Make a Tiling Image in Photoshop

Learn how to make an image that can repeat in all directions in Photoshop 7.0 or later. Tiling images are great for desktops.

Step 1: Get a Good Picture

The picture you use should make sense when tiled (for example, tiles). A good example of a bad tiling image is one of a street sign, since you only need one. I used a nice picture of Bacon. You can find a good picture on Google, or you can just use my bacon.

Comments

[cubby40]

Thank you, this is very helpful, you can use this for more than your desktop, you may use it on a website as well.

[Dipankar]

You can do anything with a photograph in Photoshop. The other name for Photoshop is Photo Manipulation.

[karen608]

wo! you really do 'bring home the bacon' huh? why do i now want to go to the kitchen and fry some bacon? :D thanks, really informative for us beginners.

[jak06]

or u could use paint and flip the image. then put then all together

[betweenthelinez]

I luv prosciutto! Just not on my desktop. Oh, and thanks for offering to let us use your bacon.....in the end it looks kinda like a partial American flag made of meat...

[a_d777]

wuff !!! u use norton antivirus!!! pretty good idea ...

[quicumque]

Wow. That's a pretty sick (as in gross) background. Good idea though.

[ewilhelm]

Add a screenshot of your tiled background image.

[darth2o]

there, but the "print scrn" I took isn't really of high caliber (quality)