Creating a background image on the title page only using Beamer

Question

I am attempting to construct a Beamer presentation and I'm experiencing some difficulty. While I can insert a background image on the title slide using a "global setting", I don't want it to appear on every subsequent slide. Every subsequent slide (including the navigation/menu slide) should have a completely blue background with text of a currently undetermined color. Any help would be appreciated.

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Antibes}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tikz}

% \setbeamercolor{normal text}{fg=yellow}

\setbeamercolor{frametitle}{bg={}}
\title[...]{My title}

\usebackgroundtemplate{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight]{08171830.jpg}}
\beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
\date{}

\begin{document}

    \AtBeginSection[]
    {
        \usebackgroundtemplate{}
        \begin{frame}
            \setbeamertemplate{background canvas}[default]
            \frametitle{Outline}
            \tableofcontents[currentsection]
        \end{frame}
    }

    \begin{frame}
        \titlepage

    \end{frame}

    \section{Introduction}

    \usebackgroundtemplate{}
    \begin{frame}{History}
        This is a test page!
    \end{frame}

\end{document}

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score 19 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 13 '23 at 12:08

Enclosing \usebackgroundtemplate by { ... } applies the command within the scope. Place your title page frame within the scope like so:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Antibes}
\title[...]{My title}
\begin{document}
{
  \usebackgroundtemplate{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth]{back.pdf}}
  \begin{frame}
    \titlepage
  \end{frame}
}
\begin{frame}{History}
    This is a test page!
\end{frame}
\end{document}

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz · Accepted Answer · 2023-06-13T12:09:50.963

11

With \setbeamertemplate{title page}{...} you can modify the title page without effecting global setting.

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Antibes}
\pgfdeclareimage[height=\paperheight]{mybackground}{example-image-duck}
\setbeamertemplate{title page}{
    \begin{picture}(0,0)

        \put(-30,-163){%
            \pgfuseimage{mybackground}
        }

        \put(0,-110.7){%
            \begin{minipage}[b][45mm][t]{226mm}
                \usebeamerfont{title}{\inserttitle\par}
            \end{minipage}
        }

        \end{picture}

}


\title[...]{My title}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}[plain]
    \titlepage
\end{frame}

\section{Introduction}

\begin{frame}{History}
    This is a test page!
\end{frame}


\end{document}

edited Jun 13 '23 at 12:09

answered Apr 07 '14 at 11:45

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz

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3

Using \usebackgroundtemplate{} just before \begin{frame} worked for me. – creative Mar 27 '16 at 06:26
@Hirak If you have an alternative solution, please consider positing it as an answer, more people will see it. – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Mar 27 '16 at 10:02
@Hirak: that puts it on every slide, not? – Victor Eijkhout Jun 15 '16 at 15:44
The answer from @user43791 is better: it adds a background as a new layer while preserving the title-slide template. This solution discards printing of subtitles, authors, dates, and overrides the Beamer template's title-slide formatting. – MRule Aug 04 '22 at 13:21
How to remove the navigation symbols in the title page? – Stephen Nov 12 '23 at 13:23
@Stephen If you have a new question, please ask a new question – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Nov 13 '23 at 15:43

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 13 '23 at 12:08

Beamer version 3.40

I had success with using \setbeamertemplate{background}{...}. Note the use of the encompassing braces seen after the \title line. This serves to limit the background image to just the title slide.

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Antibes}
\begin{document}
\title[...]{My title}
{
  \setbeamertemplate{background}{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth]{back.pdf}}
\begin{frame}
    \titlepage
  \end{frame}
}
\begin{frame}{History}
    This is a test page!
\end{frame}
\end{document}

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 13 '23 at 11:51

We can use tikz to set a background image with absolute positioning and wrap it in \addtobeamertemplate{title page} which can be done from the header or a style file.

\addtobeamertemplate{title page}{
  \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
    \node[above right,inner sep=0pt] at (current page.south west)
    {
      \includegraphics[width=\paperwidth]{background.jpg}
    };
  \end{tikzpicture}
}{}

The tikz code comes from this article on making title slides https://latex-beamer.com/tutorials/beautiful-title-slide/

Creating a background image on the title page only using Beamer

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