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Often, we need a textured background, or a texture to overlay other objects. Most of the time we need a seamless tile so that it can repeat indefinitely.
We use seamless texture tiles in website backgrounds, as pattern swatches in Illustrator or Photoshop, and even to create dynamic textures in game graphics (as seen in Tiny Wings, for example).
Unfortunately for Photoshop lovers, there is no truly easy way to make a seamless tile in Photoshop.
Fortunately for us all, GIMP makes it ridiculously easy to do just that. And GIMP is free! If you don’t have it, go download it here. It’s worth downloading for this feature, even if you already have Photoshop.
We’re going to focus on creating a randomly generated texture, but you can apply this method to a photo as well.
Step 1: Create the random texture
Open A New Document
Create a new document
Open GIMP. Go to File>New. Enter the size you want your tile to be; I chose 200×200 pixels. Click OK.
You now have a blank canvas. Make sure your background and foreground swatches (in the Toolbox panel) are set to the default white and black.
If they are not, click the little black and white swatch icon next to the background and foreground swatches.
Apply A Filter
Choose the Flame filter
In the menu bar, go to Filters>Render>Nature>Flame. In the dialog that pops up, you can change the settings around if you wish and see a small preview.
Flame is a very variable filter – you will get something completely different each time. You can find all the variations by clicking the “Edit” button at the top.
Click OK.
The result of the Flame filter
This is what I have; you will have something else depending on how the Flame filter worked. Let’s see how it looks tiled:
When tiled, this image looks pretty choppy.
You can read the article in its entirety, on the official website of https://www.gameartguppy.com/tutorial-how-to-create-a-seamless-texture-in-gimp/
Thanks a lot … I hope your thoughts, your geniuses can have as much resonance as possible.
You can read the article in its entirety, on the official website of https://www.gameartguppy.com/tutorial-how-to-create-a-seamless-texture-in-gimp/
Thanks a lot … I hope your thoughts, your geniuses can have as much resonance as possible.
