Remove or blur a video background in PandaStudio
PandaStudio blurs or fully removes the background behind a speaker for any chosen time range on the timeline, using an on-device person-segmentation model, with matching results in the preview and the exported video.
Background effects are time-ranged, exactly like a zoom. You choose a start and end, pick blur or remove, and the effect applies only for that span. Blur keeps you sharp over a softened version of your real background; remove cuts you out over the project background or a timed image you place behind yourself. Segmentation runs on your machine, so nothing is uploaded, and the same model drives the live preview and the final render so they always match.
In the app
- 1Open the Video tab and find the Video Effects section, or hover the middle overlay row on the timeline and click the + button.
- 2Choose Blur background or Remove background. A region appears on the timeline.
- 3Drag the region's edges to set exactly when the effect starts and ends.
- 4For Remove, set a background image, color, or gradient, or drop a timed image underlay behind you for that span.
Ask the AI
Open the AI chat in the editor and say any of these. The agent does the edits for you.
CLI & MCP
Every capability is a verb, reachable from the terminal or from an MCP agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Continue, Claude Desktop).
pandastudio project.add-background-effect --id=$ID --mode=remove --atMs=6000 --durationMs=5000
mode is blur or remove; blur takes an optional --strength.
pandastudio project.add-motion-graphic --id=$ID --file=/office.jpg --layer=background --atMs=6000 --durationMs=5000 --soundUrl=none
Pair with a remove region to swap the background for an image.