Newbie question how to apply a background color

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testhead
Aug 21, 2003
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After creating a new image in Photoshop 7.0 I want to change the background color.

How do I do that?

btw – how then do I add text to that same image?

Thank you.
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Amanda Jones
Aug 21, 2003
Chaning the background color is fairly easy:
click on the foreground color picker at the bottom of the tool bar and select the color you want. Then use the maquee tool to draw a box around the background and hit ‘alt + delete’ to fill it with the color you selected.
To add text, simply click on the text tool and begin typing. you can change the text attributes (font, style, etc) in the character palette.
Hope this helps!

Amanda
AJ
Amanda Jones
Aug 21, 2003
Yes, that’s in Windows. I don’t remember the hotkey for Mac, but you can also fill using the paint bucket or the fill command.

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