a background image into your desired directory, or modify the image in an external image editor.

Prepared Image

Stretched

Fit

Tiled (2 X 2)

Using Video as 2D Background

You can also load a backdrop video for your project. The object in the scene is actually still while the animations come from the video itself.

Original appearance of the project.

After importing a video as a backdrop.

External Image Path

Shows the external image file location when the External Texture checkbox in the Preference panel is activated. You can browse to find and embed a backdrop image into the project.