Background app transparency

Hey I'm kind of new to macs but I was curious if there was a program that will fade your background applications or make them a solid color. for example when I use photoshop, i dont like to have much confusion going on in the background, i dont even want to see the desktop, is there a way to make it all black or grey any applications that can do this?

Hi, e.
You can quickly hide all applications other than the current (frontmost) application by pressing the Command-Option-H keyboard shortcut.
You can quickly bring any of the hidden apps back to the foreground using either the Dock or the application switcher (Command-Tab).
Not quite what you've described, but you get essentially the same effect.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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