When you open a new canvas in Adobe Photoshop, the default setting creates a workspace covered with a gray and white checkerboard. This default background represents transparency -- as you begin ...

This tool can be used as a crude way to remove backgrounds ... and drag around the Photoshop canvas. If the entire canvas currently fits on the screen, this tool won't do anything.

But don't worry, we're here to cut through all that and show you how it's done. Here's how to add a background in Adobe Photoshop.

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