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Backgrounds

Backgrounds are images that are displayed beneath all the other elements, such as text. This is including, but not limited to, the background of the entire CYOA. But Backgrounds are also found within Choices and Rows too.

Choosing a Background

Tip

Backgrounds should at least be 1920x1080 pixels in order for a good experience for most users.

Manage Background Design

To get to this menu, go into the SidebarModify DesignManage Background Design.

It should now open this menu:

Tip

Style menus only show at the very top of the Creator, meaning trying to access them for the bottom of your CYOA is impossible.

If that happens, you will need to scroll all the way up.

Color of the background

This option allows you to set the colour for the ENTIRE CYOA's background.

This is what it looks like:

And then choose a colour:

Upload Background Image

This option allows you to use an image instead of a colour for the entire CYOA's background.

Note

If the option isn't showing (which is a well-known bug), see here for a fix on how to get it to show up.

This should be the option:

Simply press that button and upload an image like normal.

This is how it should look:

Color of the row backgrounds

This option allows you to change the colour of the background of Rows.

To begin, you first must select the checkbox next to the Color of the row backgrounds title.

Now, the colour picker can be edited. Here's how it looks:

Upload Row Background Image

This option allows you to replace the Background of the Row only.

Warning

The Upload Row Background Image and Upload Object Image Background buttons have essentially swapped places from where they should be.

Make sure that you select the correct one.

This is the option:

And this is what using it looks like:

Color of the choice backgrounds

This option allows you to set up the colour of the Choices' backgrounds.

Like the Row Colour picker, you must select the checkbox in order to apply a colour.

Using it should look like this:

Upload Object Background Image

This option allows you to set an image for the Backgrounds of Choices instead of a colour.

Warning

The Upload Row Background Image and Upload Object Image Background buttons have essentially swapped places from where they should be.

Make sure that you select the correct one.

You can find it here:

And this is what it looks like when used:

Putting it together

Using all that we've learned here today, we can create the very basis of our final design.

Using Images


Learn more about what you can do with Backgrounds in the Reference.


Last update: August 8, 2023
Created: July 25, 2023
Authors: upasadena

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