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Create Seamless Pattern Tiles
with Kai's Power Tools version 3.0

This tutorial will teach you how to create seamless pattern tiles using KPT 3.0 (Kai's Power Tools, a set of plugin filters for Photoshop).

The directions here are for Photoshop, but any paint program that works with KPT 3.0 should work for these instructions, too.

1.Select File/New, and create a new image about 100 pixels by 100 pixels in RGB color. Select Filters/KPT 3/KPT Texture Explorer. Experiment by clicking on the different settings until you find a texture that you like, then select OK.

Explore the interface until you discover a texture you like, then select OK.

2.Now you have a nice texture, but it isn't seamless. To create a seamless pattern, first make a selection using the Selection tool. This selection should be in at least 10 pixels away from the sides of the image. Then, select Filters/KPT 3/KPT Seamless Welder 3.0. Next, select Edit/crop in Photoshop 3, or Image/crop in Photoshop 4. The resulting cropped image will be a seamless pattern.

3.Chances are that the texture you selected is too intense to use as a background on a web page and have text that's legible. To fade the tile, select Image/Adjust/Levels. Drag the left Output slider to the center.

4. Select Mode/Indexed, and save this as a gif file.

Create Seamless Pattern Tiles
with Kai's Power Tools version 2.0

This tutorial will teach you how to create seamless pattern tiles using KPT(Kai's Power Tools, a set of plugin filters for Photoshop). If you have KPT 3.0, you should also have KPT 2.0 as well: on the CD for KPT version 3.0, in a directory named CLASSICS.

The directions here are for Photoshop, but any paint program that works with KPT 2.0 should work for these instructions, too.

1.Select File/New, and create a new image 96 pixels by 96 pixels in RGB color. Select Filters/KPT 2/Texture Explorer. On the Texture Explorer, you'll see one large tile surrounded by 9 smaller tiles. Click on the large tile in the center, and select a Tile Size of 96x96 pixels. Now, any texture you select will automatically be a seamless pattern tile.

Explore the interface until you discover a texture you like, then select OK.

2. Chances are that the texture you selected is too intense to use as a background on a web page and have text that's legible. To fade the tile, select Image/Adjust/Levels. Drag the left Output slider to the center.

3.Select Mode/Indexed, for Photoshop 3, or Image/Mode/Indexed in Photoshop 4 and save this as a gif file.

You can create dozens of interesting seamless pattern tile backgrounds in just minutes using these instructions.