Seamless « Textures « Photoshop Tutorials

I was recently notified of a really cool website that has some free, top-notch seamless textures for free download. You can find these textures at All Things Designed. The maker of these textures claims to have been working in the texture industry for years, so you can trust that these are a pretty sweet deal

To begin, you need to have a perfectly square texture image that you want to make seamless. You can download the one I use for this tutorial here > Bronze Texture.

In the glory days of Windows v3.1, seamlessly tiling textures were definitely the way forward in desktop wallpapers. They consumed very little memory, were visually appealing, and caused negligible system slowdown. Of course, much has changed since then, with high-resolution wallpapers now the standard for nearly everyone. That does not mean, of course, that seamless textures have been consigned to the junk pile. They are now more useful than ever, valuable for webpage backgrounds, 3D texture mapping, and many other professional applications. Luckily for designers, they are also easy to make, providing you have the required patience and know the techniques necessary to make them. Note: This is an advanced method for making seamlessly tiling textures. If you are a newbie in Photoshop and can get away with it, the more traditional method may be for you. If, however, you need more precise control or your texture is troublesomely complex, then read on!