Crop the image and save to somewhere you can easily find it. Now, enter CAP
3. Select the "add a new sticker" tool, just below the hammer tool.
4. Find the image that you just cropped and double-click on it.
5. CAP may say "The file is larger than the..." This is alright. Just press okay.
6. Find your image in the pattern bin thing and drag it onto the display of your pattern.
7. Look in the lower right corner of CAP where it says W: and H:. Type in 256 for each. Also, as Krisque mentioned, to cneter your image, enter 128 in the X and Y boxes.
8. Postion your pattern however you want and select export. Now, you are finished! (Hopefully)
I imagine that my tutorial was rather confusing, so please feel free to ask questions! Now, here are some good websites for finding good repeating pattern images.
This Sherwin Williams site has a pretty good amount of wallpaper images that have useable patterns. (You might have to click "enlarge view" and then drag the image instead of right clicking.) http://www.swdecorating.com/default.asp?fm=/wallpaper_home.asp|
Also, as Piddlesim mentioned, google searching things like "free seamless patterns", etc. is also a great way to find useable images.
Right now, the list of good pattern websites is fairly short, but with your help it can soon be a huge list! If you stumble across a good website, please tell me and I'll add it to the list. Thanks!
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Crop the image and save to somewhere you can easily find it. Now, enter CAP
3. Select the "add a new sticker" tool, just below the hammer tool.
4. Find the image that you just cropped and double-click on it.
5. CAP may say "The file is larger than the..." This is alright. Just press okay.
6. Find your image in the pattern bin thing and drag it onto the display of your pattern.
7. Look in the lower right corner of CAP where it says W: and H:. Type in 256 for each. Also, as Krisque mentioned, to cneter your image, enter 128 in the X and Y boxes.
8. Postion your pattern however you want and select export. Now, you are finished! (Hopefully)
I imagine that my tutorial was rather confusing, so please feel free to ask questions! Now, here are some good websites for finding good repeating pattern images.
Websites with good pattern images
Many of the beautiful patterns on this website are repeating and great to make seamless patterns. Cropping is needed, but can be done easily for most.
http://www.superbuzzy.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=88
This Sherwin Williams site has a pretty good amount of wallpaper images that have useable patterns. (You might have to click "enlarge view" and then drag the image instead of right clicking.)
http://www.swdecorating.com/default.asp?fm=/wallpaper_home.asp|
Here are some more great pattern images that repeat.
http://www.fabric.com/quilting-fabric.aspx?Source=LeftNav
http://free-photoshop-patterns.com/
http://patterns.ava7.com/
http://www.fatstrawberry.com/
http://theinspirationgallery.com/
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/
Also, as Piddlesim mentioned, google searching things like "free seamless patterns", etc. is also a great way to find useable images.
Right now, the list of good pattern websites is fairly short, but with your help it can soon be a huge list! If you stumble across a good website, please tell me and I'll add it to the list. Thanks!
MomSonSimFun