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- Photoshop has a rendering bug that causes little white lines to show up in repeat patterns. This video tutorial shows you how to fix the problem.
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In this video, you'll find out how to fix the Photoshop bug that makes little white lines between your pattern tiles when you paste vector (Illustrator) repeat patterns into Photoshop. It's a frustrating problem! There's actually nothing wrong with your pattern. It's a rendering issue that sometimes shows up when Photoshop converts your vector art into pixels. Luckily the solution is quick and easy. And you can do it without having to export the art into a separate file.
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I found that Photoshop will show those annoying little white lines on any image (pixel or vector) that you want to turn into a Pattern (using the Edit > Define Pattern) EXCEPT when you leave the image the original size, preferably making the pattern from the original image, not by copying/pasting into Photoshop. I have thousands of digital Photoshop patterns that I sell and it’s worked perfect every time. BUT you must be careful to not change the original image size when making a pattern. (1) I always save the image/vector that I intend using for the pattern first (in either png/jpg/pdf). (2) I go to the folder/location where I’ve saved the image > right-click on the image filename > Open with Photoshop > Edit > Define Pattern. (3) Now the Photoshop pattern can be used in a new Photoshop file, on a layer, and can be resized and moved around as suits, with no annoying little white lines.
Oh my goodness THANK YOU kind stranger! I was just about in tears with a bunch of patterns I thought were duds with all the white lines. I fixed the problem thanks to the amazing Kris Ruff BUT I am not very good at Illustrator. Thanks to you I'm able to fix the problem AND avoid Illustrator altogether. Seriously thank you from the bottom of my heart!
On my computer I seem to only be able to export the repeat tile as a pdf if I don't want the lines to show up in photoshop.
Great short tutorial. Just what I was looking for - thanks!
INCREDIBLE. Thank you so much for the explanation into why this is happening as well as how to solve it.
thank you so much ! it was very very helpful !!
OMG you saved me for real!! Thank youu
Thank you so, so much Kris!!! I’ve been trying different solutions but no one works like this one.
I also learned how to make muck ups with you on skillshare, you’re are a great teacher.
Thank you so much! I'm really happy to hear my classes have been helpful. Maybe you'd be interested in the free Mockup Academy newsletter I'm starting. Subscribers will get insider tips for making mockups, plus announcements of new classes. If you're interested, you can sign up here: witty-designer-3461.ck.page/154257e178
OMG you are a life saver! This issue was causing me a lot of headaches and all the other solutions I have come across online didn't actual work. Your solution works perfectly! Thank you!
Awesome! It's such a frustrating problem and there's so little info out there about it which is why I made the video. Please pass it along to anyone else you think it might help or better yet, post about it on your social media so we can spread the word!
This is the only method that worked! Thank you so much!
WOW! I was tearing my hair out thinking I'd bought a heap of very expensive dud patterns! Nope, after much research your way is the only way that fixed it! Really, really grateful, thank you so much!
You're so welcome! When I found this solution after tons of my own research I knew I had to make a video to share it. I hope you'll pass on a link to anyone else you think might be benefit. Thanks!
@@krisruff5099 I definitely will, thanks so much!
You're a genius, Kris! Thanks for the help.
Thanks
This saved me so much trouble on the portfolio for grad school I'm working on, thank you so much!!
I'm so glad to hear that! Good luck with your portfolio!
I have taken your classes. They are excellent. Like this one, you explain things that could be complicated very clearly.
Thanks Renee! I'm so happy to hear that!
Thank you so much you made my day! liked subscribed. Thanks Kris
Thank you so much. When I saw those lines it scared the heck out of me! I also found another solution. If you "save for the web" and save it as a jpeg, the lines disappear and you can easily upload to PSD.
Thanks for bringing that up. Yes, there are a couple ways you can export the file to get rid of the problem too. The advantage of this method is you don’t have to create an additional file and more importantly, you can paste the art directly from Illustrator into PS as a smart object so you don’t have to worry about size/resolution issues that you might have with a jpeg.
Excellent and helpful video - thanks Kris!
Thank you so much Kris
that is the Pro tips, thanks for share!
you helped so much!! Thank you
Really really helpful. Thank you so much!💙
Your video is great and all but what if you don't have illustrator to fix this? Is there a fix in Photoshop?
You saved me. Thanks!
Thanks a lot
I am having a similar problem but not in photo shop, in Clo3d. This unfortunately didn't work for me
I'm looking a solution that works only inside photoshop. I made the pattern in it and I got the lines so I started googling. It is frustrating.
Great tutorial!! This week (since the 2023 updates) I cannot get anything to work properly. I have used your method in the past, but now, it no longer works. When I paste my AI file into PS, it is not the correct size, and the lines are back. Any insights as to something that may have changed in the update? Thank you!
Oh no! I hadn't heard that yet. That's really surprising. I haven't updated to 2023 yet and probably won't for several months -- I like to give them time to work out the bugs! So once you EXPAND and MERGE, do the pattern tile lines disappear when you look at them in wire-frame mode (COMMAND --- Y)? If so, I can't imagine how they could re-appear in Photoshop. There are other fixes you can try -- like saving your filled shape as a jpg or png file and bringing that into Photoshop.
I have a new Skillshare class about Repeat Patterns that you might be interested in. It goes over how to export your pattern files plus great info about working with the Pattern Tool. Here's the link: skl.sh/3xvVG21
@@krisruff5099 thanks for the responses!!!! Appreciate it!!! Here is what I am doing…I am creating images for use in my Soc6 shop. In the past, I have created a rectangle in the correct size of pixels in AI and then drag it over to my canvas in PS, already set up to the correct size. The reason for this is, Soc6 has specific sizes for each of their products. Doing this allows you to control scale and placement. I have done it this way for years, but this past week, lines all over. I used your method, but my files are so large, it takes forever and then when I drag it from AI into PS, it is scaled down in size. Doing the export to png worked, but the png is 72 dpi, and Soc6 needs 300 for quality printing. I walked away from my computer yesterday. Lol lol lol.
@@CrawfordKimberly Hmmm. A couple thoughts. You can specify the dpi of your png file if you use this method: Go to FILE - EXPORT - EXPORT AS. Choose PNG at the bottom of the window, click EXPORT and then choose your dpi on the next screen. This is the same method I use to create JPGs. Also, you might want to check your preferences in PS and uncheck "Resize Image During Place" (in the GENERAL tab). That should keep it from scaling down. Those are the only things I can think of without seeing the actual problems. I'm available for one-on-one consulting -- a zoom call where you share your screen and we walk through exactly what's going on and I help you find a solution. DM me if you're interested.
@@krisruff5099 thank you once again! The ultimate issue was a simple button click. Three days of beating my head against a wall and my husband looks at the computer and says, hey, unclick Anti-Alias. It. Worked. Because of course it did. 10 seconds and he solved it. 🤦🏼♀️ This tutorial is amazing and SO helpful!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!!! 💕
Hi, thx fot this great tutorial. By the way I've a problem likely. I draw in Procreate my key object, I mean the repeating tile. Than transfering it to photoshop and arranging the full repeat here. However although I add them precisely through edeges ( either automatically or manually with snapping feature ) I have those white lines. Because the last pixel on the edge of the tile becomes somehow transparent. It takes me much time to fix it by offset feature, any help would be great. Thanks.
What you're describing is a different problem (but equally frustrating). I can tell you why it happens but unfortunately not how to fix it, since it's complicated, outside my area of expertise, and quite possibly involves evil gremlins. The white lines happen when the tile size isn't an even number of pixels, for example 200 x 200 pixels. If instead, your tile measures 200.15 x 200.15 pixels, Photoshop freaks out because there's no such thing as a fraction of a pixel and tries to fix it by rounding up the measurement (to 201 x 201 pixels) and filling the extra pixel with a mix of the pattern color and the background (which is usually white or transparent). Those improvised pixels show up as gaps or white hairlines between the tiles. One thing that might help is to make your canvas size in Procreate the exact size of your tile and always use pixels instead of inches or centimeters when defining your canvas size in Procreate and/or Photoshop. And if you resize a tile, use even numbers (i.e. don't enlarge it 113.5% -- make it 110% or 120% instead). I wish I could be of more help, but hopefully that at least helps explain it.
This works up until after I merge my pattern and all of one of two motifs in my pattern are deleted.
Hmmm. Not sure what's happening for you. DM me if you'd like to set up a zoom call to look at it.
Kris, thank you so much for your offer to further help. Through some trial and error it turned out it was best to leave “fill” unchecked in the pop-up menu after selecting Object > Expand. Everything worked after that!
If I leave those lines will they be seen when printed? (2000x2000px one pattern piece)
Yes, most likely the lines will show up when printed.
I'm having this issue with my repeat patterns. However, I don't have Illustrator and I'm using Photoshop Elements 2020. Is there a work around using just PS Elements? Thank you!
I think you're describing the same problem as the last commentor, so I'll repeat my reply: What you're describing is a different problem (but equally frustrating). I can tell you why it happens but unfortunately not how to fix it, since it's complicated, outside my area of expertise, and quite possibly involves evil gremlins. The white lines happen when the tile size isn't an even number of pixels, for example 200 x 200 pixels. If instead, your tile measures 200.15 x 200.15 pixels, Photoshop freaks out because there's no such thing as a fraction of a pixel and tries to fix it by rounding up the measurement (to 201 x 201 pixels) and filling the extra pixel with a mix of the pattern color and the background (which is usually white or transparent). Those improvised pixels show up as gaps or white hairlines between the tiles. One thing that might help is to make your canvas size in Procreate the exact size of your tile and always use pixels instead of inches or centimeters when defining your canvas size in Procreate and/or Photoshop. And if you resize a tile, use even numbers (i.e. don't enlarge it 113.5% -- make it 110% or 120% instead). I wish I could be of more help, but hopefully that at least helps explain it.
@@krisruff5099 Thank you so much for taking the time to answer! I found that if I first Image>Resize the original pattern, then Define Pattern, then Fill Layer into the canvas size I need, it doesn't have the faint white lines. Or as Just Jules posted to use the original image and not resize it to make the repeat pattern. I did see that one of my patterns added white lines when I tried to increase its size from the original - that didn't work (of course) but it means I can't use the pattern for what I wanted.
Hi Kris,..with the new Photoshop updates, can you still use this method. I do not have an expand fill option or pathfinder. I did research and see it's a plugin, so tried to install it but haven't had any luck.
Hi Destiny, The problem is fixed in Illustrator, not Photoshop. So you'll find Expand and Pathfinder in Illustrator.
@@krisruff5099 Ohhh, I see now. I sen the title of the video and thought this was in Photoshop. I just now caught your switch from Photoshop to Illustrator.
@@destinyrosedesigns4015 Ok, yeah, I can see how you thought that. The PROBLEM happens in PS, but the FIX is in Illustrator!
Failed technique on my patterns.
Hi Mary, If this techniques fails it might mean that there is an error in your repeat.
Hi, when I go into pathfinder and click merge it says " the filter produced no results. Please select two or more filled and overlapping paths" please help
Hi, Did you Expand the fill first? Also, make sure you didn't accidentally deselect the object before clicking on Merge. If that doesn't help I'm happy to look at your file.
@@krisruff5099 Hi Kris, I also had this problem and double-checked that I both have the object selected and that I expanded it. Can you provide any further advice? Thank you in advance.
@@etc63735 If you get the message "the filter produced no results" it means that for some reason the tiles aren't touching each other. It might be there's a flaw in the pattern that needs to be fixed first, like a stray point that's outside the bounding box.
@@krisruff5099 I'm having this same issue. I am using .jpg files and then rasterizing them and pulling them into my swatch panel. Is this the source of my problem? I've double checked the files. I am almost positive the file doesn't have any errors or white edges.
Same problem, nope, I tried
I was hoping to find a solution for this problem in photoshop :-( I dont have illustrator and i do not want to get a subscription on something i dont know how to use and will never use. I bought a lot of seamless patterns online to create products that I sell online. And I cant use any of them because photoshop messes them up with the white lines. My day is ruined as I worked so hard all day... I hate photoshop, I dont even know why i'm paying so much for it each month when it doesnt even do the job right. Please help, please please please :( :(
What is the file type of the seamless patterns (ie. JPG, PNG, TIFF, etc.)
@@krisruff5099 I tried with both Jpg and png but same problem.
@@maidensmuse5746 I totally understand your frustration. The white line problem is super annoying. It's relatively easy to explain, but hard to fix.
The white lines are simply a measuring/math issue. Somewhere in the life of the repeat tile its size ended up with a fractional pixel. For example, let's say you had a tile measuring 651 pixels x 651 pixels. Maybe you or the original artist resized it. If it was reduced by 50% it would become 325.5 pixels x 325.5 pixels. But the problem is there's no way to render half a pixel. So Photoshop rounds the measurement up to 326 x 326 and tries to guess what color to put in the extra half pixel by blending the edge color with the background color -- which is usually white or transparent. So that 1 pixel border around the edge of the tile ends up being a lighter version of the neighboring pixel, which we perceive as a white line.
If you purchased flawed patterns you should go back to the vendor and either ask for a refund or ask them to fix it. To find out if your purchased pattern is flawed, simply open it in PS and zoom in until you can see individual pixels. If the edge pixels don't match their neighbors, then it was not made correctly. If the edges look good, then somehow you introduced a fractional pixel while you were working with it.
There isn't an easy way to fix a bad edge. Cropping the tile (to 325 x 325 in my example) will get rid of the line but the tiles will no longer line up correctly. Really, the only option is to manually go in and change the edge pixels so they match the neighboring pixels.
@@krisruff5099 thank you so much for your time and explanation. I coloured the white lines.Took some time to do but it is what it is.