How to make a half-drop repeat | Photoshop tutorial | How to make a half-drop pattern

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Today, I'm explaining how to make a half-drop repeat in Photoshop! But this same method can also be used in Procreate, Affinity or other apps :) Half-drop patterns are dynamic and strong and it's a great skill to add to your arsenal as an illustrator or surface designer! So in this Photoshop tutorial, I'll show you the easiest method on how to make a half-drop pattern!
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[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

What art tutorial would you like me to do next? :)

[@Lucas_1706]

Are there other kinds of patterns?

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

@@Lucas_1706 There are! Like tossed, striped, scalloped, ogee, etc

[@Lucas_1706]

@@ArtBusinesswithNess Cool! Can you do tutorials on them just like you made with this one?

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

@@Lucas_1706 Yeah I could do that!

[@psycho0086]

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[@DebbbieSweren]

So amazingly simple! Love having this as an option!!!

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

I love me a good SIMPLE technique! I'm glad you like it!

[@NikkiHess]

This was so incredibly helpful and EASY, thank you!

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jenniferlondon3436]

OMG you are a lifesaver. I have been going nuts trying to do this in Affinity Designer and be able to export as a PNG and review on a document as a bitmap fill and I was able to save the file I created watching your video and bring it into AD as a fill bitmap and it worked perfectly. I always go back to Photoshop products because of the features they have and others don't. This saves so much time. Thank you.

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

I'm so glad you enjoyed this tutorial, Jennifer! When it comes to creating patterns, indeed I have yet to find anything better than Photoshop's pattern preview tool!

[@Milesharris2]

Are kidding me!! this was so simple and is going to save me so much time!!! thank you!!

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

Awww that's what I like to hear, Miles! I'm glad the tutorial helped! :D

[@florachang4200]

Thank you thank you thank you!!! Your way of creating half-drop patterns is the best and the easiest to follow!! So brilliant! ❤❤

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

You are so welcome, I'm glad you found the tutorial helpful!

[@Laura-kr3gk]

Omg this will change everything for me, thank you sooo much!!

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

You're so welcome, I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@jaspalette]

the easiest tutorial😮❤amazing thank you

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

Glad it helped!

[@bogdanspineanu]

Beautifully explained !

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

Glad it was helpful!

[@phillipasuckling4261]

I have been making half drop repeats the maths way! You just saved me so much time omg! Thanks!! ❤

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

Always happy to save a fellow artist from math! Thanks for stopping by, Philippa!

[@roannramasar6914]

Hi Ness - You're Incredibly Talented - Thank you!

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

Awww thank you so much!

[@wiewiorka_ojoj4167]

Wow, fantastic tutorial, thank U Ness!

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

You're very welcome, I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@jiddy61]

Absolutely brilliant ❤

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@AnastasiaSilim]

Thank you for the tutorial! That was exactly what I was looking for!🔥

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

I'm so glad that it helped, hun!

[@jocelynbateson7756]

OMG, this was such a great tutorial! Thank you for explaining this so well and making it so easy to follow!

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

My pleasure hun, I’m glad you found the tutorial helpful!

[@Helenjojoful]

Omg!!!I am mind-blown!Thank you so much!

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

You're so welcome, I'm glad you found the tutorial helpful!

[@huaasmr6219]

Love it !!!!!

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

Thank you for stopping by, I’m glad you enjoyed the tutorial!

[@REIGNOFCHIC1]

Thank you for your efforts and this great tutorial ❤God bless you

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

You're so welcome! I'm glad it was helpful :)

[@user-rg4ih3xl7u]

Is there a way to export a PNG of a larger portion of the drop pattern? I dont love the pattern it has selected for me in the box and would like the pattern to be smaller and contain more of what i'm seeing in the zoomed out view!

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

If you want the motifs to be smaller, you could select everything, shrink it to 50% then tile it within your square :) Or you could start again from your diamond square and put smaller motifs in there. The more patterns you make, the more you'll be able to tell what size motifs creates what kind of pattern.

[@bismaabid1999]

That was the easiest way Thanks alot..

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

I'm glad it helped, hun!

[@domiahri7145]

Hey Ness, thank you so much for this tutorial! I just have 1 issue, my photoshop keeps freezing while using the pattern preview. Does this mean I added too many elements which makes it hard for photoshop to perform right?

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

Pattern preview is a CPU hungry feature of Photoshop because it generates instant previews... If your Photoshop keeps freezing, it's likely that your computer doesn't have enough memory to run it smoothly. You can try working with a smaller canvas to alleviate that. Good luck!

[@Itsmejess33]

What type of graphics do you upload? I try to upload Canva graphics at high res 300 and they look pretty pixelated when I size them down :/ That's my only issue.

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

If you change the size of any art too much (whether you enlarge it or shrink it), you will always lose a lot of quality. Export your graphics at a size similar to how big you want them in your pattern and resize them no more than 50%. Converting your elements to smart objects also helps preserve quality.

[@DianaCasassa]

I love this tutorial. However I tried and tried and could not get my group to move as one. I don't know what I was doing wrong.

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

You may have the "auto-select" function selected. When you get your move tool, make sure the auto-select box is unchecked.

[@NikkiHess]

I am having such a hard time with this, after I duplicate the group, when I go to grab the group and move it (once pattern preview is on) it grabs only one element from the group even though I am click on the "group folder"... does anyone know why it is doing this? I end up having to merge everything to move it at once but then I can't tweak it after it's in a half drop. I am on a mac

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

You have auto-select turned on! When you try to move your group, it automatically selects the layer of whatever you’re clicking on in the screen instead of the whole group. On your move tool (cursor tool), look in the top bar menu of additional options and you should see a clickable box named “auto-select”. Make sure this is unchecked!

[@NikkiHess]

@@ArtBusinesswithNess Aww THANK YOU, you are so smart, can't thank you enough!

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

@@NikkiHess It's my pleasure, Nikki!

[@daveson3D]

can motifs be rotated in same place when selecting both? or scaled in the same place?

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

Not both at the same time. What I'll do is rotate one, copy the exact angle and paste that in the other so that they stay consistent. Same thing with scaling! Then you can move them together :)

[@daveson3D]

@ArtBusinesswithNess wish there was a different way, was hoping you might know a trick haha, thanks tho!

[@donnalouise5714]

Can I ask how did you move the whole group to fit into the empty diamond and did you convert to smart objects. Great video ❤

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

I simply duplicated the group, then clicked on the whole folder and moved it around with the move tool :) If you can't do that on yours, it's probably because you have "auto-select" on. Click on the move tool and in the top bar menu, make sure "auto-select" is NOT checked.

[@donnalouise5714]

Thank you very much I was so close it was just that little bit. I will try later 😊

[@donnalouise5714]

@@ArtBusinesswithNess❤

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

@@donnalouise5714 My pleasure!

[@BettyMullins]

can you do this on ipad

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

Yes! Just create a diamond shape and fill it with drawings :) The adjustments are harder to do without pattern preview, but it's possible.

[@bunnyfoofoo7]

When I do group 2 and try to move the whole group within the diamond it only selects one object. What am I doing wrong? I can't move the whole group thank you!

[@bunnyfoofoo7]

I had auto select to layer and when i changed it to group and it worked

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

It looks like you found the solution, I'm glad!

[@Tab-ej2jl]

I couldn't use the Pattern Preview because I didn't use "Smart Objects". I tried converting all my layers to Smart Objects and it still didn't work. 😭

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

Timing matters! You have to transform your motifs to smart objects BEFORE putting them over the border - otherwise the motif has already been broken.

[@haymur8533]

Hey, I don't have pattern preview option what to do?

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

Pattern preview is only available from version CC 2021 and up. You may need to update.

[@haymur8533]

@@ArtBusinesswithNess I finished update but still Pattern preview option is not showing. What should I do? Is there another alternative

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

@@haymur8533 That is odd :o I had to Google this. From what I can find, it's possible you don't have enough memory (RAM) to run pattern preview. It also doesn't work on artboards, if you use those. It's only available in Photoshop, not Illustrator or other CC apps. And it' not available on the tablet version, only desktop.

[@haymur8533]

@@ArtBusinesswithNess I do have Photoshop CC 2017 version. And yess whenever I try to save patterns from Photoshop it's shows my laptop have low RAM. What should I do?

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

@@haymur8533 Oh that explains it then, pattern preview wasn't invented yet in 2017 so that version doesn't have it. It's only available from versions 2021 onward.

[@Thepokedek]

Cant you just make a square and give it a border and rotate it instead of hand drawing the diamond shape?

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

You can, but if you start with a square after you duplicate it and half-drop it you'll end up with a rectangular shape. If you want the standard square tile, the diamond method is the easiest way to achieve that!

[@pellen101]

MOTHER OF GAWD NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES - you just saved my skin from a lifetime of suffering thank you so much 😭😭😭🥲🥲🥲

[@ArtBusinesswithNess]

Haha what an awesome comment, you made my day! 🥰 I’m really glad you liked the tutorial, and happy pattern design to you!