# How to make background like **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [September 21, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-background-like/64928 "2004-09-21T14:35:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pincMX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c6cbf5/32.png) [@pincMX](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pincMX)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-background-like/64928/1 "2004-09-21T14:35:14Z")
[http://www.billybussey.com](http://www.billybussey.com) has an amazing background on his page, he’s blurred I get that part, but how are all the other components burned, dodged, how do you achieve such background. Everything I do everytime I get a lazy background. Where to find those nice 3d wire-style pictures? Thnx! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-background-like/64928/2 "2004-09-21T14:51:16Z")
It’s blurred w/ an over-exposure technique applied to it, which you can find out how to do that by searching these forums I’m sure since it’s been used to death in the battles. But basically you take the same blur and set it to overlay, screen, etc… until you get the desired effect. As for the focal blurs you apply a gradient mask and then blur, it will give that effect. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-background-like/64928/3 "2004-09-21T15:39:09Z")
ok I get that, but how to make those lines in the background that look sharp? They make the image look old or. textured or something… thnx! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-background-like/64928/4 "2004-09-21T16:23:52Z")
search the board. its called grunge. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-background-like/64928/5 "2004-09-21T16:52:11Z")
By the way that site rocks! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-background-like/64928/6 "2004-09-21T17:30:42Z")
yes it does…Just dont drink the kool aid. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-background-like/64928/7 "2004-09-21T18:33:05Z")
> [@DDD](#): > > yes it does…Just dont drink the kool aid. mmmmmmmmm koolaid ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-background-like/64928/8 "2004-09-21T18:40:17Z")
beware the bussynites ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-background-like/64928/9 "2004-09-21T19:23:18Z")
cool graphics… but I hate when the preloader actually takes time to load ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-background-like/64928/10 "2004-09-21T23:37:15Z")
Yea, preloaders for prealoaders are bad. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-background-like/64928/11 "2004-09-22T00:29:42Z")
Personally I don’t like the background of the site, it’s too busy and really draws the eye away from the content, it’d look heaps better faded out. I wrote this post in the time it took to load (second preloader). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-background-like/64928/12 "2004-09-22T20:37:09Z")
Thanks! It’s always with the names of some style. I hate that. 😃 Grunge style, nice. I’ll post soime ideas of what I’ve created. now for another question. next topic. 3d stuff. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-make-background-like/64928/13 "2004-09-24T09:10:19Z")
hmmm. lot of the kool-aid going around…