Questions tagged [background]
Questions about creating and editing background contents, textures, patterns, colors and effects. Ask anything related to designing graphics for background images.
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Extracting faded handwriting from lined paper
I am trying to create a present for my grandma. She has a letter from my late grandpa that's been on her wall since he passed (7 years ago), but it's fading from the sun.
I have spent hours trying to ...
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Best way to add fill fill/color to hollow text using Photoshop/Illustrator
I have a font called Stoney Billy (Schoolhouse Rock?)
I'd like to make the background of the text yellow.
I tried a few different things in Illustrator but couldn't figure out how to make it work.
I ...
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How do I enlarge JUST the background layer in GIMP?
I am working on an image with several layers on a green background. I want to make that background bigger WITHOUT also enlarging everything else. How do I do this? Canvas Size doesn't work, it just ...
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How to achieve this Gradient (Done in Figma with layer Blur)
how can i achieve this Gradient? I know its done in Figma with multiple rectangles and a bunch of Layer Blur. I'm a noob with the Gradient Mesh Tool in Illustrator, so Figma would be easier for me. ...
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How was the old GeoCities art made?
I've been going through old archives of Geocities pages and I'm slowly becoming obsessed with the general aesthetic. I never had the chance to make my own back in the day as internet was a luxury ...
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how do I make a gradient background in Figma?
I am trying to make a linear gradient backgroud accross my UI in Figma. How can I possibly go about this?
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How to add background shapes to text in Photoshop or Illustrator?
I am not a designer I just need to learn very simple things, that will make my life easier, how to add this shape and background to text just like the attached photos.
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Change background on jpeg/pdf [closed]
I purchased a file online for an invitation that is a jpeg and pdf. I love the design but hoped to change the background from a cream to a chalkboard look. (I suppose I’ll find clip art or stock photo ...
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Resize background with Gimp
sorry for my English..
I have this image,
it is 468px x 531px and I to want to change to 792px x 1040.
I search on internet how does it, on image + Canvas size, my problem is when to change the ...
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Help me Identify this Photoshop action/style/effect
Can any one help me to identify the following image effect or PS Action?
I need same BG color effect for my image.
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How can i make a poster background like this in Adobe AI? [duplicate]
Especially the chalk-like stroked food icons
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Level of transparency based on similarity between images GIMP
this is my first post here!
I am working on a fish project - sand goby, that is semi transparent,
see the extent of the fish transparency on different kind of background:
I have several images like ...
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How can I reproduce this "minimalist" background?
I am making a game and I wanted to make a background for it. It is a board game so I was thinking of keeping it minimal. Surfing the web, I found this picture and got really intrigued by the ...
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Batch resize vertical photos to a square without cropping using a blurred background [duplicate]
I have about 3000 vertical images that I need resized to 600x600 pixels each. I've compressed a few using Photoshop where I have duplicated the image and then Gaussian blurred it to cover the ...
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How can I give the same background image to many transparent background PNGs at once?
I was wondering if there is a way either through Photoshop, Gimp, or some other software or website that can add an image to the background on over 100 transparent background png files at once.
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Filling grouped object background with color in Illustrator
Is there any way to fill grouped objects background in Illustrator?
Below is example how i want it, right now i simply just put white square behind them.
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Where to find stock images (portraits) with transparent background
I'm looking for a place to find stock images, specifically portraits, that come with a pre-masked background, so I can easily replace it. Does anyone know a source, or a way to filter for that type of ...
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Remove white background for in GIMP with calligraphy scan
I scanned a calligraphy using color mode thinking I would capture more details, which I did along with much noise. Now, I would like to remove the background (white) and make it transparent. While ...
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GIMP (or others): How to remove background (by color) of several images in one step?
I have a set of about 200 PNG-images in like that:
Only black and white, no colors, no grey.
I need the background color (white) to be removed and tried to do so in macOS Preview (with that Instant ...
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How to remove background from Complex in Photoshop
I have tried to remove the background from the image below but it just disfigures the image. I have used adjustments->Replace color, Hue and saturation layer, magnetic lasso and manually erasing ...
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JPEG with transparent background
My client wants me to supply images for web as JPEG with transparent background. Is this possible?
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Different image depending on background color
I'm trying to replicate this answer in gimp 2.10, but the results are very different. Right in the first step the result deviates.
Subtracting the two images in gimp 2.10:
And in gimp 2.8:
In gimp ...
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Paper background with flecked or fibrous pattern
How do you achieve the background paper effect in Marissa Mayers CV?
It looks like there are a bunch of soft sketched lines and squiggles, or it was printed on that creme contour expensive paper and ...
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can we apply one background to multiple artboards in photoshop
my question is specific to adobe artboards. i have 4 artboards of same dimensions of 1080px by 1080px. now i want to take only 1 background image that will split into all artboards.
generally all ...
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How do I automate batch processing of product photography to get a perfect white background?
I am taking very large volume of product photography. I am using a photography tent and shooting on a white background but I need the finished images to be of the image on a perfectly white background....
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How do I get this highlight effect on the background of this print ad?
I can't for the life of me find out what's the name of the effect on this print ad's background is (like how it sort of has a light shone on its center thus highlighting the object in the center), ...
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How can I analyse this SVG image downloaded from the web?
While I was looking at some designs of some websites, I came across a beautiful SVG background:
https://www.algolia.com/lp/img/hero/hero-magento.svg
I wanted to inspect it so I downloaded it.
By no ...
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Photoshop - Extract fine text from image; extrapolate background behind text
I'll note outright that I'm new to Photoshop and that this may be a bigger question than I realize, but I appreciate any guidance.
I've taken a scan of a water-damaged dust jacket for a book which I ...
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Cannot select the background layer in Gimp
I'm trying to delete the background layer but I cannot select or right click to it.
I had been pasted a layer.
How can I fix this ? Thanks.
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How can I (using Gimp) accurately remove a red background from an image?
I've been designing some custom backgrounds for a game recently, although I have little to no skill with photo editing. I've usually only used MS paint, but this particular project required tools that ...
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Inkscape for cartography : automatic fore color of texts for maximum contrast over background
I have again a series of cities names on a map. I have a solution to fill a background rectangle that can be semi transparent to make the text always visible, great.
What I want to do now is ...
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Inkscape for cartography: fill the background of a text
I want to produce a geographic map with Inkscape. I have cities with names. I mean I have dozens of city names. I want to fill the background of cities names with a semi transparent background so that ...
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How do I make this kind of noise grunge effect in Illustrator?
How do I make this kind of noise grunge effect in Illustrator?
Have tried Pixelate effect but does not look good.
Thank you in advance for your answer!!
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How can I add a background color and change the background colors for this logo I had created for me?
The logo that I want to add a background to experiment with different background colors is the one on the artboard.
Here is a link to it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/...
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Illustrator shapes differ in size based on color
I'm new to Illustrator\PS and I'm self taught so I google a lot, and learned everything that way. I've noticed an issue that I couldn't find any mention of online.
When I make a shape (ex. triangle) ...
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Does a background underneath text have a name?
I'm building an After Effects motion graphics template and giving users the opportunity to alter the rectangle behind the text for a video's lower thirds.
I want to label this parameter appropriately ...
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Background idea for displaying black png images
I need a good way to display black png images in my webapp
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I thought about using a "transparency tile" but that wouldn't look good
I even used CSS stripes but the result wasn't great
I need a ...
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Trying to highlight specific fields in an already existing document in Adobe Acrobat Pro, getting ghost image when trying to print
So, I have a document that I am trying to highlight fields on. I have lined up the highlights, but when trying to print the "image" of the highlight onto a blank document, the original document (...
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GIMP fill gif canvas background with image background
Normally people would want to make the gif background transparent.
But how to fill all the cavas background with the "grey-like color" background of the image and apply to all 90+ layers? I have ...
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Change speckly black background of screen photo to solid black
Is there any way to change the speckly black background of this screen photo to solid black?
This is a photo of a rectangular selection of a black screen that appears when a computer is booting. ...
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creating stylized backgorund
I was going through Adobe Website's official Illustrator tutorial. They have some pre-created sheets where I found this.Can someone tell me how to create this type of sylized backdrop for background ...
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Best background for visibility when doing CAD?
Is there any scientific evidence that a particular background is the best for doing 2D design work, for architectural and mechanical plans? The main options are:
(1) Black - many drawing programs ...
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How to remove background from multiple small objects
I have multiple photos where I need to replace the background and shadows with pure white but I'm finding it rather tedious and difficult to do with the amount of small ares and objects that I need to ...
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Is it okay to increase stroke width of a logo for different background?
Usually any line that looks okay on a dark background, looks much thinner on a lighter background. In that case, is it allowed in design principles to increase the stroke width of a logo on a lighter ...
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Inkscape: Move tiled/cloned objects
I'm trying to make a tileable background in Inkscape with some simple objects. Example:
But it's hard to see how the starts will look after the image is tiled, so I would like to see 9 copies of ...
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How do you replicate the grain effect as in this App Store graphic on Illustrator? [duplicate]
Hi! I'm new to Stack Exchange. I've been meaning to replicate this (what I can describe as) static-ish grain fill in my illustrator graphics. I've tried everything from sprinkled grain, applying a ...
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Is this color scheme and content layout appropriate for a powerpoint background?
I am preparing my thesis defense presentation. My work relates to the study of DNA, primarily, so I made up a relatively simple render using Blender to serve as a background theme for the PowerPoint ...
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AI .PNG not exporting a black background [closed]
When exporting my illustrator file as a .png and choosing to export with a black background transparency, it exports with a white background. I have tried one with artboards and one without, but to no ...
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How to improve this GUI for smartphones?
I'm developing an Android app. The GUI is designed (and is implemented, but it can still change for the moment).
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The app will be used whatever the environment (bright or dark, etc.). The ...
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Create 'marl' background: striped effect in Photoshop or Illustrator
I am trying to create the effect in the below 2 photos for a t-shirt.
How can that background (maybe called marl) be created in Photoshop or Illustrator?
I've have limited success creating it with ...