Graphic Design Department

Creating backgrounds

Backgrounds and textures

Use

photoshop to create images that can be used as background images and/or textures for your designs Free textures - http:// www.photoshopsupport.com/resources/ free-textures.html

Creating backgrounds in Photoshop blue jeans texture

Fill with a blue jean blue color FILTER>SKETCH>HALFTONE PATTERN STYLIZE>DIFFUSE NORMAL STYLIZE>DIFFUSE DARKEN ONLY

http://www.wowwebdesigns.com/power_guides/jean_cloth/

Creating backgrounds in Photoshop

Go into BRUSHES first then click on TEXTURE Play with the depth and switch to different brushes and SCALE Try different MODES and CONTROL

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Make a miltary texture in Photoshop

Foreground color #777676 (gray) Background white. Filter >> Render >> Clouds. Filter >> Artistic >> Sponge 10/13/10 Either use an Adj. Layer or go to Ctrl + U, check the "colorize" box and drag the arrow to the green range of hues. Move sliders to army green color. Image >> Adjustments>> Brightness / Contrast. -17/34. Duplicate the layer. Select the upper layer and go to Filter >> Blur >> Gaussian Blur. Set the radius to 2.7 pixels Change layer opacity to 30%. Filter >> Artistic >> Crosshatch Repeat Crosshatch with bottom layer. Filter >> Texture >> Texturalizer
http://www.webdesign.org/photoshop/textures-patterns/design-a-military-clothes-texture-orpattern.18918.html

Creating backgrounds in Photoshop pixelate/gradient

Create a gradient #97461a #db0a1e #e89606 #fbd8c5 #e64949 #f3ee9d #e55a35 #6c2e16 #e84709 #97461a Duplicate the layer Filter>Pixelate>Color Halftone. Change Radius to 64 Layer mode Darken. Opacity 30-50%

http://www.photoshopstar.com/text/cartoon-text/

Creating backgrounds in Photoshop fur texture

Fill background with B14D03 Set foreground to 64300A Add a layer and create animal spots with a hard edge brush Layer>Layer Style>Stroke with B14D03 1px Flatten File Filter Blur Gaussian Blur: set 1px Filter Noise Add Noise. Amount: 15%. Distribution: Uniform. Monochromatic: Checked Filter Blur Motion Blur: Angle: 45. Distance: 6

http://www.tutorialwiz.com/fur_texture/

Creating backgrounds in Photoshop water texture

filter->render->clouds filter->sketch->chrome image->adjustments->hue/saturation

http://www.webdesign.org/photoshop/textures-patterns/ creating-a-realistic-water-texture-in-photoshop.15551.html

Creating backgrounds in Photoshop create rust

RGB mode Radial mode gradient from dark brown (outside) to a bit lighter inside Select Gradient tool. At top menu bar select lt brown-to-brown. Select radial. Make sure the lighter brown is foreground swatch Set foreground swatch to brown/background swatch to white FILTER>RENDER>DIFFERENCE CLOUDS. Repeat 2 more times. FILTER>STYLIZE>GLOWING EDGES 28/40/0 FILTER>STYLIZE>FIND EDGES Duplicate this layer IMAGE>ADJUSTMENTS>HUE & SATURATION press COLORIZE 33/53/18 Layer mode overlay 50% opacity IMAGE>ADJUSTMENTS>HUE & SATURATION press COLORIZE 299/37/-71 Layer mode overlay Select>color range, click inside with eyedropper. OK. Press delete Layer style Inner shadow, Bevel leave to default settings Exposure>-1.50/-0.17/.84
http://www.fierydarts.com/texturespatterns/creating-a-rusty-surface-texture.htm Rust Brush: http://eliburford.deviantart.com/art/7-Assorted-Grunge-Rust-Brushes-59331378

Creating backgrounds in Photoshop wood texture

http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/3048/1/ February-2009-Calendar-Wallpaper http://www.webdesign.org/photoshop/texturespatterns/create-a-realistic-wood-texture-inphotoshop.15550.html

Create a corkboard texture in Illustrator

Set color mode to RGB Set the fill color to a light brown color Effects>Texture > Texturizer. : Sandstone." Set the "Scaling" slider to 170 percent and the "Relief" slider to 7. Effects>"Pixellate > Crystallize. Set the "Cell Size" slider to 10 Copy. Paste in Front. Effects>Texturizer > Craquelure. Set the "Crack Spacing" at 60, the "Crack Depth" at 2 and the "Crack Brightness" at 8. Set the opacity slider to 55 percent.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5795821_create-corkboard-textureillustrator.html

Create a flower texture in Illustrator

Create 3 concentric circles. Make guides. Use the ellipse to to create a circle from the midpoint of the guides (press shift) Fill with a warm color, like red Effect>DISTORT & TRANSFORM>ROUGHEN.12 and 50 Effect>PATH>Offset Path .01 Round 4 SCALE>75%, copy Fill with another warm color, like orange Rotate 40 degrees Select both sets of petals OBJECT>EXPAND APPEARANCE Select the flower parts and Group

Create a flower texture in Illustrator cont'd

Take the star tool. Star drawing a star and press the arrow UP key until you get a 9 point start. Effect>Path>Offset Path: .06/Round/4 Draw another circle at the midpoint of the rounded star. Effect>DISTORT & TRANSFORM>pucker & bloat at 50% Rotate and copy at 40 degrees Select the flower parts and Group Create variations of the above flowers. At least 6 different flowers with warm color fills

Create a flower texture in Illustrator cont'd

The best way to ensure that the pattern lines up is to use the TRANSFORM>MOVE function. On one side of the box, select just the flowers that overlap. Object>Transform>Move. Select the Horizontal or Vertical value and type in 225pts and 0 for the other direction that you arent moving. Follow the above steps until you have completed each side. Then make sure that clear box is behind everything. Select it and the flowers. Object>Group. Drag this group of flowers into the Swatches palette. Fill a shape with your flowers!

http://www.surfnlearn.com/tutorial/3248/How_to_Make_a_Foolproof %2C_Flowery_Wallpaper_Pattern/

Wallpaper pattern

Create a muted rust/maroon fill (rectangle filled) Lock this shape (Apple + 2) Create a design with the FLORID VECTOR PACK symbols Option>Expand Pathfinder>Unite Duplicate to create an entire background texture (make sure snap to guides are on) Choose overlay

http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tutorial/Combining-Vectors-andTextures-for-a-Background-with-Depth/64465

Create smoke in Illustrator

Make a rectangle and fill it black. Object > Lock > Selection Take your Pen Tool (P) and make a vertical. Make the stroke white and the fill blank. Set the stroke to 0.05mm. Change to the Selection tool, hit enter and type in .05mm. Press Command/D 20 more times.
Select all strokes. Change blending mode to Screen and Opacity to 10%. Then group them. With the Pen tool create a curvy (semi-bumpy) line with a white fill and no stroke. Select all Object > Envelope Distort > Make With Top Object. Blend Fidelity is set to 100 Object > Envelope Distort > Envelope Options, there you should set the Fidelity to 100 Take smoky lines and drag and drop them into the Brush Palette. Select Art Brush. The direction should be Arrow UP. Draw lines with the smoke brush you just created. Select all. Effect > Blur > Gaussian Blur and type in 7.0px
http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/text-effects/how-to-create-smokybrushes-and-type-in-illustrator-cs4/

Adobe Illustrator Misc

Add

ons you can purchase to create more patterns than Illustrator offers
http://www.adobe.com/products/plugins/illustrator/

Load into Adobe>Illustrator>Presets>Swatches