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Grid Backgrounds!


actually if youre making a pattern for a webpage, you dont even need to go to edit--->define pattern. this is only for patterns you want to use within photoshop. you should just save the image within your images web folder. for a grid, its probably fine to save it as a .gif via the save for web feature. if you only have your pattern to work with, you need to make your doc exactly as big as your pattern, and fill it with your pattern and save it. if you dont know, then youll have to make your grid again. so go to the last step of your pattern making with your square marquee active and then pull out guides from the ruler and they will snap to the selection. then crop it(your crop will snap to the guides), and save it...
hope this wasnt too long winded, just ask with anymore questions!
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Looks like this one is only 8x8 pixels. Id suggest making your own background, but here is what it looks like closeup, minus the jpg artifacts. You could replicate this by going File-->New and making your document 8x8 pixels and then start drawing on it with the pencil tool(use the [ key to make your pencil very small). Then save it in your images folder via the save for web feature. If you make your own then you have to be careful that all sides meet up right. To test this hit ctrl+a to select all and then edit-->define pattern. Save your pattern. Open up a larger doc (about 24px by 24px)and start painting your new pattern with the pattern stamp tool. This will reveal any imperfections. You know the html coding for setting a background image, correct??
 
Sidenote on the subject of patterns used within Photoshop: because I know no way to accurately find the dimensions of a certain pattern once its defined, I usually save the dimensions of the original marquee with the name of the pattern. Make sure your ruler units are pixels to get a good readout..
[honesty]
 
My pic.. I made it a little bigger from wut u told me to do.. id say it looks more like the Swish-Db Background..

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That looks great! :righton: Just one thing though, I can't see it on my monitor because I have an LCD screen. The only way I can reasonably see it is if I pull the middle slider in Image-->Adjustments-->Levels to 0.35. Don't use this as a rule but just be aware that a lot of screens are going to be a lot brighter than regular computer monitors...just my two [:I Awesome grid!!
 
tranquil222 said:
I can't see it on my monitor because I have an LCD screen.
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And why is that tranquil222? [confused]
I mean, I was standing in front of a few LCD monitors last time (wow!), but when you don't always see, what should be there, then I ask myself why I should buy LCD, because I would only restrict myself [stuned]
 
I can see the pattern just fine on my main monitor which is an Apple Cinema Display so Tranquil222's issue is not universally true of LCD monitors . In fact when I drag the page to my LaCie Blue II which I use for palettes mostly, there is virtually no difference in the grid images except the fact that I keep my ACD at 5000K for print gammut accuracy on my own printers and the LaCie at 6500K for testing purposes.
 
:righton: End result looks great realneed4speed!!!

Great tuterage and guidance Gaussian and tranquil222!!! :} :} :}
 
Has anyone noticed that the background color for every other message is approximately F7F3F7 ?(an off-purple color?) This would make the attachment stand out more. I was looking at the grid behind a white background in PS, so even on a crt monitor it looked kind of light.
 
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