# Minimalism Dark Background

Fill your whole scene with a calm, animated dark background lit in your accent color.

The **Minimalism Dark Background** is a full-screen backdrop for Starting Soon, Be Right Back, Ending and Offline scenes, or behind your camera on a Just Chatting layout. It draws a dark stage with soft, moving light in your accent color. No image or video files needed.

It matches the **Minimalism Dark** look that most widgets offer, so your whole overlay feels like one set.

::: widget md2-mood halo 300

## Add it

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Click **Add** in the toolbar (or press `kbd:W`) and pick **Minimalism Dark Background** under **Music & Media**.

It fills the whole stage by itself. Keep it at the bottom of your layers so everything else sits on top.

Pick a **Mood** and an **Accent color**.

Choose how much it moves with **Motion**.
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## Moods and light

Each **Mood** is a different lighting idea: Halo, Glass, Eclipse, Beam, Neon, Tide, Blinds, Gallery and Bokeh. **Clear (transparent)** draws nothing, for when you want your own image or video underneath.

The **Accent color** tints the light of every mood. Very dark colors are lifted so they stay visible.

**Light** decides where the glow sits:

- **Full screen (horizon)** lights a horizon for title screens. **Horizon height (%)** moves it: 68 suits Be Right Back, Ending and Offline, 77 suits Starting Soon.
- **Behind the camera** pools the light around your camera area.

## Leave room for your camera

Turn on **Cut out the camera** to keep the camera area transparent. Then put your camera source below this overlay in OBS and it shows through the hole. **Camera X**, **Camera Y**, **Camera width** and **Camera height** set the area in 1920 x 1080 pixels; the **Behind the camera** light uses the same area.

## Motion and performance

| Motion | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Full** | Every loop runs at 30 fps |
| **Calm** | Half speed at 15 fps |
| **Light (older PCs)** | Moving layers off, a still picture |
| **Static** | One still picture |

## Tips

- **Darker edges** adds the closing darkening of an Ending screen. **Corner marks** can be switched off for a cleaner frame.
- Combine it with a [Countdown](/docs/widgets/built-in-elements) and a [Socials](/docs/widgets/socials) widget for a complete Starting Soon scene.
- Set up one scene per screen, see [Scenes](/docs/scenes).

## Settings

All settings live in the floating settings card on the right of the editor. Defaults are what a new widget starts with.

### Look

| Setting | Default | Values | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mood | Halo | Halo, Glass, Eclipse, Beam, Neon, Tide, Blinds, Gallery and 2 more | The Minimalism Dark background, lit in your accent color. Clear draws nothing, for your own image or video below. |
| Accent color | `#EB4747` | Any color | Tints the light of every mood. Very dark colors are lifted so they stay visible. |
| Motion | Full | Full, Calm, Light (older PCs), Static | Full: every loop at 30 fps. Calm: half speed at 15 fps. Light: moving layers off, still picture. Static: one still picture. |

### Layout

| Setting | Default | Values | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Light | Full screen (horizon) | Full screen (horizon), Behind the camera | Full screen lights a horizon for title screens. Behind the camera pools the light around the camera area below. |
| Horizon height (%) | 68 | 50 to 90 | Where Neon, Tide and Eclipse sit. 68 suits Be Right Back, Ending and Offline, 77 suits Starting Soon. |
| Corner marks | On | On or off |  |
| Darker edges | Off | On or off | The closing darkening of the Ending screen. |

### Camera

| Setting | Default | Values | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cut out the camera | Off | On or off | Leaves the camera area transparent, for a camera source that sits below this overlay in OBS. |
| Camera X | 80 | 0 to 1919 | Camera area in 1920 x 1080 pixels. Used by the cut-out and by the Behind the camera light. |
| Camera Y | 180 | 0 to 1079 |  |
| Camera width | 1280 | 1 to 1920 |  |
| Camera height | 720 | 1 to 1080 |  |