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SE A M LE SS GE O M ETR IC PATTER N S

A D O B E I L L U S T R AT O R
C R E AT I N G PAT T E R N S WAT C H E S

CREATING SWATCHES Drag to Swatches Panel

Open the 100-Seamless-Patterns.ai file that came in your download.

01. Open the Swatches panel if you do not see the brushes panel
navigate to Window > Swatches.

02. Using the selection tool, (Black arrow: Press 'V' on your keyboard as a
shortcut), select one of the swatch patterns and click and drag it into
the swatches panel and let go. Repeat this for each of the patterns you Drag your pattern in here
wish to make. It will show up at the end of these swatches

03. You can now draw out any shape you like (a closed shape, not an open
path). Simply click on the new swatch you created in the swatches
panel and your shape will be filled with your pattern.

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D E F I N I N G A PAT T E R N

CREATING SWATCHES Change Fill type

Open whichever pattern you like from the .Pdf files that came in your
download. Select the size you want to have your pattern. Either do this in
the dialogue box that opens in Photoshop or use the Image Size command
(Image > Image Size)

01. Select all of your document Select > All (Ctrl + A)

02. Go to the Edit menu and Define pattern Edit > Define Pattern Give
your pattern a name (optional but advised).

03. Your pattern is now created. At anytime you can use the pattern by
selecting the Paint Bucket tool (Press G on your keyboard). Once the
Paint bucket tool is selected, go to the tool context menu, (the menu
just below File / Edit / Image / Layer, etc and change the fill type Select your pattern from list
from fill to Pattern. Newly created patterns show up at the bottom
of this list. Simply select your pattern and click with the Paint bucket
tool to fill.

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