{"id":928,"date":"2015-02-18T00:24:16","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T16:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/?p=928"},"modified":"2015-02-19T23:52:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T15:52:39","slug":"how-to-make-seamless-patterns-in-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/how-to-make-seamless-patterns-in-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"How I make seamless patterns in Photoshop (Tutorial)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/how-to-make-a-seamless-pattern.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-929\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/how-to-make-a-seamless-pattern.jpg\" alt=\"making seamless patterns in photoshop\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/how-to-make-a-seamless-pattern.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/how-to-make-a-seamless-pattern-210x150.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/how-to-make-a-seamless-pattern-420x300.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/how-to-make-a-seamless-pattern-148x106.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/how-to-make-a-seamless-pattern-31x22.jpg 31w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/how-to-make-a-seamless-pattern-38x27.jpg 38w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/how-to-make-a-seamless-pattern-301x215.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was in the middle of turning those vintage camera doodles on the left into a seamless digital pattern for my online\u00a0stores when I\u00a0thought, hey this is a good time to make another tutorial. I do know how much you (yup, all 3 of you) like reading about my design process. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1: Doodle, scan, clean up in Photoshop<\/strong> (I&#8217;m still using a Jurassic CS3 so if you&#8217;re using a newer version, you can disregard this entire blog post huhuhu). Some\u00a0points\u00a0to remember:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>save your doodles in grayscale, TIFF format<\/li>\n<li>clean it up, erase all pencil marks, close all broken lines<\/li>\n<li>once clean, make another layer for your doodles and change the mode from grayscale to bitmap then change it back to grayscale\u00a0(this will allow you to easily select and remove the white background)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 2: Create a new file for your pattern.<\/strong> I usually start with a 1500px x 1500px file. Paste your cleaned-up doodles\u00a0into that file and arrange them however you like\u00a0on the page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3: Add color to your drawings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-UFxXjB9tq6Y\/VONdSLSE2_I\/AAAAAAAAEBU\/gyehaygbCDM\/w700-h455-no\/making-a-pattern-2b.jpg\" alt=\"making seamless patterns in photoshop\" width=\"700\" height=\"455\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>make separate layers for the background, outline, and fill color(s) so you can easily\u00a0make variant colorways in the future<\/li>\n<li>once you&#8217;re happy with the colors, duplicate all the layers and place one &#8220;untouched&#8221; set in a folder and turn off the &#8220;eye&#8221; symbol to make it invisible for now<\/li>\n<li>important:\u00a0leave the background as\u00a0a separate layer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 4:\u00a0Merge\u00a0the outline and fill layers of your drawing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-49PZpnFZoQQ\/VONdRwq8Z0I\/AAAAAAAAECE\/nWiGMOrf3oQ\/w700-h377-no\/making-a-pattern-3.jpg\" alt=\"how to make a seamless pattern in photoshop\" width=\"700\" height=\"377\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an additional precautionary step I take is\u00a0to select the entire file and then go to Image &gt; Crop in the dropdown. This way, tiny\u00a0pixels that could mess\u00a0up the next step will be eliminated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 5: Select the merged layer and choose Filter &gt; Other &gt; Offset<\/strong> ((if you&#8217;re using a different version of Photoshop, it might be located under a different dropdown)). Type in a number that&#8217;s half of\u00a0your document size in the pop-up.\u00a0Since my file is 1500px x 1500px, I typed in 750 for both horizontal and vertical instances.\u00a0Your drawings will scatter to the edges.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-fimURofJ0kY\/VONdSNCfPWI\/AAAAAAAAECA\/-p9Pha3awes\/w700-h472-no\/making-a-pattern-4.jpg\" alt=\"how to make a seamless pattern in photoshop\" width=\"700\" height=\"472\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>remember to tick &#8220;wraparound&#8221; in the popup box<\/li>\n<li>check to see if the images in the corners\u00a0will connect with\u00a0one another without gaps. This is why the &#8220;Crop&#8221;\u00a0command\u00a0I added\u00a0in Step 4 is important. Sometimes tiny, hardly visible pixels\u00a0will throw the alignment\u00a0off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 6: Remember I told you to make a duplicate layer for the drawings? Turn on the &#8220;eye&#8221; symbol and make it visible.<\/strong> Take the duplicate versions of the drawings and arrange them randomly to fill up the blank spaces.\u00a0This is now your &#8220;Master&#8221; file. Save it as a .PSD so you can do edits later.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-OQlJasCnPhg\/VONdSy-phyI\/AAAAAAAAEB8\/FPgFx10mZoY\/w700-h440-no\/making-a-pattern-5.jpg\" alt=\"how to make a seamless pattern\" width=\"700\" height=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I like to flip and scale the duplicate drawings to give the pattern a (in breathy voice) casually-thrown-together look.\u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<li>see how I&#8217;ve left the background color as a separate layer? This way I can\u00a0easily change it to make a variant of the pattern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 7: Time to test your pattern. Select the entire page and go to Edit &gt; Define Pattern.<\/strong> Type a name for your pattern in the pop-up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 8: Make a new document in US Letter or A4 size<\/strong> (it really doesn&#8217;t\u00a0matter). Create\u00a0a layer, select it and go to Layer &gt; Layer Style &gt; Pattern Overlay.\u00a0Select the pattern you just made in the Pattern palette that pops up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-zdfeGlq3SKI\/VONdTWfuvRI\/AAAAAAAAEBw\/DmO9JAp8ii4\/w500-h389-no\/making-a-pattern-5c.jpg\" alt=\"making seamless patterns in photoshop\" width=\"500\" height=\"389\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 9: Inspect your pattern and watch out for elements that don&#8217;t align or are too close to one another.<\/strong> Edit your master file accordingly and repeat steps 6-8.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-GQhT_OhUR5Q\/VONdTxsCheI\/AAAAAAAAEBk\/-zlbFIjCvgg\/w700-h480-no\/making-a-pattern-6.jpg\" alt=\"making a seamless pattern in photoshop\" width=\"700\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 10: Once you&#8217;re happy with the pattern, save your square master file as a JPEG.<\/strong> You can now use that to make fabric patterns in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spoonflower.com\/profiles\/cynthia_arre\" target=\"_blank\">Spoonflower<\/a><\/strong> or <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/funkypatterns*\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zazzle<\/a><\/strong> and make some extra pocket money.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"hand-drawn vintage cameras pattern\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/funkypatterns*\/gifts?cg=196114070299477131\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-JAwF-ycTAyo\/VONmnmFIhqI\/AAAAAAAAECc\/fDDEb8EfeH4\/w700-h233-no\/vintage-camera-pattern.jpg\" alt=\"how to make a seamless pattern in photoshop\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve yet to upload it to my stores (since I was *ahem* busy making this tutorial) but I do hope you&#8217;ll find\u00a0this post useful. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: Now available on fabric, wrapping paper, ribbons, and other fun items on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/funkypatterns*\/gifts?cg=196114070299477131\" target=\"_blank\">Zazzle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/vintage_cameras_white_pink_fabric-256376986533306512?view=113638366422682447&amp;rf=238322869362727935\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/rlv.zcache.com\/vintage_cameras_white_pink_fabric-r34ed14e142c44af89ce1d6513155711f_zl6qf_325.jpg?rlvnet=1&amp;bg=0xffffff\" alt=\"Vintage Cameras (White \/ Pink) Fabric\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/vintage_cameras_white_pink_fabric-256376986533306512?view=113638366422682447&amp;rf=238322869362727935\">Vintage Cameras (White \/ Pink) Fabric<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/funkypatterns*\">funkypatterns<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was in the middle of turning those vintage camera doodles on the left into a seamless digital pattern for my online\u00a0stores when I\u00a0thought, hey this is a good time to make another tutorial. I do know how much you (yup, all 3 of you) like reading about my design process. \ud83d\ude09 Step 1: Doodle, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,5],"tags":[54,38,32,61,45],"class_list":["post-928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-and-design","category-design-projects","tag-digital-art","tag-graphic-design","tag-illustration","tag-pattern-design","tag-tutorial"],"views":9072,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=928"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":936,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928\/revisions\/936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}