Digital
Scrapbooking Tutorial- Creating a Seemless Pattern
Patterns
can be made from just about anything. You can take a photo of
any texture and transform it into a pattern to use in your work.
For example, denim, knit, or sand, all make nice patterns. In
this example, we are going to show you how to change a photo
of a textured blanket into a pattern.
Open your
photo and crop out the section you would like to use as your pattern
We have cropped out
a 1 inch by 1 inch section. Make sure the resolution is set at 200 or
better.
If you save your pattern
now, it will not be seemless. Look at our example. See how you can see
every tile in the background.
Use
the Filter menu to make your pattern seemless
Select the Filter
menu, then select offset.
Select
the number of pixels to offset (horizontal and vertical)
Look at the
size of your image. Our image was 200 by 200 pixels. To divide your
image into four evenly spaced quadrants offset your pixels by exactly
half of your width and height. (You can change the offset by different amounts to change how
your pattern looks)
Using
the Clone tool
Use
the clone tool to cover up the lines.
To use the clone
tool. Click on the alt key on your keyboard and at the same time
click on an area on your canvas. The clone stamp will use that area
to create a stamp.
Then click on
the line and it will cover up the line with the "stamped"
area.
Using
the clone stamp takes a little practice but it is great for
covering up imperfections in photos.
Notice
how we have covered up half of the area with the clone stamp.
