Expanding the area of a texture

Hello and welcome to this tutorial on how to increase the area of a texture in Photoshop. If you’re a graphic designer or digital artist, you know that a quality texture is essential for creating high-quality designs. In this tutorial, I’ll be showing you how to expand the area of a texture. We’ll be using… Continue reading Expanding the area of a texture

Creating Seamless Texture in Adobe Photoshop

Hello and welcome to this tutorial! In this tutorial, we will be exploring how to use Adobe Photoshop to create seamless repeating textures. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced practitioner, this demo will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to turn almost any texture into a seamless pattern. Throughout the video,… Continue reading Creating Seamless Texture in Adobe Photoshop

Tutorial: Basic Repeating Pattern

Repeating pattern from Scott Franson on Vimeo. This Tutorial shows how to create a basic repeating pattern. Choose a pattern size and create a new document. (The resolution matters. My default is 3×3 inches at 300 pixels per inch) Draw in the center of the defined area. It is important to avoid the edges. Filter… Continue reading Tutorial: Basic Repeating Pattern

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Tutorial | Basic Color Harmony

Harmony in a Color Pallet from Scott Franson on Vimeo. This Tutorial shows one way to use Adobe Photoshop to create color harmony. Mixing a bit of one color into the other colors in your pallet will give the colors a family resemblance. (A pressure sensitive tablet required) Change the background color swatch to the… Continue reading Tutorial | Basic Color Harmony

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diModule | Adding texture to a brush

Adding texture to a brush | This process simulates how a textures surface such as canvas or gesso influence the texture. Applying a texture to the brush 1. add a texture [diModule | Creating texture] 2. open the brushes pallet| Menu Bar > Window > Brushes 3. select texture options | Brushes Pallet > Textures… Continue reading diModule | Adding texture to a brush

Tutorial: Digital Cut Paper

Tutorial: Digital Cut Paper from Scott E Franson on Vimeo. This is a basic tutorial to create a cut paper effect using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. This is a basic tutorial to create a cut paper effect using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. I am sorry, The video ends abruptly. I am trying to work out… Continue reading Tutorial: Digital Cut Paper

Creating a RGB Color Pallet that is CMYK Safe

I prefer to work in Adobe Photoshop in RGB Mode. RGB stands the primary colors of light which are Red, Green and Blue. When a book is printed the color mode that is used is CMYK. CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key Color (which is Black). It is also referred to as process… Continue reading Creating a RGB Color Pallet that is CMYK Safe

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Coloring a scanned line in Photoshop

This is the most re-requested tutorial that I teach in the digital Illustration class. While many of the processes are interesting to try, this process is one that nearly every illustrator will need to use at some point. The result is a line drawing with a transparent background. This allows the image to be colored… Continue reading Coloring a scanned line in Photoshop

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How to add texture to a Photoshop brush

This brush stroke is made with the Hard-Round 19 pixles brush. This texture is scanned from a board that I textured with gesso. When the gesso dried, I painted over the complete surface with a thin acrylic wash of black. The paint settled into the low areas of the gesso. (The boards that I paint… Continue reading How to add texture to a Photoshop brush

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