Pixel Joint Forum: How do I check if my texture tiles correctly?

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I'm a total newbie.  I'm making tiles for my background using Paint.NET (I'm on a PC).  I'd like to know how to quickly and efficiently check if the texture tiles correctly.  Here's what I do right now, and it's very inefficient:

Expand the canvas 2x.  
Copy and paste the tile in the blank spaces so they overlap.  
If they don't, touch up the image.  Copy 1/4th of it and undo my changes back to step 1.
Paste what I copied to overwrite the canvas.
Repeat
Is there a quicker way to see if your image will tile correctly, especially in Paint.NET? 

Edited by tieTYT - 22 January 2014 at 10:30pm

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tieTYT Seaman Joined: 22 January 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Topic: How do I check if my texture tiles correctly? Posted: 22 January 2014 at 10:29pm
	I'm a total newbie. I'm making tiles for my background using Paint.NET (I'm on a PC). I'd like to know how to quickly and efficiently check if the texture tiles correctly. Here's what I do right now, and it's very inefficient: Expand the canvas 2x. Copy and paste the tile in the blank spaces so they overlap. If they don't, touch up the image. Copy 1/4th of it and undo my changes back to step 1. Paste what I copied to overwrite the canvas. Repeat Is there a quicker way to see if your image will tile correctly, especially in Paint.NET? Edited by tieTYT - 22 January 2014 at 10:30pm
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torguen Midshipman Joined: 26 January 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 59	Posted: 23 January 2014 at 12:33am
	Try using tiled, is specifically designed for that you do. http://www.mapeditor.org Edited by torguen - 23 January 2014 at 12:46am
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yrizoud Commander Joined: 03 May 2021 Location: France Online Status: Offline Posts: 343	Posted: 23 January 2014 at 1:29am
	A common system (available in some painting programs) is to scroll the tile while wrapping at edges. This seems possible in Paint.NET too : http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/18429-is-it-possible-to-scroll-an-image-with-wrap-around/ edit: Even more results if you google "seamless paint.net" Edited by yrizoud - 23 January 2014 at 1:32am
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tieTYT Seaman Joined: 22 January 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 23 January 2014 at 11:11am
	yrizoud: thank you, that seamless paint.net plugin will probably be very helpful in some situations. I think in other situations, it would still be preferable to be able to say, "Show me what this looks like when it's tiled". Any idea on what could efficiently do that?
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surt Commander Joined: 30 December 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 413	Posted: 23 January 2014 at 12:00pm
	Such basic functionality as tiled view and wrapped editing shouldn't be so rare but the only image editor I can think of that has it is Blender. Edited by surt - 23 January 2014 at 12:01pm

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yrizoud Commander Joined: 03 May 2021 Location: France Online Status: Offline Posts: 343	Posted: 23 January 2014 at 12:33pm
	Pixothello is rather well known for it (and has a few videos of explanations) Pyxeledit is a very recent editor that's designed for tilesets (not free, but very cheap). Grafx2 v2.4 also has the feature ("Tilemap mode"). And of course Cosmigo Promotion.
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tieTYT Seaman Joined: 22 January 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 23 January 2014 at 8:25pm
	*Originally posted by yrizoud* Pixothello is rather well known for it (and has a few videos of explanations) Pyxeledit is a very recent editor that's designed for tilesets (not free, but very cheap). Grafx2 v2.4 also has the feature ("Tilemap mode"). And of course Cosmigo Promotion. Thank you yrizoud. That's exactly what I needed.
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