Bitmap textures are
digital images representing a surface, a material, a pattern or even a picture, generated by an artist or designer using a
bitmap editor software such as
Adobe Photoshop or
Gimp or simply by
scanning an image and, if necessary, retouching it on a
personal computer
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.
Textures can be built as a large image, larger than the final destination (such a page, for example) so as to fill the complete area without repeating the image (thus avoiding visible seams). Also bitmap textures can be created to be used as repetitive
pattern
A pattern is a regularity in the world, in human-made design, or in abstract ideas. As such, the elements of a pattern repeat in a predictable manner. A geometric pattern is a kind of pattern formed of geometric shapes and typically repeated li ...
s to fill an infinite area. The borders of these patterns or small textures should be treated to give a
seamless
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appearance when applied to an image, unless, of course, the seam is something to be shown.
When designed for
print, textures should be created in high-resolution in order to achieve good results in the final print.
On the other side, if these textures are meant to be used in multimedia,
3d animation
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or
web design
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, they should be created in a maximum
resolution that equals the one of the final display (
TV,
computer monitor,
movie projector
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, etc.).
If creating a texture with a
computer is not an option, then textures can be obtained by purchasing stock images collections, which are expensive but often of a professional quality.
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See also
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Procedural textures
In computer graphics, a procedural texture is a texture created using a mathematical description (i.e. an algorithm) rather than directly stored data. The advantage of this approach is low storage cost, unlimited texture resolution and easy textur ...
External links
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