How to Set a Color or a Picture as the Background of the Photo Collage
![How to Set a Color or a Picture as Collage Background.](https://storage.googleapis.com/turbocollage-res/assets/images/blog/set-collage-background-to-color-or-picture/use-color-or-picture-as-collage-background.jpg)
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You can use a transparent background, a color background, or a picture background for your collage. You can also tile your background picture to create a repeating pattern.
Steps to using a transparent collage background:
1. Go to the Settings tab on the left side of the application.
2. In the Background section, select Transparent Background for your collage, as shown in the screenshot below:
![Use transparent background for collage](https://storage.googleapis.com/turbocollage-res/assets/images/blog/set-collage-background-to-color-or-picture/use-transparent-collage-background.jpg)
If you select a transparent background, export the collage in PNG file format because the JPG file format doesn't support transparency.
Steps to using a color background for collage:
![Photo Collage with a Color Background](https://storage.googleapis.com/turbocollage-res/assets/images/blog/set-collage-background-to-color-or-picture/color-background.jpeg)
1. Go to the Settings tab on the left side of the application.
2. In the Background section, un-select Transparent Background.
3. In the Background section, select a background color for your collage, as shown in the screenshot below:
![Use a color as collage background](https://storage.googleapis.com/turbocollage-res/assets/images/blog/set-collage-background-to-color-or-picture/use-a-color-as-collage-background.jpg)
Steps to using a picture as the background for your collage:
![Photo Collage with a Picture Background](https://storage.googleapis.com/turbocollage-res/assets/images/blog/set-collage-background-to-color-or-picture/image-background.jpeg)
1. Go to the Settings tab on the left side of the application.
2. In the Background section, un-select Transparent Background.
3. In the Background section, select a picture as the background for your collage. This is shown in the screenshot below:
![Use a picture as collage background](https://storage.googleapis.com/turbocollage-res/assets/images/blog/set-collage-background-to-color-or-picture/use-a-picture-as-collage-background.jpg)
Steps to using a tiled picture pattern as the background for your collage:
![Photo Collage with a Tiled Picture Pattern Background](https://storage.googleapis.com/turbocollage-res/assets/images/blog/set-collage-background-to-color-or-picture/tiled-background.jpeg)
1. Go to the Settings tab on the left side of the application.
2. In the Background section, un-select Transparent Background.
3. In the Background section, select a picture to use as a background and tile this picture to create a pattern. For example, the collage below uses a water drop image as a background picture. It tiles it to make a beautiful background pattern.
![Use a tiled picture pattern as the collage background](https://storage.googleapis.com/turbocollage-res/assets/images/blog/set-collage-background-to-color-or-picture/use-a-tiled-picture-pattern-as-collage-background.jpg)
4. You can increase or decrease the tiling frequency to suit your design.
The above steps are illustrated in the following video:
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