Change the pattern

Customize your presets with a variety of simple tools, like color sliders and opacity overlays. You can even create random variations of your composite, for more subtle changes. Then save your new pattern (if desired) and apply the digital backdrop to your photograph. It's as simple as it sounds!



Cool features of Backdrop Designer
We wanted to create a product that has the potential to revolutionize portrait photography. So we did!
Backdrop Designer provides an entirely new way of creating backgrounds that is exciting and liberating for your digital workflow. Here are some of the plugin's benefits.

>> Eliminate heavy props.
Why buy expensive, heavy muslin drapes? They're costly and difficult to lug around. With Backdrop Designer, you work light and mobile.

>> Decide after you've photographed.
Those physical backdrops commit you to a particular look BEFORE the photography session. But you never know what interesting and unexpected results will come from your model or client. In comparison, Backdrop Designer lets you decide on a background look AFTER the photo shoot.

>> Create any size or resolution.
Create your backdrops at any resolution, because Backdrop Designer is 'resolution independent'. This means that you can apply our digital backdrops to a file of any physical size or pixel resolution. The patterns will scale to the dimensions of your image, and will always give you a high quality render. Whether you apply Backdrop Designer to a 4 x 6 inch file or to a 12 x 20 foot file, your graphic will look sharp and color perfect.

>> Seamless, continuous textures.
Backdrop Designer's Textures and Shadows are 'continuous' and 'seamless'. The graphic repeats itself without showing a noticeable gap in its pattern. The pattern repeats itself, but not exactly in the same way, and that is how Backdrop Designer's textures look organic and varied, yet continuous.

>> Always think about render time!
Of course, as with any graphic that is pixel-based, the level of detail in a Backdrop will depend upon your pixel resolution (ppi). Your printed results will also vary depending upon the quality of your output device. Also, Backdrop Designer's render time depends upon the speed of your computer, and the size and resolution of your Photoshop file. Please remember to factor in these issues when you are working on a professional job.

Product specs
Backdrop Designer works with Photoshop 5.5 +higher, including CS3, and Photoshop Elements 2.0 +higher. Backdrop Designer runs natively on Intel Macs. This product *may* run on Vista 64-bit but we do not provide support.

> Operating Systems
Mac OS 10.4 Universal
Win 2000–XP Pro Vista 32-bit
> Host Applications
Photoshop 5.5–CS3
Elements 2.0–5.0

Compatibility with other apps
Corel Draw
Corel Rave
Corel PhotoPaint
Corel Painter
Canvas