Photoshop newbie with problem...

**sacha** · 09-04-2004, 04:03 PM

Hi, I am trying to achieve something which I would have perceived as being v simple but cannot work out how to do it!
I have an image in jpg format which I want to form the background of my photoshop image - the thing is I want the image tiled, like you can do for the background in Word or as wallpaper on your desktop. I have spent ages trying to do this to no avail.... is there anyone who can point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance

Sacha

**judyb** · 09-05-2004, 12:29 PM

I'm confused on what you are trying to do. At first when you said tiled I thought of the background on web pages which is repeated over and over. That takes a program (like a browser) to do.

If you just mean that you want it as a background with other stuff on top when you do layers in PS you get that. Just make the image your lowest layer.

I realize I must not be understanding your question, but maybe you can go from here.

**sacha** · 09-05-2004, 01:54 PM

yes I want the image repeated like you can do on a webpage. But I am producing a flyer to print not for posting on the web.
the image itself is square and depicts four blue tiles - I want the background to my flyer to be a continous repeat of this image so that it looks tiled! I will then layer photos and text over the top.

**virtual930** · 09-05-2004, 04:34 PM

Open the image that you want to tile then goto edit and select define pattern, name it and select ok. Now you have a pattern defined that you can use to fill the background. Open your flyer file and create a new layer (if needed) and goto edit and select fill. Now under the use: pull down select "pattern" and then under custom pattern select the pattern you had created and then select ok.

If the pattern isn't lined up the way you want it, I would suggest creating a new file that is larger than your flyer filling a layer in that file and then dragging it over to your flyer file and moving it into a position you like.

Hope this helps

**sacha** · 09-06-2004, 08:06 AM

virtual930 - you are a star - thanks a lot for that - works perfectly