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This is how you
can make seamless tiles to match
your Header, or an Image on your page...
You can use this
Picture, or choose one of your own (if using your
own pic, please post the original pic with your tile results)...
(If using this picture, right click to save to a folder of your
choice)
Open
your image in PSP. Duplicate (SHIFT+D), then close the
original, you should now be working on a copy of the original
Click
on the Crop tool
Click
somewhere on your image, grab a corner node, and drag out your
box to select the area of the image you want to use for your tile,
you can
also click on the centre node to move the box around and position
it ..
(I try to keep the tile size somewhere around
100-150 x 100-150)
when
happy with your selection, double click inside the box to crop it,
you should now have a small section of your picture left...
Go to
Effects-Image Effects-Seamless Tiling
This
box will open, use the setting shown below, then click OK
This
is what my seamless tile looks like
you can check how your tile is going to look on a page, by opening a
new
canvas 400x400, locate your new seamless tile in the pattern section
of the material box, then flood fill the new canvas with your tile
pattern...
this is what mine would look like on a page (resized for loading
time)
Now
lets reduce the file size, (to save page loading time),
and
save our tile in a folder...go to File-Export-JPEG
Optimizer
This
box will open.. I usually save my tiles at a compression value of
1 to 10, depending
on the tile...(you can see the difference in the file size
below the sample pics using 10)...
I leave the other 2 tabs set at default, then click OK
This
box will open, you need to type the name of your tile in the lower
box (1),
(When naming your tiles, try to avoid adding spaces between the
words) I use
caps like this to "SeparateTheWords", or msn will fill the spaces
with junk codes.
then click on the arrow (2) for the dropdown box to see your folders
Scroll through the folders in the dropdown box...when you locate
the folder for your
tile, double click on the folder to open it, then click Save...you
can delete the tile on
your workspace now, since it has been exported and saved in a
folder..
Your tile is now in your folder, and ready to use
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial..
good luck and have fun
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