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March 17, 2017
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How to change the colour behind the image in Lightroom

  • March 17, 2017
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Is there any way to change the colour behind the image in Lightroom?

I don't mean the "background" border area around the image, which I know I can change in the "background" panel of the "Interface" tab under Preferences.

I mean after I've applied "Transform" settings to correct perspective distortion, the edges of the image are not straight or level, and I get slithers of white in the corners.  If the sky in the photo is white, it can be hard to see where the image ends and the empty gap starts.  Is there some way to change the colour of these areas to a different colour than white, or to the checker board pattern often used to represent a transparent area?

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Correct answer dj_paige

Not possible in Lightroom.

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Rob_Cullen
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Community Expert
March 19, 2017

As per reply from dj_   -not possible.

The only way to eliminate these blank areas (in Lr)  is to crop the image, or check the "Constrain Crop" box when you use the Transform tool.

Photoshop can help to fill the blanks with "Content Aware Fill" that works like an automatic clone/heal.

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
dj_paige
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Legend
March 18, 2017

Not possible in Lightroom.

Participant
March 19, 2017

OK, thanks for confirming that.