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title: Can I change the transparency on my background video? | Paperform Help Center | Paperform
description: You can adjust the transparency of your background video within Theme & Appearance → UI Elements → Background by modifying the Overlay Color.
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Can I change the transparency on my background video?
### Appearance & Theming

You can adjust the transparency of your background video within your form's Theme window.

 1. Navigate to Theme & Appearance (in the question panel after you add questions), and select UI Elements → Background.
 1. Locate the Overlay Color field in the Overlay section below the box labeled "Background Video."
 1. Click on the box provided, and a color picker window will appear.
 1. Near the bottom of the color picker, you'll see a rainbow bar and a checkered bar - the *checkered* bar controls the transparency of your video.

You can adjust the background transparency by dragging the slider bar left and right or manually entering a value between 0 and 100) in the field labeled "A" just below the transparency slider.

![A screenshot of the color picker menu for the background video settings on a form.](https://img.paperform.co/fetch/f_auto,w_1400/https://d3gw2uv1ch7vdq.cloudfront.net/img/video-transparency.png)

### Video Overlay Blur

You can also add overlay blur to the video in the same theme section. Play around to achieve the desired look of your form's background!

This option is also located in the Overlay section in the Background settings.

## Gotchas

 - The section "Overlay" will not appear in the theme settings unless you have selected either a Background Video or Background Image.

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