How does pattern stamp tool work

You can use it to give interesting textures and backgrounds to your image. This tool allows you to create your own pattern stamps. You can fill pattern in your image using this tool. Photoshop filter gallery provides many different tools to paint but if you really want to turn your image into a hand-made piece of art; look no further then this Pattern Stamp Tool.

The pattern created will be of the same size as the document. This is very important thing to note when you start working with this tool.

Now, select Pattern Stamp Tool S from the tools panel and set the values in it according to your requirement. Here, I have set the following values in the option bar: 21 pixel soft edged brush, visible Aligned and Impressionist. To create a pattern from part of the image, make a rectangular selection with Feather set to 0 pixels. Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy. Patterns Search.

About patterns. Use the Pattern Stamp tool. From the Enhance section in the toolbox, select the the Pattern Stamp tool. Choose a pattern from the Pattern pop-up panel in the Tool Options bar. To load additional pattern libraries, select a library name from the panel menu, or choose Load Patterns and navigate to the folder where the library is stored.

You can also define your own pattern. Set Pattern Stamp tool options in the Tool Options bar, as desired, and then drag within the image to paint. You can specify any of the following Pattern Stamp tool options:. Paints the pattern using paint daubs to create an impressionist effect. Sets the size of the brush in pixels. Similarly to the Brush tool, I can select a brush tip to paint the pattern with. There are pre-made patterns available but for this workshop I'll make my own. I've created several patterns that can be downloaded from my website under the Resources tab.

I make a new document and copy-paste photos from my reference library A. By double-clicking my layer B and using the Blend if… option under Layer Style C , I can blend layers together by excluding colours. Holding Alt while dragging will split the slider in two, resulting in a smoother transition.

I make sure that I arrange the photos in such a way that the lighting and shadows correspond with each other. By clicking OK, this tool fills the selection with the surrounding pixels and blends them together. At this point I have no idea in mind so I use the Pattern Stamp tool to warm up, and to show how effective it is in the early phases of a painting.

I start my sketches with limited values and use the standard Round brush to keep the shapes simple. After producing multiple sketches, I decide to develop one of them so I can show my whole process from start to finish in this workshop. I create the feeling of atmospheric perspective by making the foreground values darker, and those in the background lighter. I deliberately avoid adding any light or shadows because I want the Pattern Stamp tool to do that for me.

At the same time, I rearrange different layers to come up with a pleasing composition. I want the round shapes to contrast with the straight lines. I use the Impressionist mode of the Pattern Stamp tool to block in the colours. The Impressionist mode will generate colour variations based on the colours Photoshop identifies in the active pattern. I block in the colours of each layer on a separate layer so I can add them as a clipping mask B and adjust them later on.

I create a new layer to paint with the Pattern Stamp tool with the Impressionist mode turned off.