Expert: Candice Anderson - 3/8/2007

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Hi Canduice,

That was so so helpful.  Amazing, I can't believe how simple and I've been trying to figure out for weeks..

Another question for you, if you don't mind.  

I am trying to create a pattern fill.  The only way I am aware of doing it is to use the pattern stamp tool.  Is there a way to upload a new pattern?  Also, do you know if there's any way to do a pattern repeat?

Thanks again!!
Amber
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Hi!

I am pretty new to photoshop so I know this will seem like a very basic question.  I was wondering about scaling a selection from an image.  My specific problem is that I'm working on a fashion illustration, which I've scanned into photoshop.  I would like to then take a fabric with a print, which I've also scanned, and be able to scale it down to the illustration size in order to be able to fill with a print size to scale of the garment in the illustration.  Hope that makes sense, Thanks so much for helping out!!
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hello,

select you layer
press control T (or edit + transform + scale)

hold shift down as you scale it down

Candice :)

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Hi Amberer,

umm, I don't use the stamp tool, so I'm guessing here.

double click you layer, to go the patterns line. there should be a tab that says choose your own pattern.

to create your own, make the pattern in photoshop and then go to edit, define pattern.

Candice :)