Re: HI and BACKGROUND CONSTRUCTION

Yvon,

I'm not a Photoshop user either but it seems to me that you're really
wrestling with this when perhaps you need not be. 

I use PhotoImpact from Ulead Systems and making wallpaper/backgrounds is an
absolute snap. You can create hundreds of different
patterns/textures/colors...all you need is your creativity. I'm pretty sure
you can make and save them with the trial version, so you might want to try
that. It's possible to create beautiful satin papers like you describe and
it will only take you a few minutes.

Disclaimer: I am in no way connected with Ulead...just *love* their products :)

HTH

Kym




At 09:20 AM 03/21/2000 -0800, Ted Temer wrote:
>Yvon:
>
>As I no longer use PhotoShop, (Haven't for several years), any current user
>please feel free to jump in on this.
>
>In Canvas one simply places the four mirror images on a page, butted up next
>to each other and chooses "Join". You then save the joined images, (Save
>Selection), as the final image using all the compression or other modifiers
>you desire.
>
>However, in Picture Publisher for example, one would have to create a "New"
>picture area to place the four smaller images in.
>
>If--to continue the example, each of the 4 mirror images were 100 x 100
>pixels in size, then the larger "new" blank space would have to be at least
>200 x 200 pixels in size. In Picture Publisher you can have as many
>different images in separate windows as you wish. I believe this is the same
>in PhotoShop. So--you would end up with five windows. Four 100x100 and the
>larger blank one. The large one has been saved with the final image name you
>want to use on the web.
>
>You then copy and paste the smaller images into the larger picture and slide
>them in place. If the large image was too big, you may crop it as desired.
>When you have it the way you want, simply re-save the large image and the
>task is done except for any compression, etc. that you might want to apply.
>
>That in broad terms, is one of many ways to go about it. I hope that a
>PhotoShop user may be able to provide more detailed step by steps.
>
>Again best wishes,
>Ted Temer
>Temercraft Designs Redding, CA
>temer(at)c-zone.net
>www.temercraft.com/
>www.newsredding.com/
>
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm new to this list.
>> My name is Yvon and I started with html in June last year.
>>
>> I'm busy now with making my own pattern type background.
>> I read Ted Temer's answer to Dick.
>>
>> Ted,
>> Could you give me advice in making a pattern?
>> My ultimate goal is to make a background that looks like velvet or satin.
>> I'm experimenting.
>> I made an image and mirrored it horizontally and vertically.
>> The problem is: I don't know how to make a blank bitmap to put the images
>in.
>> I use Photoshop.
>> The images I'm talking about are to see on:
>> http://weezenhof.nl.eu.org/yvonne/homepages.html#bgimage
>> Thanks a lot,
>> Yvon.
>>
>> --
>>   Yvonne Janssen
>>   yvonne(at)weezenhof.nl.eu.org
>>   http://weezenhof.nl.eu.org/yvonne
>>
>>




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