Photoshop Background Tutorial

In Photoshop Background is an area which is modified according to need or requirement and is done in almost every image designing. When we open a new file / document, you will see an option there called “Background Content” where by default White is selected, it can be transparent, or color too.

If we select background as white, then we insert an image in it, or copy an image in this file, background will be the area, which is mostly changed as per color combination with other images to give Photoshop background effects.

Photoshop Background Color

We can fill the background in Photoshop as under;

Layer ->New Layer -> Fill colour.

Here we have also option to fill a plain color or gradiant color which gives an artistic and professional look to the graphics or image. In gradiant we have also option to changing the gradiant direction as well.

Layer ->New Layer -> Gradiant

Another option is filling the photoshop background with photoshop sample patterns.

Layer ->New Layer -> Patterns

Choosing Colors in Photoshop

As when you choose other settings for a tool, you should choose the foreground and background colors to be used by the tool. Generally, Photoshop uses the selected foreground color when you draw lines, and the background color for gradient fills and erased areas. The Foreground Color, Background Color box near the bottom of the toolbox shows the currently selected foreground and background colors. The following steps detail the numerous methods you can use to select a new foreground or background color.

Click on the desired foreground color on the color ramp in the Color palette. The foreground box on the toolbox changes to show the new foreground color.

Press and hold the Alt key, then click on the desired background color on the color bar in the Color palette. The background box on the toolbox changes to show the new background color.

Click on the Swatches tab in the Color palette. The color swatches appear.

Click on the desired foreground color on the Swatches tab in the Color palette. The foreground box on the toolbox changes to show the new foreground color.

Press and hold the Ctrl key, then click on the desired background color on the Swatches tab in the Color palette. The background box on the toolbox changes to show the new background color.

Open the Color Picker dialog box:

Click on the foreground color box in the toolbox. The Color Picker dialog box will enable you to choose the foreground color.

Click on the background color box in the toolbox. The Color Picker dialog box will

enable you to choose the background color.

Click on the Default Foreground and Background Colors (the small button with the

black-and-white color chips on it below and to the left of the larger color chip buttons on the toolbox) to reset the foreground and background colors to the defaults: black for the

foreground and white for the background.

Click on a color in the narrow band of colors near the middle of the dialog box. Photoshop will display a different range of colors in the Select foreground color or Select

background color box.

Click on a color in the Select foreground color or Select background color box. The color you click on will become the active spot color.

Click on OK. The Color Picker dialog box will close.

The Color Picker and Color palette may display a special alert icon when you choose a particular color. A cube alert icon indicates that a color may not display correctly on the Web. A triangle with exclamation point icon indicates that a color cannot be accurately

reproduced via CMYK printing.

Open a color picture. The picture will become the active picture.

Click on the Eyedropper tool in the toolbox. The Eyedropper tool will become the active tool.

Click on the desired foreground color. Press and hold the Alt key and then click on a color to select the background color instead. The color you clicked on will become the active foreground color or background color. You can use those colors to paint and draw in the current image file or another file.