First of all, let me say that not all images can look great after being tiled. Even if you apply the seamless command after tiling, certain images just don’t blend very well. So if you want to create a beautiful seamless background, you need to start off with an image that will blend easily.
This means that the colors on the opposite edges of the image are not contrasting too much. Also, if you could make the initial image that you’re working on a square, this will help the process of the image not looking chopped up when tiling.
The first thing you will need to do is open up the image that you will tile in Gimp. What we’re going to do is save this image as a .pat
You might be asking yourself what in the world is a .pat? Well a .pat is the name of the extension for a Gimp pattern.
Once you have opened the image you will go to:
File → Save as → (Scroll down and you will see) Select File Type (By Extension) → )Find where it says) Gimp Pattern → Click Save
A new window will come up asking you to write a description of the image. You should write a memorable description there so that you can find it later or else all of your images will be named Gimp Pattern (making it diffcult for you to find the image that you want easily).
Okay so you saved the image already as a .pat ~yay!
Now we have to place it in the right place so that Gimp will be able to find it when you are wanting to tile the image as a background.
You’ll have to go to where Gimp was installed on your computer. Most computers install Gimp in the Program Files. So this would be the address to find it:
C:Program FilesGIMP-2.0sharegimp2.0patterns
If for some reason it’s not in your program files folder on your C drive, then look for it and then you will find a similar pathway to what I just described.
All of the patterns for Gimp are right there in the patterns folder. Since I don’t like most of the patterns that come with Gimp, I deleted quite a few of them only leaving the ones that mattered. I did this in order to declutter the visuals and make my work flow easier.
Once you find the patterns folder you can paste your .pat file in there.
Now close your Gimp and start it over again.
• Create a new image which will be your white canvas.
• Click the bucket fill tool.
• Select Pattern fill.
• Click on the square to see the patterns that you have and select the right one.
If you can’t find the pattern that you want simply type the first letter of your description and the pattern name should come right up.
• Select the pattern.
Now use the bucket fill to fill your white canvas with that image.
Voila!
You are done ~yay!
Here’s another tutorial on creating a tiled background just in case you want some screenshots of the process.
Ta Da for Now,
Eren Mckay ♥
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