Change Clothes With a Pattern Fill in Photoshop - SitePoint

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PublishedOctober26,2010

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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ThePatternFilldialogboxappearsandintheLayersPaletteyoullseeanew patternlayerm askaboveyour

currentlayer.Youllalsonoticethatsuddenlythewom anssuitisfilledw iththedefaultpattern.

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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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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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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

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TJB|October27,2010at2:54am

Nice,butthatw asannoyingtoscrollthrough.

AlyssaGregory|October27,2010at3:30am

Sorryforthedupcontent;itlookslikew ereallstraightenedoutnow .:-)

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Heyyy,itlookssoreal.Veryusefullesson.Keepupthegoodw ork:)

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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.

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