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258 ULEAD PHOTOIMPACT USER GUIDE
Using Background Designer
Background Designer helps you create tileable backgrounds. The image that you
want to tile can be of any size, but the smaller it is, the faster it will download.
Also, the smaller the image is, the more frequently it will repeat itself in the
background. A good rule is to make the size of the average background tile about
80 x 80 pixels. This will make the file relatively small and fast to download,
allowing it to tile approximately 50 times in the background on a typical 800 x 600
display.
When creating a Web page background, there are two ways to open Background
Designer:
Note: If there is no document in the current workspace or Generate a new tile is
selected, Background Designer creates a single background tile only. This
appears as a new image in the workspace. Optimize and save it as an image
file, then insert it as a Web background to your Web page document by
selecting Web: Web Properties.
To create a tiled background:
1. Select Web: Background Designer.
Or, select Web: Web Properties. On the Background tab, select
Background Designer texture.
2. Enter the dimensions of the background tile in the cell size boxes (80 x 80 pixels
are recommended).
3. Select the style of wallpaper from Schema to define the tile texture.
4. Select from Background type to modify the texture pattern for a more random
and unique appearance.
Note: Click Edit to open the Palette Ramp Editor. This modifies the color gradient
for the texture.
5. Adjust the Frequency, Density, Amplitude, and Darken or Lighten to
customize the variable appearance of the tile.
6. Click OK.
Note: Press [Ctrl+F5] to hide the base image and display the background in the
document as needed, except when you are creating a background as a new
image file.
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