Using Images As Patterns In Photoshop

While working on my new WordPress theme for this site (yay! no more free themes!), I was trying to figure out how to use images as patterns in Photoshop. I’m sure many people use those gorgeous patterns made by Squidfingers or perhaps have other images they’d like to have repeating on their designs, but usually those files are .png, .jpg, or .gif, and Photoshop only accepts .pat for their pattern files. Here are easy steps to transform those image files into patterns:

1. Open up the image file you’d like to use as a pattern in Photoshop
2. Go to Edit > Define Pattern… and give your new pattern a name
3. Your new pattern should now appear in the patterns window
4. To make sure your pattern stays the next time you open Photoshop, make sure you click on the arrow in the pattern viewing window and click on Save Patterns… and give it a new name
5. Now next time just load that pattern, and you should see your newly created pattern from last time!

One good site I found for creating your own stripe patterns is the Stripe Generator. They also have some other useful tools on that site, so go check it out!Error processing request

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