Mastering Half-drop Repeat: Photoshop's Smart Objects Revealed

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2 жыл бұрын

In this tutorial, I'll show you my process for creating a half-drop repeat in Photoshop using smart objects.
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@haymur8533 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much.. It helped a lot as I have a Photoshop CC 2017 version and that version doesn't have a Pattern preview option, I was finding it hard to do a half drop pattern but with your method I did a half drop pattern and it worked.❤

@MelArmstrong Ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

@love-in-idleness2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate having the video AND the written instructions. This is terrific. :)

@MelArmstrong Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful!

@staceynewstead 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Mel! I just discovered your channel. Really love your illustrations and your instruction is amazing!

@katewestfall9721 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant tutorial- thank you so much for sharing this!

@MelArmstrong Жыл бұрын

You're most welcome! I'm glad it was helpful for you!

@annegregory3365 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! So easy to follow. Love your skillshare classes too. xo

@josephjessicastanish5480 Жыл бұрын

This was SO helpful. Thank you so so much for sharing what you've learned with us! *Just* getting into licensing and I feel much more confident now that I'm able to make these types of patterns. I really appreciate it!! ♥️

@MelArmstrong Жыл бұрын

That's wonderful. Glad I could help!

@sandrabedoya5620 2 жыл бұрын

Greate tutorial!!! Love your skillshare classes, and your youtube videos really helpful!

@sarah.sojourns6861 Жыл бұрын

the best pattern design tutorial Ive ever seen... and thats been almost all of them on KZfaq by now 😅 Thank you for being such a great teacher!

@MelArmstrong Жыл бұрын

awww...thanks so much Sarah! I'm so glad it's been useful.

@mpenney23 Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for posting, I've been watching a number of videos trying to figure out how to do this and this is the best one so far!

@MelArmstrong Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I'm super glad its useful for you!

@anneherbert6297 9 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial, thank you. Having the written instructions as well is extremely helpful too. ♥

@MelArmstrong 9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@velvetbees 2 жыл бұрын

Not only is your pattern delightful, this tutorial can be done in CS5.5, which I have because I still use old 32 bit filters in my artwork. This is ingenious and just what I wanted. Thank you.

@MelArmstrong 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@kiloindianovember Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial thank you!

@MelArmstrong Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

@user-sw7bw6zt3f Жыл бұрын

Excelent Content!! Thank you so much for this, I am learning a lot with you!!

@MelArmstrong Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy to help!

@TutuWells Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU so so much for sharing this!!!... this may be the best tutorial on pattern design I've seen

@MelArmstrong Жыл бұрын

Awww...thanks so much! I'm so glad you found it useful.

@Digidesignresortcom Жыл бұрын

Mel, thanks for the great video and the PDF - very helpful!

@MelArmstrong Жыл бұрын

It's a pleasure! So glad it was helpful!

@Digidesignresortcom Жыл бұрын

@@MelArmstrong I tried to create a pattern with your instruction. Thanks again but the PDF and the tutorial do not fit, e.g. in the pdf it says bottom middle while in the video it is middle - just saying because I couldn't create that pattern, not to complain - only in case you wanna update it 🙂

@ozkanozer83 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for vlog............

@noinudee 11 ай бұрын

hi mel. Thank you for the clear instruction. I have a question ^ ^ hope you can help me with. i've done some half-drop patterns on procreate before and want to use it in photoshop. Is it possible to set them as a half drop or I have to move things around again? Thank you ;)

@RekhaKrishnamurthi 2 жыл бұрын

This was very helpful! I’m going to try out this method. Thanks for the PDF instructions too! My motifs are in Procreate…would I import them into a new document in Photoshop?

@MelArmstrong 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Rekha, thanks for watching. I draw my motifs in Procreate also. I normally export as a PSD then open them up in Photoshop. I convert each motif into a smart object, which allows me to resize and retain the quality, then pull them into the pattern file.

@RekhaKrishnamurthi 2 жыл бұрын

@@MelArmstrong Thank you!

@kendraminadeo8553 2 жыл бұрын

@@MelArmstrong That's a hot tip! Thank you!

@nataliedavison5592 2 жыл бұрын

@@MelArmstrong what size canvas do you create your motifs in procreate?

@DevineDirection-youtube Ай бұрын

I did not understand how you extracted the repeat tile. What calculation you used for drawing the rectangle??? Please help.

@MelArmstrong Ай бұрын

I recommend downloading the accompanying pdf which has the instructions on how to make the calculations. Link in description.

@brendangoodenough173 Жыл бұрын

Appreciate your time and work, Mel, but there are far easier ways to achieve the same results in PSD..

@MelArmstrong Жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree there are many ways to achieve a half-drop in Photoshop. For me, this is the easiest and most effective. :-)

@user-le9bg4rn8p Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this tutorial I've learned so much from you on KZfaq and Skillshare over the years. I am struggling with smart objects. When I go into the smart object layer and move motifs around and hit save, everything changes expect my original motifs in the diamond. Can you offer any suggestions on how to correct this? thank you

@MelArmstrong Жыл бұрын

If I'm understanding what's happening correctly, I wondering if you may have selected "New Smart Object via copy" when you created your first duplicate of the original diamond instead of just duplicating it? You could just remove the original diamond and place a copy of one of the others into the diamond, if that makes sense?

@user-le9bg4rn8p Жыл бұрын

@@MelArmstrong Yes, it created a copy on top. Thank you for your feedback!

@janci00019 Жыл бұрын

there is also "Pattern preview" under "View" option.

@MelArmstrong Жыл бұрын

Yes I use pattern preview a lot. Doesn’t work for this half-drop method though.

@marcybrennanart8477 Жыл бұрын

Would you be able to do this using Photoshop’s Pattern Preview and skip all the x/y stuff?

@MelArmstrong Жыл бұрын

ahhh...now that would be amazing, but unfortunately, this can't be done with Pattern Preview. I do believe a feature request has been submitted to Adobe to implement it, though, so fingers crossed we can use Pattern Preview for half-drops in a future update.

@ozkanozer83 2 жыл бұрын

This is how to make at illustrator

@mischiefk3717 Жыл бұрын

How did you come up with the vertical figure of +2426 pixels? A 12" canvas converts to 3600 pixels at 300 dpi? Really confused

@MelArmstrong Жыл бұрын

Yes, a 12" canvas is 3600 pixels at 300dpi. The 2426px is the vertical alignment of the smart-object when I move it to the bottom. I then use it to extract the repeat tile at the end. The repeat tile will be smaller than the canvas (canvas = 3600x3600px). My resulting repeat tile is 3064 x 2426 pixels. Hope that makes sense?

@annaguettabi3974 Жыл бұрын

Can this be done with the “pattern preview” option?

@MelArmstrong Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, no, it can't. Hopefully in future versions of Photoshop!!

@dorisw2507 2 жыл бұрын

I have a dumb question because I'm new.... I am not sure why this is a half drop ? Is it because the sides of the diamonds interlock? Does it always have to be diamonds?

@MelArmstrong 2 жыл бұрын

Not a dumb question at all. It's a half drop because of the way the block is dropped halfway down the vertical axis on either side of the middle verticle blocks. Maybe have a look at my blog post here...melarmstrong.com/create-a-half-drop-repeat-in-photoshop/ The images I have on there show the difference between a square block and a half drop. The diamond is just my preference for a really seamless repeat, you could have a square if you like.

@bobbyseaford Жыл бұрын

Hi from Tassie Mel! Great tutorial, thank you - looking forward to trying it out. Can the pattern be scaled up? For example, if making patterns for a quilt cover, or sheet set? We are keen to develop some linen and I want to make a pattern for it, but don't want our illustrations to be tiny when printed ...if that makes sense? Thanks in advance!

@MelArmstrong Жыл бұрын

Hey Bobby! I would start with a canvas as big as possible. Because you probably know the approximate size of the quilt or sheet, you could work out how big you'd want each motif, then you could decide the size of the repeat tile or starting canvas. Unfortunately, because Photoshop is raster you can't scale up. If you use Illustrator you can scale up as much as you like, but Illustrator doesn't allow you have all the lovely painterly textures like Photoshop does. Hope that makes sense?

@MelArmstrong Жыл бұрын

by the way Tassie is on my bucket list!!