Wallpaper Effect
Author: Nathan NgDescription:
This tutorial walks you through steps in creating a warped effect that you can use to create artisticand profressional background and wallpapers.
The first step is to define a new pattern.- Start a new document: 60px wide, and 10px high, and forcontents, select "
Transparent
". Use the zoom tool to zoom your canvas so we can see it alittle better.Now use the
rectangular marquee tool
to draw a 30pxby 10px selection on your canvas.Then fill it with black.
Then Press CTRL+D to deselect.
Now, go to
Edit->Define Pattern
, a screen will popupasking for a name, name your pattern "Stripe" then
clickOK.
Now you can close this document.Now, start a new document.
Width
: 600px
Height
: 600px,
Content
: White- Create a
NEW LAYER
- Then go to
Edit->Fill
in the Fill box, Use:
select Pattern
, and in the CustomPattern options, select the pattern you just created in theprevious step. Leave the blending options alone.Your canvas should now be filled like the screenshot on theleft.
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