Texture Window. The Texture Window is one of four main palettes in Backdrop Designer. In This palette area is all about textures. It allows you to select a Texture preset, and make tons of modifications. The Texture may look like a flat color; a color with flat texture; or a color with bumpy texture. Once you have selected a Texture, you can open the Edit menu to make changes in a few ways: a-   Changes the Texture's color values with the Hue, Saturation, and Lightness sliders. b-   The Blur slider allows you to soften the texture, making it appear out of focus or in the background. c-   Change the look of the Texture by using the Transform tools to move, rotate, or scale it. d-   The Mutation Wells and Mutate Level slider will randomize and change the essential composition of your Texture.

Use the Texture presets.

The Texture window allows you to select from hundreds of ready-made presets. These presets cover a wide range of looks, and their attributes may be changed to create thousands of variations.

ABOVE: The Texture Preset Manager.

ABOVE: The LOAD button opens the Texture Preset Manager.

The LOAD button is generally going to be your starting point, as you'll want to find a texture and color that will suit your purpose. The plugin will remember the last texture that you used. This is great when you are applying the same Backdrop to different photos in succession.