Background
Colors, gradients, images, GIFs and videos, plus blur, brightness, overlay, patterns and grain.
Where: Customize → Background
Type
Color, Gradient, Image, GIF, Video
Default: Color
What sits behind your page. Video is part of yumu pro.
Background color / CSS gradient / URL
For a gradient, paste CSS like
linear-gradient(135deg, #111, #7c3aed). For media, upload a file or paste a direct link. Uploads: images up to 5MB and GIFs up to 8MB; with yumu pro, images up to 10MB, GIFs up to 15MB and videos (MP4, MOV or WebM) up to 50MB. iPhone HEVC videos and .mov files are converted to a format every browser plays while they upload, so there is nothing to re-export. You can also drop a file on Background in Profile → Assets.Blur
0–40px
Default: 0
Blurs an image, GIF or video.
Brightness
10–150%
Default: 100%
Darkens or brightens an image, GIF or video.
Saturation
0–200%
Default: 100%
0% is black and white. Images, GIFs and videos only.
Play video sound
On / Off
Default: Off
Plays the video’s own sound after the visitor taps through the click-to-enter screen.
Start video when visitors enter
On / Off
Default: Off
Holds the video on its first frame until the visitor taps through the click-to-enter screen.
Overlay / Overlay opacity
Default: Black, 24%
A color laid over the background. Raise it to make text easier to read on a busy image.
Pattern
none, dots, noise, scanlines, vignette
Default: vignette
A texture over the background. Dots use your Accent color; vignette darkens the edges.
Film grain
0–100%
Default: 0
Film-style noise over the background, adjustable unlike the fixed noise pattern.
Background music you add in Customize → Music plays alongside the video’s own sound if both are on. Usually you want one or the other.
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