Creating Photoshop Backgrounds?
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If you mean how to create an image that will look seamless when it's tiled, here's one way to do it:\n\n- Create your basic image, trying to get most of the interesting stuff in the middle rather than at the edges. (We'll be fixing the edges to tile smoothly.)\n\n- "Offset" the image, so the original corners come together in the middle and the original middle is divided among the corners. (Both ways look the same when tiled.)\nIn Photoshop CS,  you can Select > All (ctrl-A), then Filters > Other > Offset and choose horizontal and vertical values roughly half your image width/height.\nAnother way to do it is to copy your original image, then paste it in a 2x2 grid in a larger new image; and copy the middle piece (where the inner corners come together), at the same size as the original image.\nIf the original image is\n12\n34\nthen the 2x2 grid looks like\n1212\n3434\n1212\n3434\nand the new, offset version you copy is\n43\n21\n\n- Don't touch the edges of this new image. Just fix the joins between the quadrants -- the "+" across the whole image -- until it looks smooth. Add more stuff or just smooth things over; do what you like. (The edges of this new image will automatically tile smoothly, because they came out of the center of your original image.)\n\n- If you like, offset the image again, so a single copy looks the way you'd like.
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i make my own (professionaly) --please don't ask what program i use-- but if you just e-mail me (esachs90@yahoo.com) and tell me exactly what type of background/layout you want I'll be glad to do it. (obviously this is free- just thought id do you a favor)
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Try this:\nhttp://www.gimp.org/\n\nVery much like Photoshop but free!
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Open the picture\nSelect it all\nDo an Edit > Copy\nThen open the background and do a Paste (or Paste Layer)
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To get consistent results you should apply a stroke as follows:\n1. Open the image.\n2. Double click the locked "Background" layer and rename it.  (This unlocks the layer and allows you to edit.)\n3. Click the "Add Layer Style" icon in the Layers Pallet and choose stroke.\n4. Set your stroke to INSIDE.  Then set your color, size and other settings to preference.
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You can download the image you are looking for as a background from http://www.theouterlimits.com/downloads/index.html?desktop.  You can make that a screen saver in windows by using the My Pictures Slideshow and putting the picture in a folder by itself and telling the screen saver to look in that directory for pictures.
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Since thats all you want to do i would recommend photoshop elements its a pretty cheap program and its pretty powerfull.  Also I recommend using Adobe products.
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Yes , see this Free program : http://downint.googlepages.com/photosoftware
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O SNAP SON! thats a perfect question, because im in commerical art class right now dealing with adobe illustration and photoshop so you asked the right question lol. What i would do is use the lasso tool (polygonial in specific) and then trace the image NOT FULLY, because then the only part youll have to edit is the inside, instead of editing inside trace it and then go outside and make a rectangle (or whatever) around the background so that the image is outside traced and the background  section is selected, FIRST make sure the background layer is selected (if you have more then one layer) (layers appear to the right of the screen in the program) (select it by just clicking on the layer tab) and then once you have done that you would want to select what color you want the background to be from the color palette and then use the paintbrush tool  to feel in the background in replace of white. You will have to repeat the lasso maybe a few times because its not like just outlining the object itself your outlining the background, OR you can just make a diffrent color background (have to make a diffrent layer (youll see how to make a diffrent layer at the bottom of the layer box just scroll those icons down there)) and then paint the layer the color you want it to be but MAKE SURE that the layer isnt on the image layer then it will all turn that color becasue a new layer overlaps and old one. If the image comes with the white background you probably just want to go with the lasso direction. Alright..thats it, hope yo find it out, if you dont just click my name on here and find out my contact info. PEACE! O yeah and make sure u drag and drop the clipart into photoshop to use it lol.
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done think there is a website that would do that .. i know there is a program .. but cant remember it's name now .. anyways .. if u want i could help u with that .. send me the pics and i will do it for yaa using photoshop. \ntake care
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If you want a free program, try The Gimp or GimpShop.  They work pretty much the same as Photoshop but aren't quite as big resource hogs (though there are fewer tutorials on using gimp than photoshop)
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Yes, Use Photoshop imageready and CS2.\n\nTake free online classes.
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www.good-tutorials.com\n\nThey have everything to know about Photoshop.
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I use Paint.NET  Its free and does almost everything photoshop can. try it
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Load an image into paintshop pro\nClick on the dropper icon\nMove the mouse over the image\nLeft click to set the forground colour\nRight click to set the background colour\n\nThe Dropper will also appear if you click on either the foreground or background colour, as well as the colour chart.  Move the mouse over an image in the window and click to reset the colour.\n\nTo use the cloning tool you will need the Tool Options Pallet window.\nLoad an image\nClick on the cloning tool\nClick on the Tool Options Pallet window and set the paintbrush size and density etc.\nNow right click on a point in the image\nNow left click on a different point on the image to get a cloned dot.  Increase the size of the paintbrush to start with so that you can see what is happening.\nClick, hold and drag to get different effects.
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two ways i can think of... pick your poison:\n\ngo into adobe photoshop... under the SELECT or EDIT menu in the topbar menu, there should be SELECT COLOR RANGE... you can select a color range and the 'fuzziness' of the selection.  If it is a scanned image, hold shift while you select the various shades of blue in the background.  Press ok and at least most of your background will be selected.  Then EDIT -> FILL in the topbar menu.  Select the color to fill with and do it.\n\nAnother way is to mask out the background by creating a transparent layer over the image's layer... then setting the blending mask to multiply (im not 100% sure if it's multiply, you can experiment).  Then fill the whole layer with a blue (either do that SELECT COLOR RANGE trick or experiment with different shades of blue).  The mask will mask out the blue ( this trick works better if the background is a uniform shade of blue... like if it's a digital design to start with, not a scan).\n\ni hope this helps... let me know if you got any questions or if i missed something.
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Try GIMP 2.0\nit's a free image editing software but need time to master it.\nbut i'm not sure is it the right one that you are looking for