Setting background or poster image for video elements

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Hi all,

I would appreciate some help with the following:

I just included a video in my Tumult template and in my Element Inspector at Background > Fill Style I put an Image as a background.

This image is only visible for a split second, however, what I’m trying to achieve is the following:
I would like to see the background image by default. And only when you hoover over it, the video starts playing.

I figured out how I get the video playing when I hoover over it.
The only thing I can’t seem to figure out is how you can have your static background picture shown by default (instead of the thumbnail (first shot) of the video).

Many thanks for your help! :slight_smile:

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Hi Fenna @fennakooijmans,

Is it possible to upload your document so people can have a look at how you are implementing what you are doing. If you .zip up your document and drag it here into your reply it will upload automatically.

I can only assume you are including the video code inside a rectangle element and thus when the video loads on scene it is covering up the background image.

One way to do what you ask is create 2 elements and overlap them and when you hover over the top one the element’s visibility is hidden revealing the underlining video and also at the same time the video plays.