Backdrop is a simple utility to fill your screen with a giant blank window. Fill the window with a solid color or a custom image, your choice. This is useful for:
• Screenshots - take screenshots of one or many windows without having to clean up your desktop
• One thing at a time - Use Backdrop in between applications to let you focus on a few windows at a time. Want just one window of an app? Switch to Backdrop, then use Expose to pick out the window.
• Web design - create a full size image with outlines of more common screen sizes to help to check how your pages will look on different monitors.

• Added a real full-screen pixel test mode (white, red, green, blue, black)
• Fixed the "image stretch" mode
• Improved the auto-update check behavior to avoid an endless loop

See what others had to say about Backdrop...

• MacWorld 4 Mouse Rating
• "Need minimalistic? Now you have it… " - Backdrop is #3 of 35 Absolutely Essential Mac Apps
• "Backdrop turns you Mac into one giant, blank screen of distraction-avoidance." - Lifehacker download of the day
• "Create a black background that still lets you easily interact with Desktop contents " - Featured on MacBreak Episode #33
• "Backdrop, although simple, has useful preferences for its behavior." - Digital Web Magazine
• "I run our local Mac Users Group and use Backdrop all the time to cover the clutter on my desktop when I make screen captures. Works great!" - user review on VersionTracker.com
• "thank you, thank you, thank you. :)" - A fellow Cocoa Developer
• "Very nice! Simple and effective." - user review on MacUpdate.com

Backdrop Features

• Fills your screen with a color or image
• Take screenshots with a clean background
• Supports multiple monitors
• Use Backdrop in between applications to allow you to focus on one thing at a time

Donate

Backdrop is freeware. If you like Backdrop, please consider a donation. Donations help cover my website costs and encourage further development.