shocker Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 How can I make it so pictures tile, such as textures for video games? I've tried searching, and I downloaded BoltBait's SeamlessHelper, but I still couldn't get it to work. I am new at Paint.net, and I never used any other graphic program before. Any tips would be great. Here is the picture I want to tile... http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/8643/sdfsfam7.png When ever I use the program, it leaves me with spaces that I do not know how to fill... http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5987/sdfsfvh8.png And just in case, here is what I'm trying to follow. http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=2614 Maybe this is too advanced for a beginer like me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireFly Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 I've wanted to be able to do similar things as well. I don't know either. I tried using the seamless helper too but it doesn't help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helio Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Seamless helper will only do what you want if the canvas is exactly the size of the image that you want to tile. Quote v An excellent open–source strategy game—highly recommended. "I wish I had never been born," she said. "What are we born for?" "For infinite happiness," said the Spirit. "You can step out into it at any moment..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike 121 Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 you night be able to copy and paste the corners into the white space... Quote "No. Dreaming is illegal."~Pyrochild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vobie Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 i used ur example and look what it looks like on my desktop: by my understanding thats exactly what its supposed to look like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike 121 Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 vobie, he wants to kill the white space and make it look normal, like with the seemless helper Quote "No. Dreaming is illegal."~Pyrochild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shocker Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share Posted May 27, 2007 Helio~ When I make the canvas 512 x 512 (same size as the image), I come up with this- http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/7317/agfdyk3.png spike 121~ I get the same as above. vobie~ I need to find out a way to get rid of the white. FireFly~ Hopefully someone will know how to fix this. If you find out how, please share :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmcguinness Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Shocker I have a solution that will work for this particular texture, as it is a horizontal pattern. Try this... 1. Take the image (512x512) make sure there is no white border, that the texture fills the entire canvas. 2. Select one entire half of the image (left or right, it doesn't really matter) using the rectangle select tool. The area should be 256x512. 3. Delete this section 4. [CTRL+SHIFT+D] to duplicate the layer 5. On the top layer select LAYER > Flip Horizontal 6. [CTRL+SHIFT+F] to flatten. 7. Now, select either the entire top, or bottom, half and delete it. 8. [CTRL+SHIFT+D] to duplicate the layer 9. On the top layer select LAYER > Flip Vertical 10. [CTRL+SHIFT+F] to flatten. You should now have a tileable image. This method should do the trick, but has essentially reduced your 512 image by 1/4 with it flipped and repeated. Seamless Helper If you want to use the seamless helper plugin for something like this, start with an image that has NO white border. After applying Seamless Helper you will see the seam running vertically down the middle (and across depending on the texture). You should use combinations of cut/paste, blends, clone stamp to best hide this seam (make sure to not touch the 1-2px at the extreme edge of the image, as these are the parts that match when tiled). Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornipsus Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Someone should write a plugin for that! Quote The God of Judgement is not pleased... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shocker Posted May 28, 2007 Author Share Posted May 28, 2007 cjmcguinness~ Thank you. I did that, and it worked well, except it looks alittle repetive. I found a tutorial that I losely followed to make the texture tile nicely. Try this: http://forum.interlopers.net/viewtopic.php?t=2862 You may also need this: http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewt ... ight=clone Using those tutorials, I managed to come up with this: http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1700/rocksn0.png Thanks for all of you who helped, though. :wink: (sorry if this technique is old, again I'm new at this so it's new to me) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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