Create background for image

The image is a map of the world, with each country’s color representing its population density. The colors start at white (for sparsely populated areas) and gradually shift through blue, green, yellow, orange, red and purple to black (for densely populated areas).

Sometimes you might want to create a transparent wrapper around an image. I’m going to show you how using Adobe Photoshop.

One of the most powerful ways to use images on your website is to add a background image that works with the format and design theme. But, adding a background image to an element can be tricky and sometimes you don’t even know how to do it. In this tutorial, I’ll show you three ways you can easily add backgrounds to images using CSS.

Create background for image

Give your work the design it deserves.

Turn your logo, photos or brand colours into a background for your other work and make your work stand out. Integrate your branding and visual style into presentations, websites and social media posts with the best background design apps in the industry.

Explore background design in Adobe Illustrator

Adobe illustrator

Discover background design with Adobe Illustrator.

Design backdrops, desktops and templates and add personality to any project. Make vector illustrations, abstract background vectors and amazing textures with the industry’s leading vector graphic design software.

Background design on a mobile device

Create with the Shape Builder tool.

Make images exactly how you want them. Create fundamental shapes and patterns to your exact specifications.

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Build a customised wallpaper design.

Brighten up your virtual work environment. Bring colour and character to your mobile or desktop background.

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Find out what you can do with Adobe Illustrator.

Explore what you can create with Illustrator and seamlessly integrate your customised backgrounds into other Adobe Creative Cloud projects.

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Adobe spark

Make backgrounds in a snap with Adobe Spark.

Get everything you need to make customised backgrounds, desktop wallpapers and amazing themes with Adobe Spark, the drag-and-drop solution for creating backgrounds fast. Access the Adobe Spark Inspiration Gallery full of professionally designed templates to get started and easily adjust them to create customised backgrounds of your own.

Make backgrounds for free in minutes.

Great backgrounds can happen lightning quick in Spark. Try your hand at creating one.

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Background design in Adobe Spark

Make your own Zoom virtual backgrounds.

Take your video calls out of the office and into your imagination with easy-to-make meeting backgrounds.

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Find out what you can do with Adobe Spark.

Adobe Spark has everything you need to make great backgrounds. Give your work an extra bit of flourish that wows your audience.

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