A background can add to or take away from a photo. Here are some tips on getting them right.

Using a gradient and the Render> Difference Clouds filter, we can quickly create a number of different types of backgrounds.

Create your own studio backdrops.

Simple background technique employing layer styles and alternate blending modes.

This tutorial will show you how to create your very own sexy tile-able background images. Useful for wallpaper bottom layers and website body backgrounds. Almost resembles denim or some other natural pattern.

Learn how to make seamless tiling backgrounds for your web site or desktop.

Learn how to easily fade your images into any background.

Ever wonder where all those seamless backgrounds come from? How does the creator get them to blend so...well, seamlessly?

The process is quite simple, yet effective and a lot may seem to miss the technique. Here's a tutorial that explains clearly how to create tiled backgrounds for your website.

Starting from scratch, we will process a white Photoshop document into a really nice and colorful chrome background that you can use in your design projects.

Today the topic of our tutorial will be the holidays that are coming very soon. So enjoy the process thinking about Christmas time. We will do a lot of experiments with the brushes.

Create Photoshop background patterns from Open Type or ornate dingbat fonts for use on webpages.

We are going to replace the background behind a subject, but we will also have the model take on the texture and characteristics of the wall.

Learn how to use the selection tool in Photoshop.

An easy to understand tutorial showing how to use quickmask to remove the background from photos. Ideal for creating product shots for eBay auctions.

This easy tutorial shows how you can make a Vista CD icon out of 5 layers and with a few crucial gradients. This icon fits to all backgrounds due to its unique use of colors and opacity. Gradients download included. You can resize the 256 x 256 px icon and it won't lose any of its charm. Enjoy!

This tutorial will show you how to design backgrounds with ease of future adjustments in mind. Applying these techniques in your designs will make color adjustments a breeze, sizing/scaling changes in your background incredibly easy, and give you unprecedented control over how your background looks with very little effort involved.

Signatures are little graphics which can go at the end of your e-mails, after posts to online forums, commenting systems, etc. They are as individual as your genes and often go alongside avatars as ways to express your identity online.

Make a signature using your own hand-drawn sketches and some paint techniques.

Nice effect for forum signatures and banners