Custom Backgrounds

Search for an Image Online
Use your own Image
Use your webcam
Select a colour
Remove the background

Changing the background in Brush Ninja is a quick way to make your animation stand out. There are a variety of options for changing the background.

Search for an Image Online

This feature allows you to find an appropriate image on a large online database and then drop the image directly into your animation.

Enter your chosen phrase into the search box and you will be presented with a list of options. Click the image you like and you will be shown a preview which you can either use, or go back to the search to try again.

Use your own Image

This is a fun one. You can upload an image from your computer. This can be a photo you have taken, or drawn, or something you have found on the internet.

This image will be resized to the size of the animation. By default this is 512 x 512 (the actual size will be shown when you are uploading the image).

Use your webcam

If you have a webcam then you can use it to take a photo of you or your surroundings and use that for a animation.

Select a colour

By default the animation has a white background colour. This colour can be changed here.

Remove the background

This makes the background totally transparent. You will then see a grid of squares behind the animation. For most this isn’t needed, but if you export an animated gif with no background then the background of the gif will also be transparent allowing the webpage it is placed on to show from underneath.

More Help?

How to Use Brush Ninja

Brush Ninja Interface
How to Make a Gif - An animation primer.
Sound Effects - Add audio effects to your animations.
Using Your Own Images - Use your own images to create animations.
Select Mode - Move, Scale, Rotate, Skew, Group, Duplicate, Copy and Paste.
Stickers
Colours - Fill and Line colours, and how to pick custom colours.
Keyboard Shortcuts