How To Create Custom Camouflage Patterns in Photoshop

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In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial I'll show you some clever techniques for creating military style camo patterns, using nothing but Photoshop filters. The result is completely randomised, which is perfect for producing abstract shapes and disruptive patterns.
I'll also present a range of optional steps you can take to customise the appearance of your camouflage design, then prepare to have your mind blown when you see how Photoshop can completely automate the creation of your pattern across a vast area with no repetition whatsoever.
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@spoongraphics 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone who subscribes to my mailing list gets a FREE design resources bundle. 📦Get yours here: spoon.graphics/freebundle

@ghostdc929 4 жыл бұрын

Spoon Graphics won’t let me layer each one together plz help

@DJRoksor 3 жыл бұрын

Can the resources from your free design bundle be use for commercial work? And is there a way to color the different layers of the camo pattern with a color overlay instead of using hue and saturation? I want to use specific colors.

@trailchiapas 3 жыл бұрын

how can i get the pattern of the minute 12. can you share it to me or sell it?

@runninghead_media 4 жыл бұрын

Inspiringly procedural and non-destructive! Today I learned that you can create a Smart Object from an empty layer and THEN render clouds in to it. Your tutorials often seem like simple follow-alongs for basic jobs but always turn out to be packed with rich, powerful techniques. Thank you!

@gregoryvilfranc9306 2 жыл бұрын

I'm still using CS6 and had to do TONS of workarounds since adding adjustments to the smart filters sublayer hadn't been implemented into this build at the time. STILL, I managed to follow along (albeit the long way) and got incredible results I can use right away for my business! THANK YOU!!!

@PKedByBlade 2 жыл бұрын

This is an absolutely OUTSTANDING tutorial. Thank you so much.

@janadesenhoilustrado 3 жыл бұрын

Thank very much, this is great tuto. I did my own camouflage and I love it

@kmhdesign-1 4 жыл бұрын

I so needed this right now! You the master..thanks Chris!

@Snowblind037 4 жыл бұрын

Love the stained glass effect

@RealBuddhaR2G Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU I NEEDED THIS VIDEO BADLY !! You just helped me out 1000%. Learned how to do this so fast. You just earned a subscriber ✅

@kudraabdulaziz3096 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I needed this tutorial.

@duicwb 4 жыл бұрын

Simple and awesome!!!

@osherezra131 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing as always, keep it up 👌, please make a tutorial on realistic mockups and shadows cheers

@whitekriminal545 4 жыл бұрын

Master of graphics.

@girlingame518 4 жыл бұрын

my favorite channel to learn photoshop , awesome tutorial .

@precioustraveler 3 жыл бұрын

This awesome and concise video just earned you a new subscriber! Thanks Chris!

@sergio_97_percent33 3 жыл бұрын

Hello from early 2021! Your tutorial is still great and useful! Thousand thanks!

@mijalic1 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. Thank you for your time and effort to make it and share it with the world. Greetings from Croatia.

@arbabraiyan8200 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the detailed tutorial!

@ducanhlv1 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks you for sharing this advance technique.

@Luciano_mp 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you.

@cat-in-mask 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome like always!

@airportsecurityaustria182 11 ай бұрын

wow, never would have thought to do it like this, very creative, gj dude!

@AlyssaSullivan 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this super helpful tutorial! :)

@TDTIRPAN 4 жыл бұрын

Very creative. Thank you

@kergietv8525 4 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for this tutorial

@AdmiralStarksShorts Жыл бұрын

HOLLY COW! Subbed! ♥ Great video Spoon guys! Straight to point and no wasting time! :)

@mateuszkusz5593 4 жыл бұрын

Solid tutorial!

@ChrrZ 4 жыл бұрын

great tutorial!!

@GttiqwT 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much, this is a great tutorial!

@anotherone8620 4 жыл бұрын

Really cool!

@calistabranch2903 Жыл бұрын

still extremely helpful 3 years later. thank you.

@kkkk139 4 жыл бұрын

Showww.. you are the best, man!!!

@pedroalmeida3474 4 жыл бұрын

If you are having trouble with the threshold step, do this to make it work exactly like the tutorial: Layer > New adjustment Layer > Threshold > Click "Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask" You are welcome.

@rachelrumbelowmulholland2911 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I got the threshold to come up and was able to add it but the slider doesn't change anything at all. Do you know what could have gone wrong there by chance?

@bucketgoose9049 2 жыл бұрын

I cant select threshold on this step either

@Tomarusan Жыл бұрын

You are a fucking saint.

@antoniomaia 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@sanjayrokade6530 4 жыл бұрын

nice......tutorial......thanks

@matthewdestefano2945 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. So generous to share. Is there anyway to create one of these layers with an image instead of a color? I am trying to make one of the Cloud layers into tree bark

@duicwb 4 жыл бұрын

Thank youuuuuu

@andrewwinoto2421 11 ай бұрын

Insane tutorial....

@savagea.f972 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@znomad8026 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another great tutorial !!!

@grinchgames3867 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool

@jedijosh707 2 жыл бұрын

SO DOPE.

@noobra5262 4 жыл бұрын

Frecking genius!

@thedailyshaver1171 4 жыл бұрын

Wooo! Yyyeeeaahhh!

@MyPawesomeFrenchie 4 жыл бұрын

How can I create this effect with a couple of other patterns applied within the camo. example my logo in my avatar

@wallaceviegas4086 4 жыл бұрын

Muito massa!

@asmamirza7753 3 жыл бұрын

Man you are 👍 awesome

@spoongraphics Жыл бұрын

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@connorgunion8597 Жыл бұрын

amazing tutorial you are fast and extremely precise. it just sucks that you can't use any cool filter gallery effects in CMYK :// I tried converting to RGB after and it erased a lot of the smart filters. wish there was a way to get these effects for print. Thanks again !

@filnimation9010 4 жыл бұрын

Hi sir chris, may i ask if i can use this camo pattern design technic for commercial use?

@psymonious 3 жыл бұрын

Everything is working great so far and I learned a lot using the steps you are showing. I have a camo pattern with relatively big shapes and I can't figure out how to make the borders of the shapes less pixelated/more smooth. Any tips or ideas?

@kiranm2060 2 жыл бұрын

Try experimenting with your gaussian blur settings.

@fallennate 4 жыл бұрын

Love your site! Do you have an Envato profile I can follow?

@billwilliamson1506 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to make the pattern less regular? i.e.: Make macro shapes out of the clouds, cluster them, or make patches of shapes?

@SkintSNIPER262 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to recreate the exact digital pattern found in military camos? CADPAT, MARPAT, etc... I want to create a file for fabric printing but I only want to create a custom color palette.

@simonwilkosz7562 3 жыл бұрын

this is really clever, would there be anyway to make the pattern seamless?

@ONECOLLECTIVE 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he alludes to how to do that at the end at 6:17 but doesn't show us how...I would love to know how to make it seamless from here also.

@spencerking857 3 жыл бұрын

Hey awesome tutorial but I am curious how to take a completed camo design from photoshop, and take it into substance. Any idea? Edit: I also need the photoshop image of the camo design to be imported as a Material into substance painter

@devinmcculloch7231 4 жыл бұрын

this is incredible information! Question Spoon Graphics when you go to export so you can use as a PNG in Illustrator whats is the best setting to export in? Thank you!

@David-wi1ou 4 жыл бұрын

png-24 interlaced

@tomjjohansson Жыл бұрын

I couldnt get the threshold to apply to my smart object by going Image>Adjustment>Thresholf, instead, select the smart object and use the threshold setting in the lower right corner in the layer window - next to the smart clipping mask icon and the new layer folder icon.

@jordanphillips8587 3 жыл бұрын

How do you transfer the design to the clothes?

@beefkilla 3 жыл бұрын

I'm having an issue with the "blend if" option, all layers below the top 1 are still non visible?

@ismailhmulem8641 4 жыл бұрын

i can't see anything there's no camouflage

@johnenembe1025 3 ай бұрын

Hey can you also make tbr tutorial how to create mockup with the camouflage pattern please?

@alfiebaptiste1967 4 жыл бұрын

can you do this on illustrator

@PennitentOne 12 күн бұрын

Any tutorials for splinter and Dutch fractal style patterns ?

@kineticraptor3318 4 жыл бұрын

i'm using a document size of 3000x3000 (even tried 4000x4000) but the clouds filter isn't working. It just gives the layer a white color fill.

@DJRoksor 3 жыл бұрын

Check your foreground and background color, they need to be white and black.

@realhumanbeing5724 3 жыл бұрын

@@DJRoksor this fix didnt work for me need more help

@sergio_97_percent33 3 жыл бұрын

@@realhumanbeing5724 The same problem. I've changed Image > mode > from 8 bit to 16 bit and it's working for me!

@meadow-maker 4 жыл бұрын

I made some another way a couple of weeks ago using the cloud as the starting point but I can't, for the life of me remember what else I did, I didn't use threshold.

@SuperStaticTV 4 жыл бұрын

Is there any way to do this instead of using the Hue/Saturation adjustment and being able to individually select colors?

@user-ff2mu4fh4v 4 жыл бұрын

use a gradient map

@13mstyle 4 жыл бұрын

I need to rasterize the clouds layer before being able to apply treshold. Any tips?

@TheNiueanOne 4 жыл бұрын

idk if you ended up getting it in the end. But what i found worked was instead of going 'image>adjustments>threshold' ..you can use the threshold adjustment layer and link it to your work layer. I used that for threshold and hue/saturation then just put them in a group. I managed to keep up with all his steps after.

@smem7963 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheNiueanOne savior

@cripart13 Жыл бұрын

i cant select threshold its not highlighted is there something i can do any help would be appreciated

@harshbhirani2524 3 жыл бұрын

My Filter gallery is not getting activated what would i do

@taylorolsen2684 4 жыл бұрын

when i do it theres not as many clouds and idk why

@lukeaguallo4892 4 жыл бұрын

When I go to copy the layer, the copy doesn’t transfer over the filters...what am I doing wrong?

@Bazingawow 3 жыл бұрын

Press ctrl J on the layer you want to copy/duplicate

@ryanburleigh8182 4 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know why Photoshop CS6 can not use the Image>Adjustments options? I can't for the life of me get Threshold to work with the Smart Object/Filters.

@mmfisher63 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mate I ran into the same issue, I found that if you rasterize the layer that will work for it, however you cant change your settings to the clouds or any other effects afterwards.

@ryanburleigh8182 4 жыл бұрын

@@mmfisher63 no way to fix that? The rest of the tutorial is useless if you cant edit and modify. Rather its time consuming and infuriating.

@mmfisher63 4 жыл бұрын

@@ryanburleigh8182 Yeah I totally agree, however I needed one made for my project and it worked out fine, just needed a lot of patience lol

@dhirajnift 4 жыл бұрын

If we could, how do we take out the seamless pattern from this, or how could we save it as a swatch to be used in illustrator seamlessly?

@TWESHELLSHOCKR 3 жыл бұрын

You literally have to take the Image and turn it into a Shape.

@twinqlez1 Жыл бұрын

Hi, when I go to my Image and adjustments > the Threshold cannot be selected, it's dull in gray please assist!

@zanderesp4295 2 жыл бұрын

Do u do any commission work?

@michaelsrowland 2 жыл бұрын

but how do you print it?

@christopherstahler5376 4 жыл бұрын

I followed this tutorial instruction exactly the same except the initial resolution of 3000px by 3000px. Mine was 16,000 by 6500. Other than that I did everything the same. However when you come to the step of "activating the middle layer" and choosing Filter Gallery, I'm not able to choose Filter Gallery because it is grayed out. What am I missing? Please help. Also I'm using Photoshop CC 2020.

@avry87 Жыл бұрын

I have the same problem, it's because you were working your design in CMYK mode. I've created another project and this time was RGB and the filter gallery it's activated. My problem is that I need to have it in CMYK as it must be ready to print.

@BBoyPuzzle1991 Жыл бұрын

U have to use 8-bit :)

@kiranm2060 2 жыл бұрын

I may have missed this step, but I wasn't able to view all layers simultaneously (without repeating the negative white space). For anyone else stuck here, I Couldn't find the step i missed but I solved this by using multiply and color burn blending modes. If there's a better way let me know.

@beefkilla 3 жыл бұрын

I checked again, the BLEND IF option does not seem to be functioning as before.

@artandinkbypreetshastri8425 7 ай бұрын

hi i was following your tutorial step by step . but got stuck at the threshold tool. (in your video at1:38 min) . in my window it doesnt allow me to click on the threshold tool .. why so ? can you pls suggest

@kinn_8754 2 жыл бұрын

One question, I'm not able to do this well (I'm missing some options idk why), could you help me with a pattern I made but it looks terrible?

@bluntzera8238 2 жыл бұрын

why my pattern looks so different? i think is something with the rendered clouds the contours on my attempo using the same values look very different with blurred edges with no blur effect applied

@Gonzo08401 2 жыл бұрын

how do i create the design at the 6:46 mark?!?

@robinstevens5189 3 ай бұрын

can you create a camo pattern for me ? i need multi terrain camo night with the terrain colours and shapes replaced with graffiti style colours shapes

@DJRoksor 3 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to color the different layers with a color overlay instead of using hue and saturation? I want to use specific colors.

@walterkennedy9474 3 жыл бұрын

Simplest way I can think of would be to make a new layer, then enable “all layers” on the paint bucket. Choose your color, and apply it to a pattern. You may need to use hue/saturation to give each layer a distinct color. Unfortunately, if you change the pattern, you’ll need to delete the layer and remake it.

@DJRoksor 3 жыл бұрын

@@walterkennedy9474 I've found a way by adding a color gradient to each layer and using a solid color for it.

@walterkennedy9474 3 жыл бұрын

@@DJRoksor glad you found a solution! I think you could also use the hue/saturation filter to get some exact colors. Just get the HSB values and put them into the filter.

@TheUnknown-hb4bb 4 жыл бұрын

i cant access the threshold

@DonkeyKong64InstructionBooklet 3 жыл бұрын

@RYNATY I'm using photoshop cs3, a rather old version, and I can't choose threshold either.

@meadow-maker 4 жыл бұрын

You can create a seamless pattern by choosing canvas sizes of, (put simply, multiples of 128) for example 1024, 2048, 4096, look familiar? :)

@nanasabruskisarpong3426 Жыл бұрын

I realized when the object is converted to smart object, my threshold is not active and cannot be used. Can u help me please

@pat-4456 3 жыл бұрын

2:14why i can't do the threshold :( 2:14

@Cyberdemon1542 3 жыл бұрын

How can I make it tileable?

@AsterDXZ 3 жыл бұрын

You can't this is randomly generated. What he suggests is just making the canvas size bigger to what you need and Photoshop will just automatically fill it out.

@ElRenoto 4 жыл бұрын

Great video...I was following each step, but on my PS, it won't allow me to make the threshold adjustment of 2:15 (IMAGE>ADJUSTMENTS>THRESHOLD)...Using CS6 here...Any ideas? Thanks in advance

@ryanburleigh8182 4 жыл бұрын

yeah ran into the same problem. Haven't the foggiest idea for a work around. I am also using CS6 Not sure why its not working.

@johnenembe1025 4 жыл бұрын

Same problem here

@SunshineG 4 жыл бұрын

I have trouble with threshold adjustments, cant use it. same problem with cs6 or cc :(

@armablign 3 жыл бұрын

I have no idea if you'll see this 8 months later or don't even needthis info anymore, or if you figured it out, but Ill try and help and way. A user commented 7 months after your comment the following: @Pedro Almeida : Layer > New adjustment Layer > Threshold > Click "Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask"

@rxleurn 2 жыл бұрын

tell me how to make it in Microsoft Paint.

@victorramirez361 4 жыл бұрын

Can this work on cmyk?

@spoongraphics 4 жыл бұрын

Some of the fiters don't work in CMYK mode, so you would have to produce the artwork in RGB, then convert it afterward

@victorramirez361 4 жыл бұрын

@@spoongraphics Thannks, just wanted to know. I work most in printing stuff.

@chainzcobainz4118 3 жыл бұрын

im getting blue clouds

@fbarecords5749 2 жыл бұрын

yea thanks alot... fg

@Celesteishereandhappy Жыл бұрын

Help please : on 1:30 min, filter / Blur / Gaussian Blur , my Photoshop pops a window : “Impossible to create Gaussian blur as the selected zone is empty”. I have the last est version and new laptop, I’m on 16 bits and on RVB doc 3000X3000pixels and have created a new layer and converted it into Smart object. It looks the same than on your video except I can’t activate the filter because of this selected zone that is empty. Your layer is empty on yours so what I am missing here please? I tried everything, select the layers with the selection tool, doesn’t work. I tried to put a colour background, then I can do the Gaussian filter but it looks flat, not at all like yours even when I move the arrow. Please help!

@2pointSummer 4 жыл бұрын

I wanna know who that one dislike is >:C

@LDPIX 4 жыл бұрын

probably some geek who thinks 'gaussian' should be pronounced differently

@tyrstone3539 4 жыл бұрын

Chris LD five geeks :/

@mbsb1376 4 жыл бұрын

I did, because the camo pattern is too simple and it doesn't explain how to do anything that would be useful for other designs, like urban camos, spray patterns, etc.

@ErickB58 4 жыл бұрын

I tried this on CS6 and it wouldn't work.

@cristianrios9654 4 жыл бұрын

friend, won't let me select threshold option. what I do?

@johnenembe1025 4 жыл бұрын

Same, do you found the solution?

@Garydactyl 4 жыл бұрын

Edit: if you scroll down the comments a bit TheNiueanOne has found a solution which is making a threshold adjustment layer and linking that to the smart object layer

@dubznroses 4 жыл бұрын

I figured it out...change the image mode to 16 bit and everything should work properly