HOW TO CREATE A SEAMLESS PATTERN IN PHOTOSHOP

A simple tutorial on how you can create a seamless pattern in Adobe Photoshop. You can use this method to create seamless patterns with any drawing tool, or even with pictures you place in Photoshop.

[@doubleante]

You can also use Filter > Other > Offset to offset horizontally and vertically in one go without the cut/paste and snapping troubles.

[@VeronikaPoloni]

Yep, my thoughts exactly. Makes the whole process 1000% quicker and easier.

[@bozsongz3652]

Finally, a KZbin instruction that goes into every detail in a deliberate step by step teaching that can be followed! I'm used to pseudo teachers who just want to impress the entire internet. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[@coridantini2786]

What a fantastic tutorial, THANK YOU!

[@emanuelpietri3684]

Thank you. I made my first pattern thanks to you. Easy peassy instructions. Clear and worm voice. Cheers!

[@ctrgigi]

Thank you so much. The way to use the guides and snap to is so much easier than other methods I've seen so far. Cute Swirl pattern, too!

[@ArtsyDork]

Thanks so much! Glad it helped!

[@starsoul_7]

It actually worked. Thank you so much. Your tutorial is great because of your patience. I appreciate it.

[@ArtsyDork]

Great! So glad you found it helpful!

[@JessicaGerald81]

Your videos are very helpful. Thank you!

[@BuddhiniKanchanaEkanayake]

thank you for all the helpful tips

[@kristenpesut]

Great tutorial. I'm making some prints for fabric using Spoonflower and your tutorial is easier to understand than theirs! Thanks so much!

[@ArtsyDork]

Thanks! Glad you found it helpful!

[@lovis7360]

Oh my god, this was so easy to understand... even for a swedish girl like me who isn't that good at english ;) thank you SO much

[@ArtsyDork]

So glad you found it helpful! Sweden seems like a wonderful place to live!

[@tanyapmpsky]

Best tutorial I have seen so far!

[@Chromidorr]

Oh my god thank you this made it so simple and easy my brain was boutta explode trying to figure out how I was gonna do a seamless pattern i probably would've spent WAY longer than I had to this was very helpful thank you very much hhhhhhhhhh

[@ArtsyDork]

So glad it was helpful!

[@SusanneBachunAquarell]

Thank you sooo much for sharing this. I am quite a newbee in creating surface pattern design, but I did a wonderful pattern following your tutorial !! Happy Weekend to you !!

[@ArtsyDork]

Thanks so much for watching! Glad you found it useful!

[@JaniceSchulman]

Fabulous!

[@ginistewart9636]

Love it!!!

[@preets0sweet]

Thank you so much.. This is by far the best way to designs patterns 👍🏻🙏🏻

[@ArtsyDork]

Thanks for watching!

[@HammerheadAshby]

Great video, love the keyboard shortcuts!

[@ArtsyDork]

Thanks! Glad it was useful!

[@xernerac]

You could also use the offset tool in Filter > Other > Offset

[@ArtsyDork]

Great point!

[@yeonjincheon2326]

Thanks for the easy and fast tutorial! Your voice is beautiful!

[@hospie]

Amazing

[@zaenab292]

This was really helpful and simple to understand 😊

[@ArtsyDork]

Thanks!

[@machinegunlament]

man its so much easier to do it like this! youre so good at explaining things

[@ArtsyDork]

Thanks! I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@user-vn3dg9lp2g]

nice

[@catherinefernandez2124]

I really liked this in terms of the explanation. I am a newbie so I don't automatically know what someone is referring to. You referred to transferring images and doing a repetitive pattern. Do you have a video on that? Thanks!

[@ArtsyDork]

Thanks. I do not have a video on that, but you could find .png files that were copyright free and didn't have a background. Then you could place them (File - Place Embedded) into your document, merge those layers and then use the same process in this video to make them a seamless pattern. If I get a chance, I'll try making a video that will show how to do that. Thanks for watching!

[@minidesign1]

Great tutorial !

[@ArtsyDork]

Thanks!

[@ashkanvakili5788]

there's a way easier way of doing what you did with merging and cuting and moving and so on. why not using the offset filter? go to filters>others>offset and type in half of your width and height of the frame. in a matter of seconds you will have the same effect automatically.

[@ArtsyDork]

Very good point!

[@cms4Lena]

Yes, but that is her approach - you can see what is happening around. Somebody who watches does not know + and - math so obviously.

[@mushpaymensa3635]

This is a great tutorial! Thank you :)

[@ArtsyDork]

Great! Glad you found it helpful!

[@harjith.d.bubber]

Thank you . Finally figured it out - courtesy you!

[@ArtsyDork]

Glad it helped!

[@bee_friday369]

Thank you so much . This video help me a lot .

[@ArtsyDork]

So glad it was helpful.

[@Leishkin]

thanks so much! trying to figure this out has been breaking my brain!

[@gasyfashiontime]

It's very helpful! Thank you so much

[@ArtsyDork]

Thanks! Glad you found it helpful!

[@sara.k6028]

AWESOME...!

[@ArtsyDork]

Thanks!

[@ivanriobla]

that was awesome !

[@cms4Lena]

You can save as .jpeg here in Phs. Open Illustrator/New doc/Place this .jpeg/Object-Rasterize/Drag it to swatches. Then use it as pattern onto shapes or type.

[@hardndapaint3872]

very helpful!

[@ArtsyDork]

Thanks! Glad it was helpful!

[@totonet1]

Thank you very much for this simple and effective explanation. I tried everything you said several times but when i define it as a pattern and scale it, in each joint edge, it appears white lines horizontally and vertically. What can I do to prevent this?

[@kimc207]

Thanks so much for this!

[@ArtsyDork]

Absolutely! Thanks for watching!

[@fridastark2060]

Thank you!!! Just what I was looking for.

[@ArtsyDork]

Glad it was helpful!

[@LauraWilsonAnderson]

Well, I could barely hear it, but it's a fantastic tutorial anyway. I think I might even be able to make a seamless pattern myself now, if I can wrangle photoshop, lol.

[@ArtsyDork]

Thanks. That's a common comment on my videos and it's clear I need to work on my audio. I appreciate the feedback.

[@Belladotta]

I was happy to find your video very understandable. But I doesn´t have the"new guide" on the views panel. I have tried to found solutions but nothing. My version is Adobe Illustrator CS5. I hope someone can help me please!

[@heyitsshadz]

thank you very much.

[@TechWayTamil]

Nice useful for me thanks..!

[@ArtsyDork]

I'm glad it was helpful! Thanks!

[@vicrush]

wow> What a beautiful voice you have! P.S thanks for video. it was helpful.

[@starsoul_7]

Thank you. Will this work in 7.0?

[@ArtsyDork]

I believe this should work in versions past 6. I'm currently using this method in CC.

[@klarimillencolin]

This is awesome! thank you ( :

[@lucienmarcelo5127]

thanks!

[@gonzalez-valdez8043]

100% of pure awesomeness!!!! Thank you so much!!! ? I don't know if you can help me with this so I inset a png file and it comes in with the transform bow. I resize it and after I click on to remove it and it doesn't do anything. What an I doing wrong with this png file? Thank you!

[@ArtsyDork]

Hmmm, I'm not sure if I understand. If you're still seeing your bounding box you may try unchecking "show transform controls" while in your move tool. Png's can be tricky when sizing too because they don't have a background. Perhaps that is causing problems. If so, you could try merging the PNG layer with a solid-colored layer. Good luck!

[@blueboltshrimp]

Thank you so much!

[@ArtsyDork]

Thanks for watching!

[@AnnaDavtyan]

thank you very much!

[@libbykimpson5947]

how do you take the visibility away from the guides? click command what?

[@ArtsyDork]

It's command colon/semicolon or control colon/semicolon if you are on a PC.

[@jackiebenson11]

For some reason when I went into pattern overlay my new pattern wasn't there. Hmmmm

[@katanukatanu6799]

I can't command+x in the first step, does anyone else have this problem??

[@ArtsyDork]

If you're on a PC, it might be control+x.

[@libbykimpson5947]

what to you press? "command ....." I didn't understand/hear what she said

[@ArtsyDork]

Command X to cut and command y to paste. (control on a PC). :)

[@hladkyraquel8282]

there is a much easier way using filter-other-offset clicked wrap arround