How to use Patterns in Photoshop

Pattern overlay in photoshop is an effect used to add textures and patterns to objects. In addition, when Pattern overlay is combined with some other effects in photoshop, it will help the object have a depth effect and its aesthetics will be more natural and realistic. And to better understand this effect, let's follow the detailed article below.

How to use Pattern overlay in photoshop

How to use Pattern overlay effect in photoshop

Pattern is used exactly as its name, which means it will help you add patterns to your design object, so you can have a more impressive, more attractive product, most especially the authenticity and naturalness in it.

Pattern overlay is located in the Layer Style dialog box.

Pattern overlay dialog box

Pattern overlay doesn't have many options so it's easy to use, but don't think it's simple and useless, that's a mistake. If you use Pattern overlay it will help change the objects you're designing dramatically. Try it out to see how it changes.

Blend Mode

In the pattern overlay dialog box, you will see the Blend Mode item, which will allow you to change the blending options for the pattern overlay. First, it will be set to Normal by default. When you choose the pattern overlay effect, it will display all the patterns and motifs on the text layer object that you are designing on.

You can see the example below to see the change in blend mode in Blend Mode. In the image below, SaDesign switches from Normal to Screen mode so the design will be transformed as shown below.

Opacity

Opacity is the opacity of the object, there you will see a slider that helps you adjust the opacity of the Pattern overlay. The lower the Pattern, the higher the transparency and vice versa.

Below is an example to show you the change when we change the Opacity down.

Pattern

In photoshop there are many Patterns for you to choose from, but if you do not want to choose the available Pattern, you can go online to find your own Pattern images and save them there by:  Open the image you need to add in photoshop then press Ctrl + A and click Edit > Define Pattern and save that pattern. Then you will see that image displayed in the Pattern list of the dialog box. 

In the example below, you can see the change of Pattern but other parameter settings remain unchanged. 

Scale

You can change the parameters on the scale slider according to your wishes. Tick the Link with Layer box if you want to lock the Pattern and want to move the layer. On the contrary, if you do not tick that box when moving the layer, the patterns will not move.

Below is an example image when changing the Scale, when reducing the scale you will get a lot more detail, the effect will also be more prominent when used with sample details.

Above is how to use patterns in photoshop and use pattern overlay in photoshop, hopefully through this article you will understand how to use it and apply it to your design products.  As for patterns, you can search online to find patterns that are suitable for your product, in addition, combine the effects in the layer dialog box to bring a more complete product.