Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Guess how long it took to make this pattern

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Guess how long it took to make this pattern

ronviers@gmail.com

2007-01-10, 6:20 pm

Hi,
You can see a crappy rendition of it here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ronvier...210511547030578

Or download a slightly less crappy version of it here:
http://lh5.google.com/image/ronvier...tte.jpg?imgdl=1

For some reason this pattern seems not to make the trip to Google very
well. It looks decent enough when I 'save for web' but even though
Google does a pretty good job of maintaining the size the quality
suffers.

Anyway, if you guessed less than a long time then your wrong. This is
my first attempt at a pattern and I thought I would just drag it from
AI to PS but apparently that is beyond the gods of Adobe even in
version CS2. So my question it; what do I need to do to get this swatch
into Photoshop so it can be used?

Thanks,
Ron

Chris Havel

2007-01-10, 6:20 pm

In article <1167462978.447155.208550@i12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"ronviers@XXXXXXXXXX" <ronviers@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote:

> Hi,
> You can see a crappy rendition of it here:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/ronvier...210511547030578
>
> Or download a slightly less crappy version of it here:
> http://lh5.google.com/image/ronvier...7BnQs4qIU/Black
> -and-red-contour-patte.jpg?imgdl=1
>
> For some reason this pattern seems not to make the trip to Google very
> well. It looks decent enough when I 'save for web' but even though
> Google does a pretty good job of maintaining the size the quality
> suffers.
>
> Anyway, if you guessed less than a long time then your wrong. This is
> my first attempt at a pattern and I thought I would just drag it from
> AI to PS but apparently that is beyond the gods of Adobe even in
> version CS2. So my question it; what do I need to do to get this swatch
> into Photoshop so it can be used?
>
> Thanks,
> Ron

A series of overlapping radial fills?

1) Save AI file.
2) Open file in Photoshop.
3) There is no step three, even for non-deities.

ronviers@gmail.com

2007-01-10, 6:20 pm

Chris Havel wrote:

> A series of overlapping radial fills?

> 1) Save AI file.
> 2) Open file in Photoshop.
> 3) There is no step three, even for non-deities.

It comes in as a bitmap - a bitmap.

ronviers@gmail.com

2007-01-10, 6:20 pm

Chris Havel wrote:

> A series of overlapping radial fills?

For purposes of shading there are no overlaps. I may change the way I
do this as I get better but when I drew it up I imagined it as
non-overlapping.

KatWoman

2007-01-10, 6:20 pm

<ronviers@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in message
news:1167527689.762363.48110@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
>
> Chris Havel wrote:
>
>
> For purposes of shading there are no overlaps. I may change the way I
> do this as I get better but when I drew it up I imagined it as
> non-overlapping.

can you notice a stereoscopic effect?

ronviers@gmail.com

2007-01-10, 6:20 pm

KatWoman wrote:
> <ronviers@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in message
> news:1167527689.762363.48110@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
>
>
> can you notice a stereoscopic effect?

Hi Katwoman,
I wouldn't say stereo but it has decent separation. I am a bit
disappointed because I hoped it would reverse but I have not figured
out how to do that yet. I originally cutout the shapes using a quarter
point stroke, which was a mistake, so have fixed that and redid the
shading. Not withstanding the unimaginative color scheme and its
failure to reverse I consider it pretty good for a first pattern. It is
now solid so I have uploaded it again in the form of a single tile so
if anyone wants to use it; it can be downloaded here:

http://lh4.google.com/image/ronvier...our.jpg?imgdl=1

If anyone wants the vectors then contact me by email.

Brgds,
Ron