making cool background images in paint.net

[solidgold]

web 2.0 stripey backgrounds



I’ve spent ages trying to find a way of producing cool ‘web 2.0’ backgrounds without having to buy any new, expensive software and finally I’ve discovered a simple technique:


Step 1



Resize the background to the size you think it best, I went for about 1200px wide and 1000px high.



Click the gradient tool and drag to however you want your gradient to look.




Step 2



Create a new layer called stripes or something like that.



Click the fill button and select ‘fill: backwards diagonal’ then simple fill the whole new layer with stripes





Double click on the layer ‘Stripes’ and set opacity to 17 this will give you a nice stripy background, save this as a .png file and away you go!

thats basically it, i decided to make this tutorial because i cant afford any expensive software like photoshop and searched for ages to find a tutorial like this, only to realise just how easy it is using paint.net

have a look at an example of this here

[Mack]

Explain to me what you mean when you say this is a "web 2.0" background.

[solidgold]

haha, i knew that was coming!
basically, i only used that description because it's good for search engines!

[Mack]

So you made a background.

so do you know what "web 2.0" is? if so, how are you adapting the principles of web 2.0 in your work?

[Toon]

always good to search

http://www.graphic-design-forum.com/...generator.html

[solidgold]

'mack' of course i know what web 2.0 is: its a marketing term, which is exactly the context i'm using it in...

toon: thats a really good tool!

[ianm]

pfft.. web 2.0 graphics, roflmao :D

[solidgold]

christ you guys are cool...

[Mack]

Originally Posted by solidgold

christ you guys are cool...

All i asked is if you knew what it was, which you said you do. And how your using it in your work? I am interested in knowing how the concepts which were coined "web 2.0" are being used

[Toon]

If I was asking for that I'd use the same term, it's wrong terminology but it gets the point across! I don't see it as a crime