Tileable Photo Textures: by Jeff Frazer                   page: 1 2 3 4 5

We want to repeat the process that we used on "Big Board 1" for all of the boards. Make sure that you stagger the joints where the boards meet. If you have hardwood floors in your house or apartment, take a look at the joints. They never line up right next to each other. I recommend linking (THE BOX NEXT TO THE EYE IN THE LAYER PALETTE) the two layers of each board together to make your life easier. (CTRL-S) click to enlarge
A Little Explanation:
You may be asking yourself "Why is he doing all of this?". If you are, shame on you! Never question the master! Seriously though, there is a reason why I go to all of the trouble of cutting and joining (?) every board. When we cut the boards into pieces, we moved the edges of that cut to the top and bottom of the canvas. But why? Well, since those edges matched up before we cut them, by moving then to the top and bottom of the canvas they will once again meet up when the texture is tiled. Ahhh Haaa! Make sense now? Oh, just look at the picture! =)
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We now have an image that tiles vertically as well as horizontally. It looks pretty good but, there are still are few concerns. The first problem lies where the joints of the boards meet. We need to darken the edges to make a bevel effect.

Finishing Up

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