On 6/12/06 10:14 AM, Big Craigie commented:
If you go to (and I’m not looking to increase hits)
http://www.polkemmetoccs.co.uk/images/introduction/progress. htm to see the
type of patterns I used and their usage. Please bear in mind the opacity of
the layers have been reduced slightly to allow underlying detail. So, if anyone knows where I can get these patterns I’ll be much obliged. Cheers
BC
I don’t recall these ever being part of the standard pattern sets, but if you have them in a psd it should be a simple matter to select a square/rectangular portion of each and "Define Pattern." Curious, do the patterns exist in Fill in the master psd file?
No, not now, thats the problem, I have to take what is in each of the layers now and then copy a part, stretch it, clone it etc so that I can add to an area e.g the backfilling is now into area C or whatever (assuming that you looked at the example. When I first did the map, I probably used the wrong methodology and got myself into a pickle. I’ll get by, but it was nice just to able to define an area and then fill it. You live and learn with Photoshop (and I am always learning more than living)
Cheers
Craig
Craig, it is unfortunately, but again, it shouldn’t be difficult to remake these patterns from your master so you don’t have to stretch, clone, etc. all the time.
For instance, for the red/white horizontal stripe pattern, use the rectangular marquee tool to select a vertical rectangle, say 4px wide or whatever, from the top of the red to the bottom of the white. Since your layers contain transparency you might then copy/paste into a new document, then select all and Edit>Define Pattern.
For all these stripe patterns shown you just need to select a logical rectangular area of them to remake them as patterns. When you have them all, be sure to select Fill>Pattern Click the Custom Pattern menu arrow and in that menu click the flyout arrow at the top to Save Patterns. Once you see how simple it is to make thes patterns you might decide to make a whole new batch;)
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