Multi Canvas

Multi Canvas allows each scene in Meld Studio to include two canvases side by side: the Main Canvas, which supports flexible orientations, and the Portrait Canvas, which is locked to a portrait resolution.

• Each scene has two canvases.
• You can design layers independently on each canvas.
• Switching scenes changes both canvases simultaneously.

Stop streaming, recording, and the virtual camera before enabling Multi Canvas:

1. Navigate to Settings → General.
2. Select Multi Canvas.

The Portrait canvas will be activated.

Both canvases share the same set of scenes, but each canvas maintains an independent layer stack.

• Layers can be independently managed per canvas.
• Cross-canvas layer copying is supported (e.g., copying a camera or alert from Main to Portrait).

To keep the same portrait layout across multiple scenes, use the Scene Duplicator layer on the Portrait Canvas.

1. Add a Duplicator layer to the Portrait canvas.
2. Select the Portrait scene to reference in the Duplicator.
3. The Portrait canvas will display the layout from that scene.
4. Any changes to the source scene are reflected automatically across all scenes using that duplicated layout.

To improve visual clarity while editing, layer outlines are color-coded based on their canvas:

• 🔵 Layers selected on the Main Canvas are outlined in blue.
• 🟣 Layers selected on the Portrait Canvas are outlined in purple.

A canvas icon at the top of the Layers panel, next to the panel label, indicates which canvas is currently active.

Configure transitions for both canvases in Settings → Transitions.

1. Find the Portrait Transition section.
2. Turn on Mirror main canvas transitions to use the Main Canvas transition on both canvases.
3. To choose a separate Portrait Canvas transition, turn off Mirror main canvas transitions and select the transition below it. Select Cut to switch portrait scenes without an animated transition.

No experimental feature toggle is required. See Portrait Transition for the settings reference.

The Portrait Canvas automatically matches the Main Canvas Framerate settings.

When Multi Canvas is active, bitrate fields appear separately for the Main Canvas and Portrait Canvas in the Encoder Settings.

Yes. Meld Studio preserves your Portrait layouts when you disable Multi Canvas.

Yes, Meld Studio supports Multi Canvas for landscape and portrait content creation at the same time.