Creating A Seamlessly Tiled Background - Ulead PHOTOIMPACT 11 User Manual

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Creating a seamlessly tiled background

When tiling an image selection as a Web page background, you can create a tile
that is "seamless", or one that tiles in a way giving the appearance of a single
texture. So, distinctions between tiles become invisible. These tiles are not only
eye-catching but less distracting when reading the Web contents.
To create a seamlessly tiled background:
1. Create a selection (not an object) in an
image.
2. Select Web: Create Seamless Tile.
3. Adjust the Merge size and Merge
ratio boxes to change how strongly the
image selection area overlaps upon
itself and how strongly it blends the
overlap with the native image pixels.
4. Click Preview to see how the image selection area appears when tiled. Clicking
anywhere on the preview image or pressing [Esc] returns you to the previous
dialog box.
Note: A smaller image selection provides more tiles. A very large image selection
may not tile. PhotoImpact automatically detects this situation when you click
Preview.
5. Click OK. A new tile appears in the workspace as a new image. Save it as an
image file for later use as a background.
Displayed preview window when no
seamless effect is applied
Image selection in the original image
Displayed preview result when a
seamless effect is applied