Backgrounds that move, made in seconds.
Generate looping animated backgrounds — a 2, 3 or 4-color gradient that drifts, or shapes in your palette and motion — for streams, title cards, and video beds. Export a clean loop, or a luma/depth matte for DaVinci Resolve. Free, in your browser, no watermark.
Free · no sign-up · no watermark · runs in your browser
Abstract Loops, Season One.
Twenty-one seamless 30-second loops, rendered in Blender. Drop one behind a title, a stream, or a slide. Silent, so your music goes on top.
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See the tool in action.
What it does.
Shape, palette, motion — yours
Pick shapes, a curated palette or your own colors, density and drift. Or hit Randomize and roll a whole new look in one click.
Gradient loops, 2 to 4 colors
Switch to Gradient for a pure color gradient with subtle looping movement — one Movement dial, 0 is still. Or put a still two-color gradient under the shapes. Exports carry a fine grain so the gradient doesn’t band.
Built to loop
Render at true 16:9, 9:16, or a 1920×1920 square master you crop anywhere — clean for a seamless stream or title background.
Matte export for Resolve
Export a luma or depth matte alongside the loop so you can key it, or build 3D-feel parallax and depth-of-field in DaVinci Resolve Fusion.
Free — no sign-up to use
Generate and export free — no account, no watermark, no cost. Signing in (also free) just saves your palettes and Brand Kit and adds you to our newsletter.
Build it once. Use it twice.
This one works on both surfaces. Make it once — put it on air, or put it in the edit.
Questions.
Is the animated-background maker free?
Yes — Background is free and use-first — make and export with no account and no watermark. Signing in (also free) just saves your work and adds you to our newsletter. Generate looping backgrounds and export them at no cost.
Can I use it as a stream background?
Yes — render a 16:9 (or vertical 9:16) loop and use it as a background in OBS, or behind a webcam. Many creators use a slow, low-contrast loop so it never fights the foreground.
Does the background loop seamlessly?
Background is built around clean looping output for streams and beds, and exports a square 1920×1920 master you can crop to any aspect.
Can I make an animated gradient background?
Yes — pick Gradient, choose 2, 3 or 4 colors, and set how much it moves; 0 is a still gradient, anything above it drifts gently and returns to its start every loop, at any length. The export adds a fine, fixed grain and encodes at constant quality so smooth gradients don’t band into stripes.
Can I use it in DaVinci Resolve?
Yes — export the loop, or a luma/depth matte, and key or composite it in Resolve. The depth matte enables 3D-feel parallax and depth-of-field in Fusion.
Is there a watermark?
No. Your backgrounds are clean — nothing you make carries Starting Frame branding.
Open Background free.
Free, in your browser — no sign-up. When you're ready for the production tools — a teleprompter and a live run-of-show — there's a membership for that.
The free tools are free forever. The Starting Frame membership (14-day trial) adds Next (live run-of-show) and the saved-scripts library in Just Read It. The free tools stay free either way.