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20/20 |
For this tutorial, you will need to download
Click on the link to download the file. This is a freeware file.
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After installing 20/20,
copy the image you want to make seamless to the clipboard, or open an image
you have saved on your hard drive from within the 20/20 program.
If you'd like an image with which to practice, right mouse click on this
one and click again on copy. This works well with clip art type images
that have quite a bit of plain background area, but can also be used with
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Open 20/20, and click
on file, open to open a new image. Or click on edit/paste/as a new
image to paste a copied image into the program.
Now look at the tool
bar to the right side. You will see this button.
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Click it, and your
image will be tiled. Now click on edit/copy to copy your image. |
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Now open Photo Impact
if it is not already open. Click on file, Paste, as a new image to
open your copied image. Right click on your image and click again
on All. This will select all of the image. Right click again
and click again on convert to object.
Now right click again
and click on properties. Change the 0 beside transparency to 50 or 60.
Click ok.
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From here, you can
right click and merge all, and use the image optimizer to save your background
tile, or you can drag it directly to an already prepared strip while holding
down the t key.
Or you can copy the
image, and click on Ctrl f to open the fill dialog box. Click on
the image tab and click in the circle beside clipboard to fill the strip.
If you've already saved
an image you'd like to use for the background, click on the file circle,
and then on the box with ... on it to browse for your saved image.
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x 2 = 250, 125 X 3 = 375) |
Here is where it can
get tricky. Your strip must be either the same height of your tile,
or a multiple of the height of the image in order for it to be seamless
in use.
For instance this tile
is 125 pixels high, so the strip must be either 125 pixels, 250 pixels,
or 375 pixels, or the strip will not end up seamless. You can
also push ctrl g at the same time to open the dimensions dialog box, change
the unit to pixels, and change the height of your tile to the same
height you have chosen for your strip. If you do so, make sure "keep aspect
ratio is checked".
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Remember to use the
object optimizer on your completed piece as explained in my previous tutorials. |
