PHOTOSHOP BACKGROUND COLOUR - HOW?

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i have been commissioned to draw 25 black silhouettes but need to put a solid colour background for each one and can't seem to work out how to do it. deadline is monday. can someone give me an idiots guide to do this please?

Once you've drawn your silhouette, select it using the lasso tool or pen tool or quick mask or whichever selection tool you prefer. Then save your selection (just in case!), then inverse selection, then edit/fill. HTH

Just thought of an easier way, if you know how to work with layers: put your silhouette on one layer, make the background transparent, and put the silhouette layer on top of another layer filled with your chosen colour. I hope it all makes sense...

mammya - thank you so so much, yes it does make sense. i've had no training in photoshop so you can imagine how much swearing and time its taking just to try and do this background thing. i managed to do one last night but don't know how
thank you again

You're welcome! Am just training in Photoshop myself at the moment, so still trying to figure it out...