10 Awesome Background Techniques: Photoshop CS6

Create and craft beautiful backgrounds in Photoshop with these hands-on techniques Do you often stare at a blank Photoshop screen wondering where to start? Do you sometimes lack inspiration? Are you looking for ideas to kick start your next project? Does your technique toolkit need refreshing? Give your workflow a creative boost by learning simple background techniques that will fast start your next project saving you time and inspiring your creativity.

Join our 60-minute audio session in which our expert speaker, Helen Bradley will provide you with useful insights on background techniques of Photoshop.

In this presentation, you'll learn how to:

Make simple patterns to use for backgrounds
Use a gradient to make metallic looking backgrounds
Use the Extrude filter to make a spikey futuristic background
Get colors from a photo to make a painterly background.
Borrow colors from a photo to make a striped background
Turn stripes into plaids for backgrounds
Configure and use a multi-color paint brush to make a background
Create a sunburst background
Create a retro warped checkerboard background

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