Hi Teela! Do you have a video on how to create a seamless edge design? I am trying to learn this in photoshop to create wraps for my tumblers so where the wrap meets, the edges blend into each other and you cannot see where the seam is. Thank you for teaching us through your great videos!
Awesome! I just wish your watercolor textures were free. LOL But, seriously, it's been a while since I've worked with the offset filter. I have found it rough going as it seems very difficult to get rid of the seams. Even when I replace it with something else it seems like the seam in still there. In fact even in your tutorial you didn't get it quite right (though you did express confidence that if you continued working on it you could get it where it truly looks seamless). Also, it's my experience that sometimes the brush can be too soft which will create something that looks like a seam. Perhaps the best way to go about it is to try to match the surrounding pattern with an equally hard/soft brush. I don't know. Like I said it's been tough to work for me.
Hi Teela, thank you very much for this great video. I managed to make seamless paterns now, but when I want to use a watercolor pattern behind amother pattern with a transparant background in Photoshop as a background layer, the watercolor background pattern is not seamless anymore when I scale the whole pattern to 50%. Do you know what I am doing wrong here? Thank you very much ;-)
I don't know why but I do not have the rasterize button. I have photoshop elements is there any way to do this in that program or am I missing it somewhere? I'm also trying to do a seamless stripe pattern to upload to spoonflower to be printed on fabric. Do you know how to do that? And would I be able to do it using photoshop elements?
Great tutorial. I just have one problem, around 4:16 where you should go to filter>>other>>offset. When I click offset, my screen won't splitt or divide into 4 equal parts :/ What did I do wrong?
Ooh nvm 😅😅 I think I see the problem now. It's not really supposed to splitt (even though it looks like that). By the offset the down corner will get up to the opposite side and so will the other corners as well. I'm working a differen't kind of textute, adding a lot of noise from the filters, so those dividing lines don't seem to show up with so much noise. I got confused and came back to this part of the tutorial when converting it into a swatch in illustrator, as it seems that once you set the file size in the Ai canvas, when you create a shape/object, it must not hover over the limits of that size set or a line(limit) shows up. I think.. So.. great tutorial 😅
Hello! Thanks for this tutorial. When I make the swatch. I can see a white line (it is a gap between one pattern to another). My pattern is with a solid color background. You said it is an ilusion. But I opened it with photoshop and when I zoon the gap it is one pixel. Then, I tried to make the pattern from Photoshop. The problem is still there. Using Illustrator or Photoshop, there is a white line between the patterns. Let me know if you can fix it. Thanks!
When you transfer it to illustrator and use it there, will it be vectorized? Or de you need to vectorize the "pattern" before putting it into swatches?
There's no vectorizing at any point. You're taking a rasterized, seamless pattern jpg and converting it into an Illustrator swatch (swatches don't need to be vector to still work in Illustrator). I hope that helps!
Hey so I just followed your tutorial and it worked perfectly, rasterized jpeg became a swatch. however I made 1 misstep, hit "ctrl+z" and the swatch disappeared, and now dragging the jpeg to the swatch palette doesn't do anything! I am so confused and disappointed - could you help, Teela?
Hi can you tell me how you ensure that your patterns are sharp? My tutor just told me mine were blurry but I do not know what I did wrong... many thanks
Hi! Photoshop uses pixels, so you can make a large photo smaller without losing quality, but not vice versa. If it's blurry, then try again without resizing the original design.
Finally came at a place where I could crack the code for watercolor seamless pattern. Thank a lot!!
I can not express how much I like this tutorial!
I dont even know how many videos Ive watched, you are honestly the best! Explaining very well and to the point! Thank you!
This taught me exactly what I was needing to know and it was the first video to explain it so clearly. As a learning pattern designer, I thank you!
This is amazing! Thank you so much for making this video, Teela!
this was just what I was looking for! you explain so well!
Well done, Teela! I loved this lesson. Would never have figured it out without you!
I'm so glad! Thanks for checking it out!
I literally save all your stuff to playlists cause your tutorials are that good!
Aww, thanks!
Your tutorials are the best ones.
You are a great teacher. Thank you for the clarity of content
Excellent tutorial! Thank you soooo much for demystifying the process!
This is SO HELPFUL - thank you
Thank you, this is what I was looking for since a while, I mean the set of watercolor backgrounds 😊
Oh, this is exactly what I was looking for. Instant subscribe! Thank you! :)
Excellent! 🤩 Amazing! Thanks! 😍
Amazing. Just when I was about to ask if that pattern can be used in Illustrator, you got it covered :).
I always enjoy your tuts :D, thank you for your time!
Hi Teela! Do you have a video on how to create a seamless edge design? I am trying to learn this in photoshop to create wraps for my tumblers so where the wrap meets, the edges blend into each other and you cannot see where the seam is. Thank you for teaching us through your great videos!
Super useful and rad!!! Thank you! ❤️
Exactly what I needed to learn at the moment I needed it. Thank you!
You have made it look so simple, great tutorial
This was great!
Great and very useful tutorial! Thanks!
Great. Very useful tutorial! Thanks!
Really, really nice tutorial! Thanks
YOU ARE AMAZING☺️☺️
wonderful, thank you Teela!
Fantastic tutorial! Thank you!
Thank you so much, this was super helpful and fun!! :)
thankyou
Awesome! I just wish your watercolor textures were free. LOL But, seriously, it's been a while since I've worked with the offset filter. I have found it rough going as it seems very difficult to get rid of the seams. Even when I replace it with something else it seems like the seam in still there. In fact even in your tutorial you didn't get it quite right (though you did express confidence that if you continued working on it you could get it where it truly looks seamless). Also, it's my experience that sometimes the brush can be too soft which will create something that looks like a seam. Perhaps the best way to go about it is to try to match the surrounding pattern with an equally hard/soft brush. I don't know. Like I said it's been tough to work for me.
THANK YOU. Amazing.
Very nice tutorial, thank you!
This is awesome. Thank you!
Great tutorial, thanks!
Thank you teela 💖💗💞💕💟
idk why when I do offset it doesn't create a repeat tile like yours?
Hi Teela, thank you very much for this great video. I managed to make seamless paterns now, but when I want to use a watercolor pattern behind amother pattern with a transparant background in Photoshop as a background layer, the watercolor background pattern is not seamless anymore when I scale the whole pattern to 50%. Do you know what I am doing wrong here? Thank you very much ;-)
Loved this! But I don’t have the “offset” filter on my photoshop! It’s not under “other”
you discuss unsung aspects of the Graphic design tutorials
against the flow
keep up the good work
Love Love! thank you!
Very helpful! Thanks!
Love it thanks!
this is really cool! thanks a lot! :D
I don't know why but I do not have the rasterize button. I have photoshop elements is there any way to do this in that program or am I missing it somewhere? I'm also trying to do a seamless stripe pattern to upload to spoonflower to be printed on fabric. Do you know how to do that? And would I be able to do it using photoshop elements?
This is great! Thank you :)
THIS IS SO COOL
Great tutorial.
I just have one problem, around 4:16 where you should go to filter>>other>>offset.
When I click offset, my screen won't splitt or divide into 4 equal parts :/
What did I do wrong?
Ooh nvm 😅😅
I think I see the problem now. It's not really supposed to splitt (even though it looks like that). By the offset the down corner will get up to the opposite side and so will the other corners as well.
I'm working a differen't kind of textute, adding a lot of noise from the filters, so those dividing lines don't seem to show up with so much noise.
I got confused and came back to this part of the tutorial when converting it into a swatch in illustrator, as it seems that once you set the file size in the Ai canvas, when you create a shape/object, it must not hover over the limits of that size set or a line(limit) shows up.
I think..
So.. great tutorial 😅
Could you make a video showing how to use your water colors as a pattern in AI? Mainly to make backgrounds and such
How would you convert non seamless floral print into seamless? Is it possible in Photoshop?
Yep - go view > pattern preview and you can preview what the seamless repeat will look like/be able to adjust elements to fit it 👍
Hello! Thanks for this tutorial. When I make the swatch. I can see a white line (it is a gap between one pattern to another). My pattern is with a solid color background. You said it is an ilusion. But I opened it with photoshop and when I zoon the gap it is one pixel.
Then, I tried to make the pattern from Photoshop. The problem is still there. Using Illustrator or Photoshop, there is a white line between the patterns.
Let me know if you can fix it. Thanks!
Hi Diana, i had the same problem, the problem was solved by rasterizing it on 1200dpi instead of 300 dpi.
When you transfer it to illustrator and use it there, will it be vectorized? Or de you need to vectorize the "pattern" before putting it into swatches?
There's no vectorizing at any point. You're taking a rasterized, seamless pattern jpg and converting it into an Illustrator swatch (swatches don't need to be vector to still work in Illustrator). I hope that helps!
Is rubber stamp the same as the clone tool?
Hey so I just followed your tutorial and it worked perfectly, rasterized jpeg became a swatch. however I made 1 misstep, hit "ctrl+z" and the swatch disappeared, and now dragging the jpeg to the swatch palette doesn't do anything! I am so confused and disappointed - could you help, Teela?
Anna Mastryukova hi! Ctrl+z is "undo." You just have to press it again to "redo."
great video! did you vectorised your watercolour design?
nope, this is still a raster image
Hi can you tell me how you ensure that your patterns are sharp? My tutor just told me mine were blurry but I do not know what I did wrong... many thanks
Hi! Photoshop uses pixels, so you can make a large photo smaller without losing quality, but not vice versa. If it's blurry, then try again without resizing the original design.
best!
What if I have my own texture I want to use?
Watched the whole thing and you answered my question. You’re a wealth of knowledge. Thank you!
What scanner did you use?
This is my exact scanner: amzn.to/2KgjIan
Can this be done in illustrator?
Since this is a rasterized texture, this is best suited for Photoshop and can't be achieved with the same results using Illustrator
how to download water color images
Hello teela just wanna know if photoshop is free?
It's not free - you can google on where to find it.
Hey, it's not, but you can get 30 days for free to try it out here :) www.adobe.com/downloads.html
great tutorial, thank you!