Retarded it may be

This is gonna sound really stupid but how u make them lil boxes like on the background for the forum :confused:

Define a pattern, or just draw a small GIF that tiles when put as background in the body/table.

thanx. Sounds simpal enough

uh i dont get it.... im sorta photoshop dumb

well, in this forum's case, I guess it's a small GIF with just a few pixels that tiles when you put it as a BG, get it?

As in, just draw a 3*3px GIF with a black and a white pixel somewhere, and make a HTML document with the small GIF as background, and see what happens.

oh ah i get that ........ i asked the wrong question. i mean so i can put it on a banner i duno how to exlpain it.

well..it's like scanlines, just make a new layer, draw the thingies, and either define a pattern, or copy the layer, move it a bit up/down/left/right, and merge. Then copy it again, and merge again, you know?

Now i get it. Perfect time to try it.. Computer class;)

Yeah... the patter option is GTEAT!

I think you can find the tutorial at http://www.thewebmachine.com/

one of the cool patterns I made is called "cyber space"
I used 4px font and wrote 100101000 and saved it as patern..
Then when you fill the image with this patern... you get the numbers repeated all over.

But when you do something like that, dont forget to leave some space vertically... you dont want the numbers to touch each other.

Another cool thing to do is use the "Quick Mask Mode" with "Gradient Tool"...... this creates a fade away effect to the pattern.....

I would show you some exampes but Im too lazy , sorry:rolleyes:

I hope this will help you in your projects