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atlemo/subtlepatterns — explained in plain English

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4,737HTMLAudience · designerComplexity · 1/5LicenseSetup · easy

tl;dr

An offline archive of all tileable background texture images from subtlepatterns.com, free to download and use in web or graphic design projects with attribution.

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  root((SubtlePatterns))
    What it is
      Tileable textures
      Web backgrounds
      Photoshop pat file
    Usage
      Direct download
      CSS background
      Base64 embed
    License
      Creative Commons
      Attribution required
      ShareAlike required
    Origin
      subtlepatterns.com
      Archive from 2013

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Add a subtle tileable background texture to a website without creating custom graphics

VIBE 2

Load all patterns into Adobe Photoshop at once using the bundled .pat file

VIBE 3

Embed a pattern as Base64-encoded CSS to avoid an extra image request on a web page

what's the stack?

HTML

how it stacks up fr

atlemo/subtlepatternstechchipnet/camphishadongwanai/agentguide
Stars4,7374,7364,740
LanguageHTMLHTMLHTML
Setup difficultyeasymoderatemoderate
Complexity1/52/53/5
Audiencedesignerops devopsdeveloper

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · easy time til it works · 5min
Free to use in personal and commercial projects as long as you credit the original author and share any derivative works under the same Creative Commons license.

in plain english

SubtlePatterns is a repository containing all the pattern image files from subtlepatterns.com, a website that provided tileable background textures for web designers. The collection includes the original pattern images alongside a Photoshop .pat file, which is a bundled format that graphic designers can load directly into Adobe Photoshop to access all patterns at once. The README is brief and does not describe the individual patterns in detail. It notes that if you need the patterns in Base64 format (a way to encode binary files as text, often used to embed images directly into CSS stylesheets without separate file downloads), an external conversion tool is linked for that purpose. The patterns are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. This means you can use them in personal and commercial projects as long as you credit the original authors and keep the same license on any work you share publicly. Credits for individual patterns are listed on subtlepatterns.com rather than inside this repository. The collection was created and curated by Atle Mo. Other contributors created the individual patterns and are credited separately on the original website. The copyright on the README is dated 2013, and the repository appears to be an offline archive of the subtlepatterns.com library rather than an actively maintained project. This is a static file collection with no code, no setup steps, and no build process. You download the files you want and add them to your project. Given the sparse README, there is no further documentation about the contents beyond what is available on the original website.

prompts (copy fr)

prompt 1
Help me embed a SubtlePatterns texture image as a Base64-encoded CSS background-image so it loads without a separate HTTP request
prompt 2
Write CSS to tile a SubtlePatterns texture as a fixed background on my webpage while keeping text readable with enough contrast
prompt 3
Show me how to load the SubtlePatterns .pat file into Photoshop and apply one texture as a layer overlay on a design

Frequently asked questions

what is subtlepatterns fr?

An offline archive of all tileable background texture images from subtlepatterns.com, free to download and use in web or graphic design projects with attribution.

What language is subtlepatterns written in?

Mainly HTML. The stack also includes HTML.

What license does subtlepatterns use?

Free to use in personal and commercial projects as long as you credit the original author and share any derivative works under the same Creative Commons license.

How hard is subtlepatterns to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is subtlepatterns for?

Mainly designer.

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