# Making backgrounds
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-backgrounds/3274
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 19, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-backgrounds/3274 "2002-02-19T01:37:31Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-backgrounds/3274/1 "2002-02-19T01:37:31Z")
How do you make your own background image? All I want it a gray background with the word “Bucs” on it. And I want it to be wallpapered, not just centered. Any suggestions?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2002, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-backgrounds/3274/2 "2002-02-19T04:51:26Z")
so you want it to repeat bucs over and over again?
I have two programs that I use. Painter 6, and photoshop 6. I have not yet found a feature in Photoshop that will do patterning, but it may be there. Painter will allow you to “define” a pattern, offsetting it so that you can mesh the seams and make something repeat. I’ve found this to be very useful for backgrounds because I can make an image that is only 20-40 pixels. As such, it keeps the file size down. Since the seams can be edited easily to match up to each other, the repeated pattern looks good.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2002, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-backgrounds/3274/3 "2002-03-10T16:30:45Z")
Yes there is one in Photoshop, Upu. You draw something, select it and then choose ‘Use as a motif’ (I can’t remember where it’s located but it’s there). Then you can fill you screen with whatever you want. I’ll check that if you want.
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