Advanced_Photoshop_Issue_138_-_2015_UK_

CREATE ROCK AND MOSS TEXTURES ON FILESILO

Crafting repetitive textures from photos is

usually a simple case of using the Offset filter

and some careful cloning to cover up the seams.

But some textures pose more of a challenge

than others. Something like a brick wall with the

staggered placement of bricks can be

somewhat confounding!

Yet Photoshop’s rarely used Scripted Pattern

Fills makes it quite achievable. The first step is to

craft a number of single brick images from the

stone textures. Be sure to include an outer

border for the grout, and desaturate the image

so it’s easier to add colour later on. Then define

the brick image as a pattern. Use the Edit>Fill

BRICK BY BRICK

CREATE YOUR OWN BRICK WALL TEXTURE

command set to the brick pattern and enable the

Script option to use the Brick Fill feature. There are

several options then available to help create a very

convincing brick wall effect. Be sure to watch the

video tutorial included on the FileSilo to see how we

use this technique to create a custom brick wall

texture to cover up graffiti in an image.

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