If you want your progress bar to look a bit different you can create it in a shape of a circle with counter in the middle. We will create in a so called flat design trend using Adobe Photoshop.
If you were ever wondering how the heck do they create those continuous patterns, then wonder no more and check this neat Photoshop tutorial that might teach you a new designing trick or two.
If you are mostly using only one resample image option when resizing images, then you can change the default option to the option you are using the most.