Someone was asking about making a faux wood background and this is my little quicky that I use. I'm sure that there are many more that are much better, but this is a super basic on that I think might come in handy for someone.



And this is the resulting image. It makes me think of a wooden deck.

I like that! It can be any size and it's not tiled like the wood patterns in Gimp. There is something to be said for making things by hand from scratch, I should do more of it.
Very nice tutorial, although I can't say much for my inability to make a decent knot, lol.

Thank you, PhotoMaster. I think that this can come in handy. Gives a good result.

Great tutorial PhotoMaster. Will play with this one a lot more. Like 2-ton I agree it is so much better to make what you need and, also like 2-ton, couldn't get my knots right

PhotoMaster, Thank you so much for this useful tutorial. I'll do it for sure.

How can this, or any pattern, be made seamless? I cannot find instructions even though I know they are here somewhere...I am terrible at the search page.

Thanks PhotoMaster. It has been funny and easy!
2-ton, I have it in Filters-Map-Make seamless. but this pattern can't be done seamless in Gimp by this way. Have you looked for it in GMIC?

2-ton, I did it seamless in GMIC - Arrays & Tiles - Make seamless patch-based. Then I adjusted it a little and I got this.

Thanks guys! I need to make some kind of filter list with tags so I can find things! I never seem to look in the right places.

Here I duplicated the Bump layer prior to blurring it and placing the un-blurred copy above the wood layer. I set it to Grain Extract and merged it with the wood layer. This gave it more wood texture. This could be step 7a.

Very. Ice photomaster

Very good guys
Terrific Tutorial Photomaster. I'll have to try it in the nest day or two.

PhotoMaster, question, how do I achieve the "edges of bell curve". Have to be honest - left that part out perhaps the reason my texture doesn't look as defined?

Dalia, After a while, I thought that it meant that you adjust black and white triangles just to the edges of the black bell shape that you see when you open levels.

Thank you Issabella will try it again.

This is correct. Sorry if it wasn't clear.