🖼️ Overview

Backgrounds help enhance your page design by adding color, texture, or imagery behind your content. You can choose from preset backgrounds, solid colors, or browse the full background catalog.

➤ How to Add a Background

Click the Backgrounds tab to open the Backgrounds menu.


 

Choose one of the suggested backgrounds or select a solid color.

• To apply a suggested background, drag and drop it onto the desired page.
  
  
   
• To browse more options, click Find Backgrounds to open the full catalog.
  
  

Search for backgrounds by:

• entering keywords
• applying filters
  
  

Click a background thumbnail and choose where it should appear:

• Left page
• Right page
• Both pages
• All pages in section (Section books only)
  
  

Click Apply Background to confirm.

🗑 Removing a Background

You can remove a background in two ways:

Option 1

• Open the Edit Photo tab
• Click Remove Photo
  
  

Option 2

• Click the background directly
• Press Delete on your keyboard

⭐ Saved Backgrounds

When browsing backgrounds, you’ll see three tabs in the upper right:

Added by Team
Third-party backgrounds imported by team members.

In This Project
Shows all backgrounds currently used in the project. Helpful for reusing designs.

My Favorites
Backgrounds you’ve favorited. These:

are only visible to you

appear across all your projects

💡 Tip: Favorite a background by clicking the heart icon while hovering over it.

📁 Copy Background to Folder (Ladder Books)

If you want to use a background as a regular image element:

• Click the background in the browser.
• Select Copy Background to Folder.

• Select a Folder from the dropdown menu.

A copy will be saved to the selected folder so you can drag and place it anywhere on your page.

📁 Copy Background to Media Tray (Section Books)

If you want to use a background as a regular image element:

• Click the background in the browser.
• Select Copy Background to Media Tray.

A copy will be saved to your media tray so you can drag and place it anywhere on your page.
 

📚 Best Practices

Using backgrounds strategically can unify your page design and reinforce your book’s theme while keeping layouts visually engaging and consistent.