Repeat Pattern Workshop • • • • • • • •
Make a 5x5cm tile in Photoshop make sure that rulers are turned on use rulers to drag down guide lines increase canvas size by 200% to make space around the tile then lock the guides import the motif you want to work with move the images within the 5x5 tile to create the desired pattern then go to edit - define pattern to save the pattern on Photoshop
• Chose what size you want to put your pattern onto • For this workshop we made an A3 file • Go to Edit - fill • select fill page with pattern • you can also create pattern as an adjustment layer - which allows you to adjust scale more easily
When creating a pattern that overlaps with he edges of the guide lines: • select the part of the image that overlaps • drag to opposite edge of the guideline frame holding shift
- If creating pattern using adjustment layers then before printing you need to rastrerize the layer first and merge hue/saturation adjustment layers.