Change/remove background colour of Canvas

[nobody]

How do I change/remove background colour of Canvas if I decided in the middle of my work that I dont like the Canvas colour ?

Thanks.

[migf1]

Hello,

Do you mean...
a) the actual background color of an image you are working on?
b) the area around your image when you zoom out a lot, like the black color shown here? http://prntscr.com/szeilu
c) the checkerboard color & shading used for indicating transparency?

If you mean the a) above, then it has nothing to do with the user interface of the program, and you need to manipulate your actual image.

If you mean the b) above, then in later versions of PSP there is an Interface -> Background menu, letting you choose among 5 options (Black, Dark Gray, Medium Gray, Light Gray and White): https://prnt.sc/szeje7

If you mean the c) above, then you can customize it in the File -> Preferences -> General Program Preferences [Transparency and Shading] dialog: http://prntscr.com/szemwd

[Jean-Luc]

How do I change/remove background colour of Canvas if I decided in the middle of my work that I dont like the Canvas colour ?

Thanks.

You need to work with layers (Layers/New Raster Layer and put your drawing on this layer).
The canvas will be the bottom layer with its colour.
Your work will stay on the above layer and you can change the background colour at any time

[nobody]

Thanks for all the reply.

File - New.
Then I choose a background for my 'Canvas'.
After that, how do I change the background ?
Cant do it at Properties ?

[Jean-Luc]

What do you mean by "change the background"?
Do you want to replace it?
Do you want to modify its color?

If color, go to Adjust / Hue and saturation / Colorize.
If replace, select your new background as Foreground in the Materials Palette. Click on Flood Fill Tool. Change Match Mode to None and click on your image.

[LeviFiction]

Quick explanation, the starting background color that PSP offers when you create a new image is just a starting fill color it is not a property to be changed. If you choose a starting color PSP will create what is known as a background layer. This layer is a raster layer that does not support transparency and is always the first layer of the image. In PSP the canvas itself doesn't have a set color. If you don't use a default color PSP will create a normal raster layer that does support transparency.

In both cases you can change the color or add a color by simply filling the layer with any color you want using the fill bucket.

So, what you are seeing there is just the fill color and the type of initial layer PSP will create.

EDIT: Really quick additional note. If you're using a background layer you might find this handy.

Background layers, because they don't support transparency, will use the background color in the materials palette any time you delete layer data. So if you select the background layer in your layers palette, and hit the Delete key it'll auto fill the layer (or any selection if there is one) with the current background color in the materials palette. A fun one click solution.

Likewise if you create a selection on a background layer, then with a selection tool active you move the selection it'll create a floating selection and fill in the original area with the background color.

[hartpaul]

My take is that the OP has made a new document (canvas) and then filled it with a pattern.
They have then changed their mind and want to change that pattern OR not use a pattern at all.
Ways of solving that:
1. Delete and start again with a new pattern / color

2. At the bottom of your layers palette choose and click the New Layer button (looks like two pages with one slightly curled) . Then click OK and then choose a new pattern and use the Flood Fill tool from the left tools (spilling paint bucket) and fill this new layer with the new pattern. The advantage of this is that you can click the little eye button on the left side of that layer in the Layers Palette to switch the visibility on or off and show your other layer below it in case you change your mind again and want to use the first pattern.

3. If you want to keep it at one layer then you can choose your new pattern / color and the Flood Fill tool and then on the tool properties running across the top Presets , Match Mode Tolerance etc , change the Match Mode to Opacity and click inside the canvas and the new pattern / color will repllace the old.

Plenty of other ways to mix and match and change colors and patterns and even get mixtures of patterns by changing the Match Mode. Experiment and see - Will not damage your computer and you gain a good learning experience on the tools.