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Photoshopallow syoutocreateyourow npatterns(oruseanexistingone)andapplyittoanim ageasafill
layer.Thism eansyoucanscalethepattern,asw ellaschangingopacityandblendingm odestom akeitlook
likethepatternw asalwayspartoftheim age.
Inthisexam ple,w eregoingtochangethetextureofthew om anssuitinthisim ageusinganexistingpatter
Youcandow nloadtheim ageforfreehere(http://w ww.sxc.hu/brow se.phtm l?f=dow nload&id=1218571).
ThankstoPlethr(http://ww w.sxc.hu/profile/plethr).Note:Im usingCS5forthescreengrabs,butthem ethodisthesam eforolderversionsofPhotoshop.
1.O penupthephotographinPhotoshop.
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2.Beforeweapplyapatternfillweneedtoselectonlythepartsoftheim agethatwew anttoapplyitto.Inth
casethebluesuitisfairlyeasytoselectandthereareseveralwaystodoit.Im usingtheColorRange
com m and.ChooseSelect>ColorRange.TheColorRangedialogboxopensup.UsetheEyedroppertoselec
partofthesuit.IntheColorRangedialogboxyoullseeablackandwhitepreview ofthepartsoftheim age
thatareselected.DragtheFuzzinessslidertotheleftandrighttorefinehow m uchofthebluecoloris
selected.
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Toaddtotheselectionusingsim ilarcolors,usetheeyedropperw iththe+sym bol,torem oveacolorfrom th
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selectionusetheeyedropperwiththesym bol.W henyourehappywiththeselectionclickO K.
3.Ifyoufindthatthism ethodhasnotpickedupallofthesuit,selecttheM agicW andtoolinthetoolboxand
Shift+Clickanyareasthathavenotbeenselected.ByholdingdowntheShiftkey,youaddtotheselectionan
dontlosewhathasalreadybeenselected.KeepShift+Clickinguntilyouveselectedeverypartofthesuit.
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4.Nowthatyouhaveanactiveselectionofthewom anssuit,clickandholdontheCreateNew Fillor
Adjustm entLayerbuttonatthebottom oftheLayerspanel,andchoosePattern.
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(http://dab1nm slvvntp.cloudfront.net/w p-content/uploads/2010/10/4-PatternFill.jpg)
ThePatternFilldialogboxappearsandintheLayersPaletteyoullseeanew patternlayerm askaboveyour
currentlayer.Youllalsonoticethatsuddenlythewom anssuitisfilledw iththedefaultpattern.
(http://dab1nm slvvntp.cloudfront.net/w p-content/uploads/2010/10/5-PatternFillDialogBox.jpg)
5.Toapplyadifferentpattern(becausethatdefaultoneisprettyhideous),clickonthesm alltrianglebeside
thepatternsw atchinthePatternFilldialogbox.Thenclickonthesm alltriangleintheupperrightcornerof
thedropdownbox.Atthebottom ofthem enuthatappearsyouwillseelotsofpatternsavailableingroups
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suchasArtistSurfaces,NaturePatternsandRockPatterns.ChooseArtistSurfaces.Youw illm orethanlikely
seeadialogboxaskingifyouw anttoReplaceCurrentPatterns,justchooseAppendtoaddtoyourexisting
patterns.
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6.Chooseapatternthatyoulikefrom thethum bnails,IvepickedGauzeandsetthescaleto150% .Youllsee
thepatternappliedinstantlytothesuit.ClickO Kifyourehappywiththatpattern,otherwisechooseanother
one.
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(http://dab1nm slvvntp.cloudfront.net/w p-content/uploads/2010/10/7-ChoosingPattern.jpg)
Theresultw illappearalittleheavyhandedandcom pletelyunnatural,butthatsw hereourblendingm odes
com ein.
7.W ithyournew Filllayerstillselected,clickandholdonNorm alintheblendingm odedrop-downm enuon
theLayerspanel,andchooseM ultiply.BychoosingM ultiply,thew hitepartofthepatternisknockedoutand
w ejustseethatGauzeeffect.Im portantlythough,w eseethecreasesandseam sinthesuit.
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Youcanalsoreducetheopacityofthepatternfillifitistoooverwhelm ing.
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8.Youcanexperim entwithotherblendingm odestoseehowtheyaffectthefinalrenderingofthepattern.
O verlaytendstoworkverywell,too.
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(http://dab1nm slvvntp.cloudfront.net/w p-content/uploads/2010/10/10-O verlay.jpg)
Thebestthingaboutthism ethodishow easyiteasyitistochangethepattern.Sim plydoubleclickonthe
PatternFillthum bnail(theoneontheleftsideofthelayer)toquicklychooseandapplyotherpatterns.Here
few m oreexam plesw iththesam eim ageandtheRedFleck,BlueDaisyandW oodpatternswhichcom ew ith
Photoshop.
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dam ian|October26,2010at10:04pm
lol,ithinksom ethingsabitam iss.unlessyouw antedtoprogressivelyrepeatthetutorial6tim esthatis
elviajero|October27,2010at1:58am
lolhahaisfortheonesw holiketoreadandreread.
TJB|October27,2010at2:54am
Nice,butthatw asannoyingtoscrollthrough.
AlyssaGregory|October27,2010at3:30am
Sorryforthedupcontent;itlookslikew ereallstraightenedoutnow .:-)
poshtichka|October27,2010at4:36am
Heyyy,itlookssoreal.Veryusefullesson.Keepupthegoodw ork:)
Tim |October27,2010at9:17am
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Justbecarefulw hichpatternyouuse.Thefirstexam pleofthegridisbadbecauseifyoutakethecurveofthearm
intoaccountthegridw ouldactuallybesidew ays.Im aginew hatthepatternw ouldlooklikeatthem odelselbow if
herarm w asstraightenedout.
Youneedtotakethepatternincontextw iththeim ageyouarelayingitonifyouaretryingforrealism .
JN orky|October29,2010at8:03am
W ow !Lovethistutorial!NeverusedtheColorRangeanddontplayw ithpatternstoom uch.
w ebnathan|October30,2010at1:24am
FantasticArticle
Thisisgreatfordesigners.
ITPakistan|August21,2011at8:54pm
Verygoodvideo!Ireallylovetochangetheclothsinm ypicsthatisFantastictrick,thanksforsharing.
JasonC.|Novem ber6,2011at1:11pm
W hatifthem aterialalreadyhasapattern?Couldyoustillreplaceitw ithanothercolororm aterial?Itlookslikethe
colorrangeselectionw ouldntw ork.
Pleasereply:)
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