Comments on: Design Trend Showcase: Textured Backgrounds

By: daniel murphy

daniel murphy — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:12:54 +0000

I currently don’t have a design incorporated in my background but I think it would be a good idea to give the design some depth. But torn here. I think a large JPG image would slow the page down – yet I think a repeating image is just too boring. Not sure what I’m going to do. Any suggestions.

By: Chris McCorkle

Chris McCorkle — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:04:14 +0000

Cool showcase, but I’ve never been a fan of, nor have I utilized a textured background with four distinct edges.

If I have to use a textured background, I typically fade it from top to bottom, opaque to transparent. It’s easy using a PNG (alpha channel), but if its texture is more complex than simple, I’ll use a JPG.

Thanks for the showcase.

By: Tom Kenny

Tom Kenny — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:52:43 +0000

There’s no reason why textures can’t be repeating.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:43:29 +0000

Nice article, Tom. However, I’m not sure that I would put all these sites under the “texture” umbrella. Like Simone’s site, for example. I’m a web dev who has been running my own design biz for almost a year now, and all the research I’ve done separates out textures & patterns. I guess the difference for me has been repeating (patterns) vs. non-repeating (texture). But what do I know?

By: Yofie Setiawan

Yofie Setiawan — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:40:24 +0000

That’s right, textured background for web design always be a good solution nowadays, so it will become easier when we want to change some taste if we feel bored with the site old background.

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