how to repeat an image to create background pattern?
I am looking for documentation or tool to repeat a small SVG image to create a background pattern.
For example if my image is "X". I want it repeated like:
X X X X X X
X X X X X X
X X X X X X
X X X X X X
X X X X X X
X X X X X X
(Or something similar to that. Hopefully your email client doesn't break my nice formatting above.)
I don't want to do this manually (of copying and aligning each image). And I need the final version to keep the "scalable" properties just in case I need to resize.
Thanks
Jeremy C. Reed
Tiled clones is the option you will want to use. Do a google search on "a free guide to inkscape" and go to the section on tiled clones. Tav has put together a very nice guide, and I believe a hard copy is available through lulu.com as well.
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Jeremy C. Reed <reed@...257...> wrote:
I am looking for documentation or tool to repeat a small SVG image to create a background pattern.
For example if my image is "X". I want it repeated like:
X X X X X X
X X X X X X
X X X X X X
X X X X X X
X X X X X X
X X X X X X
(Or something similar to that. Hopefully your email client doesn't break my nice formatting above.)
I don't want to do this manually (of copying and aligning each image). And I need the final version to keep the "scalable" properties just in case I need to resize.
Thanks
Jeremy C. Reed
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Or if yoo want, make it into a repeating pattern using object to pattern and then draw a larger rectangle using that pattern fill.
-Rob A>
On 10/18/08, Jeremy C. Reed <reed@...257...> wrote:
I am looking for documentation or tool to repeat a small SVG image to create a background pattern.
For example if my image is "X". I want it repeated like:
X X X X X XX X X X X X
X X X X X XX X X X X X
X X X X X XX X X X X X
(Or something similar to that. Hopefully your email client doesn't break my nice formatting above.)
I don't want to do this manually (of copying and aligning each image). And I need the final version to keep the "scalable" properties just in case I need to resize.
Thanks
Jeremy C. Reed
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