Tiled Graphics

[LordSteven]

Alright. This is way off topic in the sense that it's not a programming question, but it is for a program I'm going to be writing soon. A lot of games/applications/websites these days use graphics that can be tiled (A.K.A. Textures). I've tried my damnedest to create an image that will tile smoothly, but I think it's either beyond my capability, or I just don't know what I'm doing. Does anyone know of some programs out there that allow easy creation of tiled graphics? I've been trying to use Adobe Photoshop, but it's just too hard. Maybe Photoshop has some hidden capabilities that allow this to be done (it practically does everything else, why not this? :)

Do you want to tile your graphics on a Form or on a object (like a 3D sphere for example).

If you just want to tile on the Form, you can use BitBlt and Loop it through the dimensions of the form.

[Cbomb]

Meg: I think he was asking more about how he would actually draw the bitmaps. Using Adobe Photoshop or something similar.
And I'm intersted in this too, I cant draw tiles worth beans. So if any one is good at drawing tiles, please spread some light on the subject for the both of us :) Thanks

Photoshop is the #1 tool that all Game Development companies use for their textures and graphics. I'm sure this would be the best choice. But since he mentioned it was somewhat difficult, you could try using POV-Ray. This is a free program that can create great textures.

[Cbomb]

Thats what I figured about Photoshop. So that means there must be something out there like a plugin or something the helps make tiles...The quest begins. An one have any leads??

I don't have Photoshop but i'm guessing it's interface is similar to MSPaint or PaintShop. If it is, Can't you just draw a picture using different tools? Or am I way of track about Photoshop?

[Cbomb]

You have a paint brush which can draw using hundreds of brushes (star, lines, solid, feathered..etc..) and you have a pencil for 1 pixel at a time drawing. Plus many other tools, selections, work pathes. The most powerful features are the filters (very very cool) and layers. Thats a really quick rundown of Photoshop.

[LordSteven]

Megatron posts:
"But since he mentioned it was somewhat difficult, you could try using POV-Ray. This is a free program that can create great textures"

Where can I get POV-Ray?

You can get it here. http://www.povray.org