# Background image

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-image/261459>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [May 27, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-image/261459 "2008-05-27T20:51:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![flashjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@flashjones](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashjones)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-image/261459/1 "2008-05-27T20:51:19Z")

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I know this may be the simplest question ever but I am having a hard time getting my background image on my site to look good and not choppy. I cut out a square, I set it as my background image in dreamweaver and it always just seems to look terrible. Anyone have any tips on creating a seamless background image?

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**Author:** ![Stratification](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Stratification](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Stratification)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-image/261459/2 "2008-05-27T21:52:04Z")

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Here are a couple of good tutorials (very different since you didn’t say what sort of pattern):  
[http://veerle.duoh.com/blog/comments/creating\_geometric\_patterns\_in\_illustrator/](http://veerle.duoh.com/blog/comments/creating_geometric_patterns_in_illustrator/)

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Hope those help some. Using Photoshop’s offset filter and using the clone/healing brushes on the seams also works nicely.