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Last Updated: 2024. 01. 23

Under most circumstances, changing the video/photo aspect ratio always means the loss of a portion of the background. Even if you decided to zoom out to keep all backgrounds, you might end up with having a default black background which doesn’t agree with your visual assets.

We understand how much you are eager to extend the backdrop of your photo and video naturally. Now, follow us to extend photo and video background with a powerful photo and video editor, or generative AI.

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How to Extend Photo/Video Pure Backgrounds

Extend Photo Background with Adobe PhotoShop

Extend Video Background with Adobe PhotoShop

How to Extend Photo/Video Pure Backgrounds

If your photo and video are shot against a pure color background, a photo and video editor with the color picker tool, like FlexClip, can perform the background enlargement task perfectly.

Step 1. Upload Your Video to FlexClip

Click on the Edit Photo/Video button below to enter FlexClip’s editing page. Since FlexClip is a 100% green and safe software, feel at ease to get started without downloading anything.

Edit Photo/Video

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Go to the Media section, click on the Upload Files button to choose a photo or video from a local folder, your mobile devices, or cloud services. Remember to extend the default black video as the same length of your original video.

Upload Media Resources to FlexClip

Step 2. Add Your Video

Click on Add as Layer button, the photo/video will be added to the preview window. Adjust the video size, position so that it will look great with the extended background.

Add Your Photo/Video as Layer

Step 3. Use Color Picker to Change Empty Background Color

Click on the background, tap on the black circle button, then click on the "+" icon on the left side panel. Select the color picker tool, click on the photo/video background. You will soon have the extended background that seamlessly integrates with the original photo/video.

Extend Photo/Video Background

Step 4. (optional) Upgrade Your Photo/Video

There are other FlexClip tools you can utilize to edit your photo and video. For instance, adding eye-catching titles, lower-thirds, emojis, elements, filters. You can even take advantage of AI to add natural narrations, add subtitles, etc. Check the following video to get more detailed information.

Level Up Your Photo/Video

Step 5. Download Your Photo/Video

To save your video, click on the Export button to download your work to your computer, share to social media, or share via a short link.

Download Video with Extended Background

To export a picture with an extended background, right-click the timeline, choose Export Frame.

Download Photo with Extended Background

Extend Photo Background with Adobe PhotoShop

Adobe PhotoShop, integrated with Generative AI, can identify the items on your photo background and automatically fill them. Except for that, Adobe PhotoShop allows you to create an extended background and then apply it to a whole video. Let's get started with photos first.

Note

1. Even though Generative AI is cool, Adobe doesn’t guarantee that it can identify the background and extend it well. You might get some weird output, especially when your background is full of complicated items.

2. Generative AI is only on the latest version of Adobe PhotoShop beta. Update your software to access this feature.

Step 1. Increase Canvas Size

Launch Adobe PhotoShop Beta, and then drag and drop your photo to it. Click on the Crop tool, hold Shift and Option on Mac, or Shift and Alt on windows, and drag the lines to increase canvas size. Click on the check mark to confirm the changes.

Increase Canvas Size

Step 2. Fill the Empty Background with AI

Go to the Rectangular marquee tool, select the empty background.

Select Empty Background with Marquee Tool

Now, you will have the Generative Fill tool. Click on it and hit generative. You will have 3 available backgrounds. Choose one of them and confirm.

Generate Empty Video Backgrounds

Extend Video Background with Adobe PhotoShop

Step 1. Choose a Desired Canvas Size

Launch Adobe PhotoShop. Click New File, choose a desired canvas height and width. You can even enter specific data. Confirm the change.

Choose a Desired Canvas Size

Step 2. Access Timeline Mode

Go to Window > Timeline. Now you are in the timeline mode. Drag and drop to bring in the video.

Enter PhotoShop Timeline Mode

Step 3. Do More Setups

When your video is successfully uploaded to Adobe PhotoShop, you have to click on the check mark above the canvas so that Adobe PhotoShop accepts your video.

Down below the canvas, there is a button showing either Create Video Timeline or Create Frame Animation. Make sure yours is in Create Video Timeline mode.

Create Video Timeline Mode

Step 4. Zoom Out Your Video

Zoom out your video a little bit by clicking Ctrl + C on Windows, or Command + Minus key on Mac.

Click on the Crop tool, there will be four lines around your video. Hold Shift and Option on Mac, or Shift and Alt on windows, and drag any of the lines to extend the video width and height.

Zoom Out Your Video

Step 5. Fill the Empty Background

Below the canvas, there is a button called generative expand. Click on it, enter some text prompts and hit Generative. Instead, you can type nothing and hit Generate directly. Choose one out of three generated backgrounds.

PhotoShop Generative Expand

Step 6. Expand the Background

Go to the background layer on the timeline so that it covers the whole video.

The Bottom Line

In a word, if you are extending photo/video with a pure background, go to FlexClip and fill the background in just several clicks. When you need to extend photos/videos with complicated backgrounds, you should take advantage of Adobe PhotoShop’s generative AI. If you find this post helpful, remember to share, like and come back often to check for updated content.