# Can you set a camera's background image?

**URL:** <https://phaser.discourse.group/t/can-you-set-a-cameras-background-image/10378>\
**Category:** Phaser 3\
**Created:** [October 8, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/can-you-set-a-cameras-background-image/10378 "2021-10-08T01:44:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Secrets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Secrets](https://phaser.discourse.group/u/Secrets)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/can-you-set-a-cameras-background-image/10378/1 "2021-10-08T01:44:20Z")

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I see there is this.cameras.main.setBackgroundColor();

I was wondering if there’s any way I can utilize an image instead of a color here? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![samme](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/phaser.discourse.group/samme/32/5275_2.png) [@samme](https://phaser.discourse.group/u/samme)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/can-you-set-a-cameras-background-image/10378/2 "2021-10-08T15:32:08Z")

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No, you have to use `this.add.image()` etc.