How to make custom backgrounds for steam games.

[Minilandstan]

Hello there, are you tired with the boring old backgrounds Steam provides? Do you want something better behind that text? Well fret no further, I will tell you how to make your background custom!
For example:[img]http://www.imgjoe.com/x/loadsemone.png[/img]
As you can see, I turned my background into a slide-show of Harry Enfield.

All you need is a single screenshot on the game you wish to edit.

Step #1: Take a screenshot in game. It doesn't need to be a fancy one, you don't even need to upload it. All you need to do is take it.

Step #2: Find the screenshot. This can be done by going to screenshot manager on the bottom of the game you wish to edit, and click Show on disk. This will take you to the folder of the game you wish to edit.

Step #3: Copy your image into both folders. To my knowledge, it only works if the image is jpg, and is in both folders.

Step #4: Restart steam. Just exit steam and re-enter it.

And your done! Rejoice. Now you can have awesome backgrounds.
[b]BUT WAIT[/b]
There's more!
Go to your screenshot manager once again, and you will see your image. You can now upload it to steam, and show all your friends!

[img_thumb]http://www.imgjoe.com/x/ididit.png[/img_thumb]
[img_thumb]http://www.imgjoe.com/x/futball.png[/img_thumb]
[b]Have fun[/b]

[Pretender]

Is this Steam Beta only?

I'm confused as to what you do with the image.

[Minilandstan]

You insert the image into the folder containing the screenshots in-game.

You don't even have to overwrite them, they can be together.

But it's silly if you have 2 images in-game and suddenly John madden appears.

[Hybrid 4F]

That's pretty cool.

[Fancy Parrot]

[img]http://gyazo.com/62233d577ae7f3bcba7cf616ac59df7f.png[/img]

[gk99]

Where is the image manager?
Curse the Steam™ layout :argh:

[Minilandstan]

It says View Screenshot Library on the bottom of each game (each game with a current screenshot of course)

[t h e]

What screenshot manager?

EDIT: Nevermind, found it.

[wari65]

So now Steam is a free image hosting site.

[Henry Townshend]

I wonder what the punishment for uploading tons of hardcore porn is

[editline]19th February 2011[/editline]

lets find out

[gta-man12345]

If this gets into other peoples steam, lets just wait the spam porn furry storm of shit.

[Splarg]

I thought this was going to be for non-steam games as well :frown:

[QUOTE=wari65;28158092]So now Steam is a free image hosting site.[/QUOTE]

They've given everyone a gig of space, I doubt they care if you upload something other than screenshots, as long as it's not illegal.

[SaberVS7]

BRB, putting pictures of columbine security camera footage as my CSS backrounds.

Terrorists win.

[A B.A. Survivor]

[QUOTE=certified;28202214]BRB, putting pictures of columbine security camera footage as my CSS backrounds.

Terrorists win.[/QUOTE]
THE ENEMY FROM WITHIN.

[editline]21st February 2011[/editline]

Now we can get non-beta backgrounds for TF2!