There are a number of patterns built into Illustrator which can be brought over to Photoshop to use as design elements.
Author: Matt Kloskowski
Matt Kloskowski is the Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He has authored and co-authored five books on Photoshop and Illustrator and teaches an advanced Photoshop course for Sessions.edu. In addition to being an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop and a Macromedia Flash Certified Developer, Matt is a regular contributor to Photoshop User and Layers magazines and writes weekly columns for several digital imaging websites.
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Just Awesome. Thanks Matt.
I’ve got CS2 will this work? I don’t see a “Basic Graphics” swatch in my palette.
Hi,
I am a newbie at photoshop..may i ask..where do u get the swatch libraries? because when i try to see under Window..there are only Swatches but no Swatch Libraries as mentioned in your tutorial..please advise…
Thank you..
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Te felicito esta buenisimo!!
awesome!! Easy to follow tutorial – tried with Ps CS3 and Ai CS4 and worked great. Thanks!
awsome design using Ill & Ps 2gether.
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amezing.. thanks matt.
hi. I am not a big expert in illustrator…but i have a question when I try to expand the object in illustrator i still cannot change the stroke and the outline changes. why is that? thanks
Thanks Matt
Great demo. Thanks.
That’s amazing. I saw something similar at a scrapbooking convention. YOURS is better!
fabulously fantastic!!! thanx alot…!
is simple but usefull…… thanks matt
You’re GREAT! You explain everything so simple! Do you have anymore tutorials??? please let me know.
Clear. Practical. Fun. Can use immediately – THANKS.
Nice! thanks!
Nicee, I like it
Thanks
Thanks for tutorial!
I’m learning about creative design software to upgrade my skills via my own endeavours, and what I picked up here was really creative and impactful. Thanks.
i am always awed by the vastness of expertise and imagination in here!!!
I see the comment by Diane is unanswered. Does anyone know if you can complete this tutorial in CS2? I don’t have a basic graphics option.
Thanks!!
thank u
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I like this, but when I go to expand it changes the box I have created for my pattern. Then when I copy and paste into photoshop the grid changes. The lines have moved and there is white space around the grid.
I realized what I did and now it works like a charm, thank you!
Thank you!