# Look & Feel

## Background

You can enhance readability and aesthetics by displaying your screencast on the background of your choice.

To choose your desired background and manage its settings, open `Background and Screen` in the editor settings visible on the right side of your recorded video.

## Choosing your background

There are four options to add a background to your recording:

**`Wallpaper`** - lets you choose from a selection of wallpapers, including macOS native options and a variety of beautiful wallpapers tailored for Screen Studio users.

**`Gradient`** - enables you to generate a wallpaper with a gradient based on your chosen color.

**`Color`** - allows you to create a plain single-color background. You can simply paste a hex color code or select it yourself using a color palette.

**Image** - allows you to upload your own image to use it as a background.

## Background Settings

By scrolling down, you will notice other options to modify the background. These include:

**`Padding`** - allows you to choose the size of the extra space that is added around your recording. When it's set to 0, then no background is visible in your video.

**`Rounded corners`** - use this setting to choose the degree of rounding for the corners of your recorded video.

**`Inset`** - creates an additional space, or "frame", within your main video.

**`Shadow`** - enables a drop shadow effect around your video frame against the background.