MEMBER: SHAN CANFIELD / Nashville State Technical
Institute |
| PHOTOSHOP'S
BUILT-IN SCAN LINES
(no more Define
Pattern) |
| It's
been under our noses
the whole time...or
to be more exact...under
Filter Sketch Halftone.
I discovered this
EASY & QUICK
way to create those
TV Scan Lines we're
seeing all over
the graphics world.
The other way of
Define Pattern as
shown in Scott's
book has got to
make room for this
one. |
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Step one:
Open a Background image. Press
the letter "d" for the default
B&W colors.
Step two:
Click the New Layer icon in
the bottom of the Layers Palette.
Press Command Delete (Control
Backspace for PC) to fill
this blank layer with the
background color of White.
Change the Blending Mode from
Normal to Overlay @ 75%.
Step three:
Go under Filter Sketch Halftone
and change the Pattern Type
to "Line." This will create
lines in whatever foreground
color you've set in the Tool
Palette. In this instance
I've left it black. Size 2
is good for this 150ppi image.
The contrast Setting lets
you affect how crisp and sharp
the line is. (A setting of
50 would have no anti-aliasing
or blur.) I chose a setting
of 8 for a softer edge. Click
Ok.
Step four:
Now you have the Scan Line
effect without having to go
to the trouble of leaving
your document & creating
a "Define Pattern," because
the "lines" are already built
in to Photoshop in the Filter
Sketch Halftone. Cool, huh?
See Step 5 for a variation
on this theme.
Step five:
Experiment with different
colors for the lines as well
as different Distort filters
(ie: Polar Coordinates, Wave,
Ripple or Twirl). I put a
Distort Twirl of 300 on the
Blue Line layer and changed
the Blending Mode to Difference
to give a Moire Optical effect.
Other cool Blending Modes
ar Color Burn, Color Dodge,
Multiply. Be sure to fill
your new layer with a color
different from your foreground
color before you go to the
Sketch Halftone Filter. Just
experiment & have fun!
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