Backdrops layered into the frame
The editor's Scene tab adds a setting to an existing thumbnail — jungle, city at night, space, a stadium — without replacing what is already there. That distinction is deliberate and it is the whole design of the feature: scene presets composite into the existing background rather than wiping it out. Your subject, your text and your composition stay exactly where they are; the world behind them gains new elements.
The presets
| Preset | What gets layered in | Fits |
|---|---|---|
| Jungle | Leaves, vines, soft mist | Survival, adventure, exploration |
| City Night | Neon signs, bokeh lights, wet street reflections | Vlogs, music, street content |
| Beach | Sun flare, sand particles, ocean horizon | Travel, summer, lifestyle |
| Studio | Softened gradient background, clean light falloff | Interviews, education, product |
| Space | Starfield and nebula glow | Science, sci-fi, tech, mystery |
| Mountains | Snowy peaks at golden hour on the horizon | Fitness, adventure, motivation |
| Stadium | Packed crowd and stadium lights | Sports, esports, competition |
| Money Pile | Flying cash, gold coins, money | Finance, business, side hustle |
| Explosion | Fire and sparks behind the subject | Gaming, action, drama |
| Mansion | Luxury interior, chandelier accents | Wealth, real estate, lifestyle |
Additive, not a background swap
If you want the background genuinely replaced, a scene preset is the wrong tool — say so explicitly in the custom edit chat: "replace the background entirely with a plain dark studio, keep the subject and text exactly in place". The presets are built to preserve, which is what you usually want and occasionally do not.
Getting a clean result
- Apply the scene before the mood. Add the elements first, then grade the whole frame so the new and old parts share a colour treatment. Doing it the other way leaves the new elements ungraded.
- Pick a scene that could plausibly be behind your subject. A studio-lit talking head with a jungle composited behind reads as a green screen, because that is effectively what it is. Match the light.
- Do not stack scenes. Jungle plus Space plus Explosion is three worlds in one frame and none of them read.
- Check your text after. Busy scenes eat text legibility. If the headline is now sitting on a crowd, either move the text or pop the subject out and rearrange.
Scene preset vs. regenerating
| Scene preset | New generation | |
|---|---|---|
| Composition | Preserved exactly | New every time |
| Cost | One request | One request, two variations |
| Text | Stays put | Re-rendered |
| Best when | The frame works, the world is dull | The frame itself is wrong |
Using scenes to build a series
One strong subject shot plus a different scene per episode is a reliable series device: the viewer recognises you instantly and the changing backdrop tells them each video is new. Pair it with a fixed text layer position and a fixed grade, and you have a template that takes two edits per video.