Animated green screen backgrounds for TikTok LIVE

Type the room you wish you were streaming from — a neon studio with rain on the window, a city skyline at night, deep space — and two minutes later it's looping behind you. On a phone it's a video for TikTok's Green Screen effect. On a PC it's a browser source that reacts when someone gifts.

Made from one sentenceThis one was "neon room, purple and teal, a big window with rain, a lava lamp on the desk." Nobody's in it, the motion is slow, and it loops with no visible seam.
Not tied to a themeYour overlay can be any style, or you can use no overlay at all. The background is its own thing.
8 creditsSame as a 6-second gift animation ($9.99 buys 20). Have a loop already? Upload it free.

Why an animated background instead of a still

A photo behind you looks like a photo behind you. A slow loop — rain moving on the glass, neon flickering, stars drifting — reads as a place, and on a phone screen where most of the frame is you, the moving edges are what make the room feel real. The trick is motion that's slow enough not to fight your face and short enough that the loop is invisible. That's what the generator is tuned for: no people, no text, no cuts, no camera moves.

On a phone — TikTok's Green Screen effect

  1. At liveflyer.app, open Overlays → Green-screen background. Pick a style, add details if you want, tap Generate. About two minutes.
  2. Tap ⬇ MP4 for phone and save it to your camera roll. (The "your background is ready" email has the same download.)
  3. Open TikTok → + → LIVE → Effects → search Green Screen → pick the effect that takes a video → choose yours.
  4. Go live. It loops for as long as you stream.
Honest limit: on a phone the background can't react to gifts. TikTok's app gives an effect no way to know a gift landed. If that's the part you want, it needs a computer.

On a computer — it reacts to gifts

Here the background is a second link, ending in ?layer=bg, that sits under your camera while your overlay link sits on top. It listens to your live the same way the overlay does, so when someone gifts, the room responds: it pulses brighter and a touch bigger, flashes in the gift's colour tier, throws particles up from the floor, and on a big gift sends a shockwave through the scene with a beat of slow motion. Five gifts in ten seconds and it shifts into a faster, more saturated hype mode. Hit your gift goal and light sweeps across the room. You can turn the reactions off or set how strong they are.

🖥 TikTok LIVE Studio
  1. Select your camera → turn on its background / cutout option (or use a green screen).
  2. Publish your overlay at liveflyer.app and copy the Background link.
  3. Add source → Link → paste it → size to 1080×1920.
  4. Drag it below the camera. Overlay link stays above.
🎥 OBS Studio
  1. Camera → Filters → + → Chroma Key (or a background-removal filter).
  2. Sources → + → Browser, paste the Background link, 1080 × 1920.
  3. Move it to the bottom of the list, under the camera.
  4. Top to bottom: overlay → camera → background.

Why two links? A web page can't be both under and over your camera at once. The background link is everything behind you; the overlay link is everything in front. Add &demo=1 to the background link to watch it react to fake gifts before you go live. Full walkthrough: setup guide.

Ideas that work

"Cozy studio, warm lamps, soft fairy lights, rain on the window." "City skyline at night from a high window, traffic lights moving below." "Deep space, a slow nebula, drifting stars." "Underwater, light rays, slow bubbles." "Futuristic esports stage with sweeping light beams." The generator adds the rules that make it loopable; you add the mood. Keep people, text and logos out of the description — they break the loop and they fight with your overlay.

Make your background — first one's free →

Questions people ask

Does it work on a phone?
Yes — download the MP4 and pick it in TikTok's Green Screen effect. It loops but can't react to gifts on a phone.

Do I need a physical green screen?
No. TikTok's effect and LIVE Studio's cutout remove your background in software. A real green screen or an OBS background-removal filter gives a cleaner edge.

How long is it and does it loop?
About five seconds, seamless — the end is cross-faded into the start when it's made.

What does it cost?
8 credits, same as a 6-second gift animation ($9.99 buys 20). Uploading your own loop is free.

Can I have more than one?
Yes. Everything you generate stays in "My backgrounds" and you can switch between them any time. Swapping the background doesn't change the link.

Will it work with TikFinity or other overlays?
Yes. It's a browser source like any other. Run it under your camera and keep whatever overlay you already use on top.