Summary:
Photoshop provides you with patterns which are usually used to tile a portion of your image you are editing. We will show you how to use a pattern and if none of the patterns provided with Photoshop suits your needs, you can create your own using one of two methods. We will be showing you how to sample a pattern and how to use the Pattern Maker filter (if you are running Photoshop CS4, you will need to download this filter). We will also, show you what is a Patterns Overlay option within the blending options of layers and how to duplicate a layer.
If you are unfamiliar with certain areas that are not covered in this tutorial, feel free check out other tutorials on our website. We have many different types of tutorials that can be downloaded (Video, PDF) or viewed online that will train you for free! Once you have the knowledge, feel free to come back and go through this tutorial again.
You will be using the Sky image which we have used in past tutorials. If you do not have this image, please scroll down to the “Click Picture To Download Supporting Files” and download the image. Please open the image DSC03562 in the Photoshop Program.
As we stated, we will not be diving into Layers this tutorial, but we want you to get your feet wet again (in the Custom Brushes tutorial, we showed you a few areas of layers). Layers will be located in the palette window. If it is not open, please refer to The Work Area tutorial which talks about palettes.
Now it is time to get to the Blending Options screen.
A). Right click on the “Layer 1” word. Do not Left click on the word or do not Right click on the image in the layer or you may get a different menu. | |
B). You will see a new menu displayed. Left click on “Blending Options…”. |
A). Left click the drop-down box. | |
B).
Left click on the pattern name (if you had more than a few patterns,
you would have to use the scrollbar to display the rest of the patterns. | |
C). When you are happy with your selection, Left click the “OK” button. If you are not pleased with the selection, you can always Left click on the “Cancel” button. |
Unless you want to use the whole image as a pattern, we would recommend that you select a portion of the image. Please refer to the Selecting Image Content tutorial or even the Magical Colors And Selections tutorial for more information.
For some reason Adobe removed the Pattern Maker from the Photoshop CS4 program. If you are using Photoshop CS4, you will need to download the filter. Before proceeding, verify that you have the Pattern Maker which is located in the “Filter” menu and is usually located towards the top of the menu.
Using The Pattern Maker Filter
First, select your image, or if you would like to use the whole image, please skip this step. Photoshop Tip – For us it is easier to select a portion of the image before we get into the Pattern Maker, but please note you can always make the selection once you are in the Pattern Maker screen.
A). When you want to preview the pattern, Left click the “Generate” button. | |
B).
If you Left click in the boxes or Left click the arrow and use the
slider bar to change the numeric value, you can change the Width &
Height. | |
C). Offset has the following options: None, Vertical, Horizontal. If you Offset the pattern it will shift the image either up or down or left or right (Vertical, Horizontal). | |
D). Amount is how much you want to Offset it by. This is a percentage. On the example below, we have selected 50% and vertical. | |
E). Smoothness controls the smoothness of the Pattern tile. Use the drop-down box to change it from 1-3. | |
F). Sample Detail will set the size of the details in the pattern sample. | |
G). If you want a color border around your pattern, first Left click the color box and change your color. Please refer to the Colors And Painting Tools tutorial which talks about changing the color. Once you have changed the color, Left click on the “Tile Boundaries” checkbox. On our example, we left it as neon green and selected the “Tile Boundaries” box. |
To Delete/Rename a Pattern, the easiest way is in the blending options. If your Right click the pattern name, you can Left click the Delete/Rename Pattern options.
We will not be covering how to install Patterns from a web at this time, but just to let you know, you are not limited to you creating Patterns. If you do a search for “Free Photoshop Patterns” you will find a lot of sites were you can download these types of files. Photoshop Tip – The file extension for Pattern files in Photoshop is “.PAT”.
Quiz
1). After you have made your selection, what menu would you find the “Define Pattern…” command in? A). Filter. | |
B). Edit. | |
C). Pattern. | |
D). File. |
A). CTRL-“L”. | |
B). ALT-“L”. | |
C). CTRL-“J”. | |
D). ALT-“J”. |
A). Go into “Blending Options” and use it in the “Patterns” section. | |
B). In the “Edit” menu, select “Patterns Options”. | |
C). In the “Edit” menu, select “”Use Patterns”. | |
D). Go into “Blending Options” and use it in the “Patterns Overlay” section. |
A). Left click on the link in the tutorial and download/install the filter. | |
B). Within the “Edit” menu, Left click, “Preferences” and Left click “Add Additional Filters”. | |
C). Install Photoshop CS3, because you can’t use it in Photoshop CS4. | |
D). It will always be in the Filter menu and you do not need to do anything. |
A). It means you can change the color by a shade. | |
B). This will only sharpen the edges of the pattern. | |
C). It will shift the image left or right or up and down. | |
D). It flips the colors of the pattern. |
A). Within the “Pattern Overlay”, Right click the pattern and Left click delete. | |
B). Within the “Edit” menu, Left click “Manage Patterns”. | |
C). Locate your pattern and drag it to the “Delete” button. | |
D). Go into the “Preset Manager” and locate the pattern and select the “Delete Pattern” button. |
A). “.PTN”. | |
B). “.PRN”. | |
C). “.PAT”. | |
D). “.PAF”. |
A). Right click the pattern and Left click “More Details”. | |
B). Hover over the pattern and a box will display the pixels. | |
C). Drag the pattern to the “More Details” button. | |
D). Left click the Pattern, and Left click the “Info” button. |
A). Layer. | |
B). Background. | |
C). Dup Layer. | |
D). Layer 1. |
A). Left click the “Border” checkbox. | |
B). Left click the “Tile Boundaries” checkbox. | |
C). Draw with Rectangle Tool and then select a color. | |
D). Left click the “Border” box and a new window will be displayed to select the color. |
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