Monday 13 August 2007

Pixel Patterns - photoshop tutorial

Create ornate looking pixel patterns in photoshop

Step 1
Create a new document (25 x 25 pixels) with a white background.

Step 2
Select the pencil tool (B) and select the 1 px square brush. Then select the colour you want your pattern to be (I used #2f2f2f).

Step 3
Start making a pixel pattern. For Example:


Step 4
Create a new document (50 x 50 pixels) with a white background.

Step 5
Copy and paste the 25 x 25 pattern into the 50 x 50 pixel document. Drag the pattern to the bottom-right corner.


Step 6
Copy and rotate the pattern so that it completes the 50 x 50 pixel image. For Example:


End Result

Wild West - wallpaper

Wallpaper = 1280 x 1024 resolution


Sunday 22 July 2007


How to make trees & use them in photoshop

Step 1
Download the free Context Free Art application from http://wwwcontextfreeart.org, and install the software.


Step 2
Open 'Demo 1' from the examples menu, and play around with the code until you are happy with the result.



Step 3
When the trees are rendered, save the image as a PNG (*.png) file and open this PNG image in photoshop. By default, the image will have a white background, and to use the trees in photoshop the white background needs to be removed (i.e. to make the background transparent, but still keeping the black trees)



Step 4
Perform the following instruction:
  1. Select all (Ctrl + A)
  2. Copy (Ctrl + C)
  3. Open a new file (file -- new)
  4. Paste the image (Ctrl + V)
  5. Turn on the quick mask mode (Q)
  6. Paste the image again (Ctrl + V)
  7. Turn off quick mask mode (Q)
  8. Clear (Del)
  9. Deselect (Ctrl + D)
End Result


Friday 13 July 2007

Trees - wallpaper

Wallpaper = 1280 x 1024 resolution


Sunset Scene - wallpaper


Wallpaper = 1280 x 1024 resolution

NightScene - wallpaper

Wallpaper = 1280 x 1024 resolution

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