How to Use Step and Repeat in Photoshop
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
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Using Step and Repeat, you can create patterns from scratch! And that's exactly what you'll learn in today's episode.
Step and Repeat is simply a series of Keyboard shortcuts that allows an automatic repeat of shapes.
Click here to download the practice image from Adobe Stock: stock.adobe.com/stock-photo/b...
SECTION I: Step and Repeat Basics
Without Step and Repeat, creating a perfectly spaced pattern is not a fun venture. It would include manually duplicating and placing each shape, which takes quite some time. Step and Repeat makes it easy!
The Step: Start with a shape or some sort of element that you'll be repeating over and over again. Hold OPT + CMD + T, and then drag the element somewhere else. You can also scale and rotate that element if you'd like. Once you click ENTER, the "Step" is complete.
The Repeat: This is the exciting part! Hold SHIFT + OPT + CMD + T, and the transformation that was just made (the step) will repeat. Continue holding those keys, and it will repeat again every time you press T.
*The above method works great if you want each new transformation to appear on a different layer. It can be useful, but it can also start to stack many layers up too quickly. To create all of the repeated moves on the same layer, just hold down the CTRL/CMD key and click on the layer (it must have your original shape on it) before you start the Step and Repeat process.
SECTION II: Creating Patterned Backgrounds
To create a nice abstract backdrop for a portrait, we made a long horizontal selection with the marquee tool, filled it with black, and used the Step and Repeat method to make a striped pattern. We then used the Transform tool to play around with the angles of the lines.
To select the subject out from the background, we used the magic wand tool and then made it into a layer mask. Un-clicking the chain link icon will allow the background to move independently from the subject. This is extremely helpful if you're not fully confident in the exact design of the background yet - you can continue to play around with the pattern until you're satisfied!
We hope you enjoyed learning how to use step and repeat in Photoshop!
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For those who have problems in Windows:
1. Select your layer
2. Press ctrl + alt + t
3. Make your steps.
4. Press enter.
5. Press ctrl + alt + shift + t.
Thanks mate.
I signed in just to thank you Mr.Jesper Bing.Saved my time..
Thanks for the help buddy
Still not working for me
Make your steps means??
Thank you very much I was having trouble with this till I read directions thank you
ctrl+alt+T
ctrl+shift+alt+t
thanks man
This does not work for me in windows... weird...
Do not hold it after command execution. Do the command, take hands off the keys, do the required change and hit enter. ctrl+alt+T
That tip save me another two hours trying to figure out, they never say take your hand of the keyboard in ant tutorial. thanks a lot!!!
Hearing problem solved. Thanks to you buddy. Gods bless you.
Loved it. Every time I watch one of these I pick up something new and or think of a cool way of tweaking some other project I've done. One must never stop learning! Thank you Aaron!
One of my favourite instructors. Many Thanks Aaron.
When using Windows PC:
Step: Ctrl + Alt + T
Repeat: Ctrl + Shift + T
Fill selection with Black (Make sure the foreground color is Black): Alt + Delete
Thank you Phlearn! This is very useful , saves a lot of time :)
Been doing Photoshop since the late 90's and I don't remember ever hearing about this! Thanks for the tip Aaron.
Fantastic as usual. All teaching should be like this: clear, fun, step by step. It's always a pleasure to PHLEARN!!
Simple execution, stunning results. That's what I love about your tutorials, Aaron. :)
In the U.K. you'd be knighted for your services to design education through these free videos. Always great.
At this point I barely even use Photoshop for anything anymore, these videos are just so enjoyable because of Aaron
I really enjoyed this tutorial, amazing how such a simple technique can yield such a dramatic effect... thanks!
Many thanks for posting this tutorial. It's such a time saver and creative tool all rolled into one. I have a bunch of bookmarks with people I follow on you tube, when yours lights up with a new episode it makes my day.
Thanks again,
John :-)
Another great tutorial Mr Nace. You have an easy to follow teaching technique and you are very thorough. Thanks you for taking the time sir.
Thank you, Aaron, for another useful video!
Sub-titles for key commands would be a great help. It would also aid with retention of the information.
Yes!
+Jon Miles yes, I for one am lost, I am from Brazil and my English is very basic . = [
I've learned photoshop from scratch just by seeing your tutorials.
Now my sheets are getting more and more mature and i guess i've seen every video of yours.
You are the best man. Thanks for doing all this.
I have been using Photoshop daily for 15 years and never knew about this feature! I just got Phlearned!
I love your style of tutorial videos! Well done, and thank you for making them - very helpful!
- Martin
I am doing this from years but always fun to work with this technique just like we do with CtrlD in illustrator! Love your Work Man!☺️😊👍👌
YOU EFFIN ROCK MAN! I have been doing this long way, copy, pasting and merging for years... This 14 minute tutorial has just saved me hours of work!!!
Honestly these simple tricks just saved me hours.....literally hours. Thanks Aaron your my hero.
Thank you for making these for free! I keep going back to these videos. They help out a looooooooooot
This just literally made my life easier :)
absolut awesome. Never read about the cmd, opt, ctrl. - t keys.
I am sure i will need this function often in my next works. Thanky for this tip.
Great tutorial as always! While I was practicing I learned that if you do the same steps using the shape tool (as a shape layer) you don't have to make a selection on the object and it'll maintain all objects in the same layer but as a shape layer, so you can change colour easily even after the Step and Repeat. But you need to be with the shape tool selected! And that is just for testing, because now I realized that doing this, when you transform the object it'll transform only one of the shapes even being on the same layer (which is weird).
Very Cool! You are a genius with Photoshop love the videos. Best part is the bloopers at the end. Keep the videos coming.
Thanks a lot - your videos address a lot of things I wish I would've known about years ago in PS that I never knew existed.
Dope tutorial! Love your teaching style, thanks!
One of the best ps lessons ever, thankyou.
men, what an intro!!!!!! you blast it off-scale!!!!
Hi Aaron, i always follow your tutorials you're amazing! Thanks. Greetings from Honduras!
WOW amazing and useful video!!! Thank you. I love the opening!
Love you work and how you share with all of us. Thanks!
You're a wonderful teacher! Thank you!
seriously aaron, you are amazing. I owe my work to you
At 1st I was like: "Really a whole minute and a half of intro" but then I watched the tutorial and it blew my mind away! Thank you so much for this!!!! =D
You explain so clearly a in detail. Makes learning easy and fun. Thanks!!!!!!
I just recently saw this same method in one of your earlier (and I mean earlier) videos... this is definitely a bit more refined. I definitely have been having a little fun with this technique.
Thank you very much brother, i was looking for these repeat action stuff.
this is really helpful for me, I know about illustrator but I didn't know about photoshop thank you very much, your all videos are really helpful a bunch of thanks for you Aron
A Tutorial straight out of the top drawer. Thank you.
Wow that intro, that music! i'm loving it! So professional and amazing! Good job
+Phlearn Photoshop and Photography Tutorials who did the opening track
Just love these tutorials
This is incredibly helpful. Thanks a lot for this!
Good technique
Thanks Aaron!
Cant wait for that parallax tut, Phlearn rockS man!!
That's very cool! and so simple.. Thanks for the tutorials!!
And I though I knew these stuff, another amazing tutorial!
Thank you :D
Fantastic.. Thank you Aaron.
wow another amazing tutorial.. I got so many ideas well watching :) love this channel and always learn so much!! thank you for sharing
Fantastic tutorial as usual. Thank you so much!
Wow it's so amazing. Thanks man for all your tutorials ^-^ it helps a lot
Thanks Aaron. This is a great help.
awesome tutorial again, thanks Phlearn! :)
This is so simple and yet its so amazing ,good tutorial , thank you so much for this ! :) I'm really interested into becoming a graphic designer, so your tutorials really help me learn new things and get the drive for it :)
This is so awesome. Even using that mask at the end was cool, I would've deleted the background and replaced. This way it even keeps the shadow on the left side!
Do non-destructive editing whenever you can, meaning always use masks if possible. In addition, it appears in the final version (seen at the beginning of the video) that the stripes layer had a different blending mode or maybe opacity/fill was lowered, making it mesh with the background more seamlessly. See? Deleting the background would've been a pain!
Binary Ninja's POV Sweet, welcome to Ps. I had to learn to edit non-destructively the hard way, and I avoided masks when I was a noob because I thought they were complex. But they're not.
adarkerlight Binary Ninja's POV What I've come to realise is any time you select the Erase tool, stop and think whether you should be using a mask instead!
Super useful tutorial, thanx Aaron n Phlern.
This video is so much useful! Thank you!
I was searching this option for a while, thanks dude!
I LOVE THIS!! Thank you so much!!
wow man... you solved one of my big problem...Thank you very much
photoshop is like life, always something new to look foward too
Thank U, Aaron its so awesome.
You make life so simple my friend - thanks...
You are awesome guy, thanks a lot I am learning a lot from you, keep up the good job👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
THANKS YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!!!! YOU JUST MADE MY PHOTOSHOP LIFE EASIER
thank you very much guys! really awesome, go on!
I was that Ctrl+J guy with rulers for so long! I literally got adrenaline rush when I did this repeat trick first time haha! Thank you so much for your effort!
Great tip! using it now!
Epic! Love your videos.
Love this one, thank you for making this video ^^
This video was great! Thanks!
Amazing, thanks !
Great tutorial...
love your video!
always something new i learned! :D
You just saved me hours of my life ! Thank you !
Great tutorial! I hope I can meet you after I get out of the military and move back to Chicago one day! You inspire man!
Thank you. Please make a video on what is the best and quickest way to clean dust in an index separation.
love you phleArm you are the best ❤️❤️
thanks mate, awessome stuff
OMG! awesome awesome awesome. I'm ready!
This was a life saver! Thanks for the vid
Thanks, Aaron.
I'm very grateful :-)
This was GREAT
Thank you soooooooooo much
thanks once again.....appreciate it
You are really really awesome and funny like me haha.. I learnt so many things from you and its saved my time a lot.. thank you much Aaron..
This is awesome thanks for the video
whoa i never knew that step and repeat thing before... thanks!
Wow, thanks for that technique! :D
I actually learned this trick with a great Illustrator tutorialist, Helen Bradley, and I still have the piece of newspaper where I wrote down those shortcut keys. Years of using Photoshop and I never knew about this until last year. Nice to see it's getting some love, it's a very cool (and time-saving) shortcut.
If I knew this 2 weeks ago my life would be so much easier kkkk Great video 👍
thank u so much Aaron u are awesome
Looks perfect to make gif background .
Solo haya movimiento en el background para hacer una imagen gif .
Excelent tutorial!! Greetings 😊👏👏👏
great, thanks for showing this.
greeting, Peter
Thanks ! Looking for it...
Thank you very much!
Thanks for another great tutorial! can you mention in future episodes how do I find the actions you are using in the menu bar? in case I forget the keyboard shortcut?
this help me alot..thx
OMG I wish I'd known about this when I was still doing web design work!
Another great video guys - are there plans for more videos featuring photography & photoshop tutorials as opposed to photoshop alone?
thank you it's very good