How to make the background bigger in photoshop?

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To make the background bigger in Photoshop, you can use the Canvas Size feature which allows you to expand the size of the canvas, effectively giving more space around your existing background or image content. Here's how to do it:

1. Open your image or project in Photoshop. 2. Go to the "Image" menu in the top horizontal toolbar. 3. Select "Canvas Size..." from the drop-down menu. 4. In the Canvas Size dialog box, you can choose to increase the width, height, or both, depending on how much larger you want the background to be. You can specify the size in various units such as pixels, inches, centimeters, etc. 5. Before changing the size, pay attention to the anchor grid in the middle of the dialog box. This grid allows you to decide where the existing content will be positioned relative to the new canvas size. For instance, if you want to add space to just the right side of the image, you would click on the left-middle anchor point. 6. Once you have set your desired dimensions and anchor point, click "OK". 7. Photoshop will add the extra canvas around your image, which will be filled with the current background color or transparent if your image has layers and the added space falls outside the background layer.

If you want to fill the new canvas area with a specific pattern, color, or continue the existing background seamlessly, you might need to do additional work such as using the Clone Stamp Tool, Content-Aware Fill, or other techniques depending on the complexity of the original background.

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