PatternCooler.com, being the ingenious web app that it is, might just be the answer you’re looking for… if the question being posed is: “how can I quickly and easily create a custom background for my site (or my client’s site) without having to scour the Web for Photoshop tutorials or pattern sets?”
How does it work?
First, browse through the 80 different designs (and growing) currently available to find a pattern that you like. Next, adjust the colors within the pattern using the available color-picker as shown below.
The next step is to adjust the sizing of the pattern. Your options range from 25% to 200% of the original design size – which can result in a dramatic change in appearance. Check out the image below and click for a larger view.
Once you’ve made your adjustments, you can add the completed version to your account for future reference and then download the final bg pattern, free-of-charge, to use on your site/project.
![2008-10-26_PatternCooler_Final-Options[7]](http://www.fansoftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/20081026-patterncooler-finaloptions7.png "2008-10-26_PatternCooler_Final-Options[7]")
Like I said, the site is free to use but I highly recommend making the $1.00 donation that’s mentioned on the final download page. Just think about the time you’ll save by avoiding numerous Google searches or an hour or two inside Photoshop/Gimp/etc… and then fork over the buck to ensure that this site can continue to provide a quality service. (Which is more than I can say for about 86.3% of all the other web apps out there on the InterWebs.)
