Using Background Image/Videos

Overview

There are two types of background media available in kbp2video, media added via drag and drop/add files that persist through the entire track, or intro/outro that overlay the regular background. The video is assembled by layering the components in the following order:

Background color, image, or video
Intro
Intro fade-in
Intro fade-out
Outro
Outro fade-in
Outro fade-out
KBP Lyrics

This means that e.g. you can display text, such as titles, when the intro and outro are in progress, but it also means you may need to be careful and adjust your display/remove timings if you don’t want to display that text while the intro is fading from black, for example.

Background image/video

For information on loading in the background files, see Adding Files. This page will be more focused on specifications and what to expect in the output.

When choosing a background image or video, ensure its resolution is equal to your target Output Resolution. If it’s not, your output video will become your background’s resolution (at least until the Override Background feature is available).

When choosing a background video, also ensure the length is at least as long as your karaoke lyrics, and ideally as long as your audio track as well. If not as long as the lyrics, the karaoke will cut off early with the video. If not as long as the audio, it may mess up your outro if you have that set.

Intro/Outro

To add an intro and/or outro, select a track and click the Intro/Outro button.

The Set Intro/Outro UI will be displayed

Enable Intro

This turns on the Intro feature for the file. If this is not checked, none of the other fields will be activated.

Image/Video File

Select a file to use for the intro. It can be any type of image or video file, but must be the same aspect ratio as the output video (or background media if you are using that).

Display Length

This is the amount of time to show the media at the beginning of the output video (including fade times). If you selected a video, this will prepopulate with the video length. You can specify a shorter time to truncate it if you want.

Fade In/Out

This is the duration to apply a fade effect, in seconds.

Fade from black

If you check this option, your output video will start out black, then fade into the intro. If you leave it unchecked, it will start with your background image, video, or color and fade from that into the intro.

Outro

All the outro options look the same as intro, with two differences:

The image/video must be the same resolution as the output, not just aspect ratio.
The “Fade from black” option becomes a “Fade to Black”

Multiple projects

If you select multiple projects instead of just one before clicking the Intro/Outro button, it puts you in batch edit mode:

Any fields that vary between projects will be highlighted in gold. Modifying any field will change its contents for all selected files, but fields in gold that are left alone will remain unchanged. To confirm you got the right settings applied, you can spot check a few files individually by selecting them one at a time and opening the Set Intro/Outro window for them.

Accepting Changes

No changes to your intro/outro settings are applied until you hit the OK button. Hitting Cancel will roll them back.