For event planners and AV teams
Sponsor loops and event screens, ready in minutes.
Build it in your browser, download an MP4, and play it on any projector or TV. No designer, no editing software, no internet needed at the venue.
- The backdrop fills the whole screen behind everything. It can be a still picture or a moving video loop: pick one of ours, upload your own, or describe it in a few words and AI paints it for you at the exact shape of your screen. You don't have to be the artist.
- The frames on top hold your own photos, logos and video clips, and they change on their own as the loop plays.
- Any screen size: Full HD (1920 x 1080) or 4K for a TV or projector, portrait for an upright TV, or the exact pixel size of a video wall or blended projectors.
Free to build and preview. Clean HD videos from $19. Works in Chrome or Edge on a computer.
Sample design. The sponsors are made up.
How it works
Three steps from blank screen to finished loop
- 1
Pick a backdrop
Still or moving, in calm corporate looks. Or upload your own picture or motion loop.
- 2
Drop in logos and photos
Every logo is fitted to its box and fades in and out cleanly, so odd shapes still look tidy.
- 3
Download an MP4
1080p, 4K or the exact size of a wide screen or LED wall, as a seamless loop or a 5, 15 or 30 minute file. Play it from a USB stick, a laptop or the venue's media server.
Made for the gaps
Whenever nobody is on stage, the screen still works for you
Sponsor loops
Platinum, gold, silver and bronze, each sponsor getting its moment on screen.
Walk in and holding screens
Event name, welcome message and branding while the room fills up.
Breaks and transitions
"Back in 15 minutes", Wi-Fi details, what's next on the agenda.
Galas and awards
Elegant frames and fonts behind the stage between presentations.
Holiday and staff parties
A living photo wall of the team, with seasonal backdrops to match.
Trade show booths
A loop of products, clients and logos that runs all day on a TV.
Stage backdrops for AV crews
One moving backdrop across the whole wall with framed windows for PowerPoint and IMAG, plus exact layer positions for Encore3, Spyder-S, Aquilon or vMix.
No internet at the venue
It's a normal video file. If the screen can play an MP4, you're set.
Your files stay with you
Photos and logos are processed in your own browser. Pass holders can choose to save designs privately to their account.
Loops that never jump
Videos are built so the end flows straight back into the start, hour after hour.
Made by event people
Built by Can-view, a Western Canadian AV company that has run event screens since 2004.
Pricing
Build free. Pay only when your video is ready.
Prices in Canadian dollars, plus GST or HST. No subscriptions.
Free
$0
Build, preview and try every feature.
- Every backdrop, frame, font and motion effect
- 720p preview video with a Holdscreen watermark
- 1 free AI backdrop with a free account
Single Video
$19one design
One event loop, ready for the big screen.
- 1080p Full HD, no watermark
- Standard TV and projector sizes (wide screens need an Event Pass)
- Fixes included for 7 days: change text, swap logos, export again
- 10 AI backdrops
- Save designs to your account
- Pay once, nothing renews
Event Pass
$3930 days
Every screen for your event.
- Unlimited videos for 30 days
- 1080p and 4K, no watermark
- Any exact size up to 7680 x 2160 for wide screens, blends and LED walls
- Sponsor loop, walk in, breaks and thank you screens
- 50 AI backdrops
- Save designs to your account
Annual
$19912 months
For planners with events every month.
- Unlimited videos for a full year
- 1080p and 4K, no watermark
- Any exact size up to 7680 x 2160 for wide screens, blends and LED walls
- 300 AI backdrops
- Save designs to your account
- Pay once, nothing renews
Rather hand it off?
Can-view can build your loops for you, from $199. Send us your logos and sponsor list, and we deliver finished videos ready to play.
Questions
Good to know
Is it a subscription?
No. You pay once on Square's secure checkout and nothing renews automatically. When your time is up, your saved layouts stay in your account and you can buy again whenever your next event comes along.
What counts as one design for the $19 Single Video?
The design you make your first clean video from. For the next 7 days you can fix it as often as you like: correct a typo, swap a late logo, change the length or the order, and export again. A completely new loop for another screen needs another Single Video or an Event Pass.
What do I need to play the video?
Anything that plays an MP4: a laptop, a TV's USB port, a media player, or the venue's playback system. Set it to repeat and walk away.
Do I need to install anything?
No. It runs in Chrome or Edge on a computer. A phone or tablet is too small to build on comfortably.
Are my sponsor logos uploaded anywhere?
Not unless you choose to. Everything you add is handled inside your browser. Pass holders can save a design to their account so they can open it on any computer; those files are stored privately and only you can open them.
Can I use my own moving backdrop?
Yes. Upload a looping video clip and the app builds your video in whole repeats of it, so the motion stays seamless.
Is AI used in Holdscreen?
Only where you choose it. AI backdrops and living scenes are made by AI from your description, and they're always optional: every built in backdrop, frame and font, and everything you upload yourself, works without it. The sample designs on this page were made in Holdscreen with AI backdrops and AI photos, so the people in them are not real and every name is made up. If you use AI generated people in an advertisement of your own, some places (New York, for example) require you to say so in the ad.
How do AI backdrops work?
Describe the look you want and the AI paints a backdrop at the shape of your screen. The widest it paints is 5.3 to 1 (three 16:9 screens side by side); anything wider than that needs your own panoramic picture. Your first one is free with a free account. After that they come with a pass: 10 with a Single Video, 50 with an Event Pass, 300 with an Annual.
Can I use it behind live PowerPoint and IMAG?
Yes. Lay out framed windows at exact pixel sizes, leave them empty, and export. Your switcher or processor plays the backdrop and places PowerPoint and camera feeds on top. The export step lists every window's exact position for the operator and offers a still picture for processors that only take still backgrounds.
Can Can-view build it for me?
Yes. If you'd rather hand it off, we can build your loops for you. Get in touch and tell us about your event.