Tile an image in Photoshop

fairyjo · 12-12-2003, 04:00 AM

Hello!

Is it possible to tile an image in a selected area of a photoshop image? Like if I wanted to make a background for just a part of the image with a smaller repeated image.

Thank you very much in advance for your help,
Joanie

Atom · 12-12-2003, 06:44 AM

yes ... is the the image that you want to tile square or rectangular? ... or is it like.. a more complex outline .. like .. the outline of a person?

fairyjo · 12-12-2003, 07:16 AM

It's a 255*256px gif, so it won't tile too many times in the image, but I still need to tile it.

Thanks,
Joanie

Atom · 12-12-2003, 07:36 AM

ok... is this something you just need done or.. ... is your goal to learn how to do it? because I can do it for you or I can explain to you exactly how to do it yourself ... if you have PS (I'm assuming you do)

fairyjo · 12-12-2003, 07:40 AM

Both, I need this done and I want to try with many different images so I also need to learn how to do it myself.

Yes I have Photoshop. I've looked but couldn't find a tutorial on this. Let me just add that I don't need to create an image that will tile, I have the image and I want to tile it in another image in Photoshop. I wasn't sure I had been clear.

If you can tell me how to do this it would be great. Thanks,
Joanie

Atom · 12-12-2003, 08:01 AM

ok ..... open the main image in PS... find the .gif and open with PS.... drag the .gif onto the main image ..... make sure the .gif is selected and make it any size you need it with edit/transform/scale (make sure to click the "perspective" button (it's an icon of two interlinked chain links in the top row of tools) press enter when you get it the size you want, .... with the .gif selected and using the mover tool... place it wherever you want ..

fairyjo · 12-12-2003, 08:21 AM

I can't find the perspective button. What tool has to be selected to have the perspective button in the top tool bar?

Joanie

PS: I have Photoshop 6

Atom · 12-12-2003, 08:32 AM

edit/transform/scale... and you'll see the "maintain perspective" link, between the "percentage" windows ... make sure it's highlighted.... I have PS7 .... but I'm thinking they both must have this feature... but I'm not sure

fairyjo · 12-12-2003, 08:37 AM

OK, I found it, it's called "maintain aspect ratio" in PS6, now I'm where you left. I place the image where I want the first one, now I need it serveral times on a selected area.
Thanks,
Joanie

Atom · 12-12-2003, 08:43 AM

sorry ... I always mistakenly call it "perspective" .... sorry about that Joanie.......... ok .... make sure the layer you want to duplicate is selected, layer/duplicate layer .... then the duplicated layer will appear directly over the original and you simply move it off to where you want it with the mover tool .... resize it if you want or whatever....

AcRoNym · 12-12-2003, 08:55 AM

yea just duplicate it?

fairyjo · 12-12-2003, 08:58 AM

Well, yes I can do that easily, but do I have to duplicate the layer as many times as I need the image to be tiled? Because it's going to make really a lot of layers. I was hoping that there was an easier way.

Joanie

Atom · 12-12-2003, 09:07 AM

sure ...... you can duplicate as many layers as you want and then link them all in the layer pallatte and ..... layer/merged linked .... that will make them all 1 layer

Atom · 12-12-2003, 09:12 AM

layer/duplicate layer/edit/transform/"again" .... this will save you a step or two ...... what it does is duplicates your previous action.... and then if you keep selecting "again", it duplicates "it's" previous action and so on.... so the image will decrease in size by the percentage that you chose to begin with, each time you chose "again"

fairyjo · 12-12-2003, 09:14 AM

Yes, but it's going to take hours

maybe not, but it's true I'm always looking for an easier way.

So that I can do, but I only need to tile a selected area of my main image. How do I keep the tile from going accross the borders of the selected area?

Joanie

Atom · 12-12-2003, 09:20 AM

it doesn't matter if it tiles over the selected area if you use the "again" method .... does it? have you tried using "again" yet?

anyway.... it gets smaller... not bigger .... so it shouldn't tile over the selection... unles you're not reducing the size each time and just duplicating.... in which case... you can just move them off the selection boundries so you can see, and when you're done duplicating.... just arrange them where you want them ....... I use guides, grids and navagation lines alot for that

AcRoNym · 12-12-2003, 09:30 AM

erm its 256 by 256 so tilling would take nano secs 2across 2 down? cus how big is the image just duplicate and move it if its too wide or long edit transform hold shift to keep perspective or lock the chain like atom said the mess around wiv it..

fairyjo · 12-12-2003, 09:33 AM

Yes I've used again and it does work well thank you, but the selected area I have to tile is not square at all, it's a rounded area so it does matter and I don't want my tiled images to get any smaller. Sorry, I know I'm asking a difficult thing, I just hope you have a solution.

Thanks

Joanie

PS: I have to go, it'll take about half an hour so I'll do what's in your next post when I come back, thanks.