Balloon Wall Backgrounds

What is in this collection

Pastel walls include pastel pink and blush with rose gold chrome accents, a pastel macaron mix of mint, lilac, peach, butter, powder blue and pale pink, lilac and lavender with lilac chrome, and sunshine yellow and white. Bright and fun options are a bright rainbow wall, red, pink and white balloons with heart shapes mixed in, and clear balloons filled with multicoloured confetti. For glam parties there is mirror-like chrome silver, matte black with gold chrome and gold confetti balloons, emerald and forest green with gold chrome, and pale blue and navy with silver. The boho sand, cream, sage and terracotta garland wall has dried pampas and eucalyptus tucked in.

Matching a balloon wall to the party

Pick the wall by the party colours. The pastel pink, macaron and lilac walls suit first birthdays, baby showers and princess parties, and the sunshine yellow suits summer birthdays. The rainbow and confetti walls suit kids' parties, school events and graduations, and the heart balloon wall suits Valentine's Day and engagements. For milestone birthdays, award nights and New Year's Eve, the black and gold and chrome silver walls bring the glamour, and the emerald and gold wall suits Christmas and St Patrick's Day. The boho sand and sage garland suits neutral showers and rustic weddings. See photo booth backgrounds for layouts and print sizes.

Tips for using these backgrounds

• Add contrast in front of chrome. The chrome silver, black and gold and emerald and gold walls have bright highlights, so give your subject a little rim light or extra contrast so they do not look flat against them. The matte pastel walls are softer and suit flat booth lighting.
• Keep the balloons the right size. A party balloon is a little bigger than a head. For one to three people, a head-and-shoulders crop keeps that scale; for bigger groups, use the landscape file and avoid shrinking people so far that the balloons look giant.
• Use the even walls for strips. The confetti and pastel macaron walls look much the same all over, so each narrow frame of a 2x6 strip still shows a full balloon wall. Add the age, name or date on a solid shape; the balloons carry no numbers or text.

These walls fill the frame with nothing else in view. For a set with a balloon arch or garland around an open floor where guests stand, see birthday balloon digital backdrops. New to compositing? Read how to use digital backdrops.