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Barrowness Beaumont

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01-12-2008 06:24

Hi All

Sorry if not in the right section, but I know that I almost always get a response here!

Ok so I am just getting started in Photoshop and I want to make my own textures... now I am trying to create a seamless texture.

I know that I need it to have an exact pattern repeat on all four sides so that there is no seam....but..

can I work out how to do that in PS - pfft! lol

Now I am really new to PS and so I am sure it's easy enough when you know how!!

So I would be really really really grateful if someone could baby-step me through how to do it!

Big hugs in advance!!

BB

Hiro Queso

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01-12-2008 06:32

There is no one way to make a texture seamless, it really depends on the nature & complexity of the texture - even then there are several ways to do it. You could, for example, make three layers from the background, quadruple the size of the canvas, and then using reflection, you can tile those four layers to make one seamless texture. For some textures, using the clone stamp might be a better approach.

I would strongly advise you get to grips with photoshop basics if you're considering making textures. The following link has a bunch of tutorials that provide a good intro to the basics:

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps5out.htm

Once you have worked through the basics, there are some pretty cool podcasts with tips and tutorials. Check out 'Adobe Photoshop Quicktips' by Justin Seeley. I advise you work through the tutorials at the above link (or any other basic tutorial) before doing so though.

Cristalle Karami

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01-12-2008 07:10

Please ask this question in the Texturing Tips forum. The PS experts can help.

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SuezanneC Baskerville

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01-12-2008 11:10

If you go to the texture forum, you will see a link, a button, toward the right of the screen that says "Search This Forum".

Click that link and put "Seamless Textures" in as the search term. You will find useful links by doing that.

The do the same using "Seamless tiles" as your search term.

Also use Google or another search engine and put

"seamless textures" second life wiki

in as your search term.

That will get you the second life wiki on a page that has several seamless texture related links, and the wiki has it's own search engine as well.

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Kelli May

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01-12-2008 12:46

For something as widespread and popular as PS, there are thousands of tutorials all over the web. Try Googling "seamless texture tutorial" or similar.

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Any Photoshop experts out there-texture advice needed!
Barrowness Beaumont Registered User Join date: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 262	01-12-2008 06:24 Hi All Sorry if not in the right section, but I know that I almost always get a response here! Ok so I am just getting started in Photoshop and I want to make my own textures... now I am trying to create a seamless texture. I know that I need it to have an exact pattern repeat on all four sides so that there is no seam....but.. can I work out how to do that in PS - pfft! lol Now I am really new to PS and so I am sure it's easy enough when you know how!! So I would be really really really grateful if someone could baby-step me through how to do it! Big hugs in advance!! BB
Hiro Queso 503less Join date: 23 Feb 2005 Posts: 2,753	01-12-2008 06:32 There is no one way to make a texture seamless, it really depends on the nature & complexity of the texture - even then there are several ways to do it. You could, for example, make three layers from the background, quadruple the size of the canvas, and then using reflection, you can tile those four layers to make one seamless texture. For some textures, using the clone stamp might be a better approach. I would strongly advise you get to grips with photoshop basics if you're considering making textures. The following link has a bunch of tutorials that provide a good intro to the basics: http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/l/bllps5out.htm Once you have worked through the basics, there are some pretty cool podcasts with tips and tutorials. Check out 'Adobe Photoshop Quicktips' by Justin Seeley. I advise you work through the tutorials at the above link (or any other basic tutorial) before doing so though.
Cristalle Karami Lady of the House Join date: 4 Dec 2006 Posts: 6,222	01-12-2008 07:10 Please ask this question in the Texturing Tips forum. The PS experts can help. _____________________ Affordable & beautiful apartments & homes starting at 150L/wk! Waterfront homes, 575L/wk & 300 prims! House of Cristalle low prim prefabs: secondlife://Cristalle/111/60 http://cristalleproperties.info http://careeningcristalle.blogspot.com - Careening, A SL Sailing Blog
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	01-12-2008 11:10 If you go to the texture forum, you will see a link, a button, toward the right of the screen that says "Search This Forum". Click that link and put "Seamless Textures" in as the search term. You will find useful links by doing that. The do the same using "Seamless tiles" as your search term. Also use Google or another search engine and put "seamless textures" second life wiki in as your search term. That will get you the second life wiki on a page that has several seamless texture related links, and the wiki has it's own search engine as well. _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Kelli May karmakanic Join date: 7 Oct 2006 Posts: 1,135	01-12-2008 12:46 For something as widespread and popular as PS, there are thousands of tutorials all over the web. Try Googling "seamless texture tutorial" or similar. _____________________ Do worried sheep have nervous ticks? Karmakanix@Sin-Labs http://slurl.com/secondlife/Circe/170/197/504 Karmakanix on SLX http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=61062

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