Photoshop for Lunch™ Pattern Classes

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Create Complex Half Drop Repeating Patterns

Learn to make a complex half drop repeating pattern in Photoshop. You will learn how to ensure a continuous and seamless repeat and create the pattern in such a way that you won't see lines through it as the elements are nice and random.

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Whimsical Scrapbook Paper Designs using Displacement Maps

Learn to make fun scrapbook papers which have an uneven and whimsical feel to them in Photoshop. You will learn how to make a displacement map that you can use to warp an image just enough to make an awesome pattern.

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Using the Scripted Patterns Tool in Photoshop

Learn to make a range of fun and interesting patterns in Photoshop CS6 & CC using the new Scripted Pattern tool. You will learn how to prepare images to use as patterns and explore the possibilities for making complex and interesting patterns.

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Sketches & Brushes to Whimsical Patterns

This is a successor to the Whimsical Textures class below. In this class you'll see how to turn shapes into patterns you can use in your projects. You'll learn to use scanned shapes and also brushes you have created to add more whimsy still to your drawings.

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Whimsical Textures for Drawings

Learn how to create whimsical textures using simple hand drawn brushes. You will learn how to make and configure the brushes so they paint like hand drawn lines and so they look anything but digitally created.

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Recolor Pattern Techniques

Learn simple and reproducible ways that you can recolor patterns in Photoshop including how to recolor isolated elements in a pattern leaving others their original color. A must know set of tools for anyone working in Photoshop.

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Create Plaid (Tartan) Repeat Patterns

Learn a quick and fun technique for creating plaid (or tartan) patterns in Photoshop. These wonderful designs include a textured look which resembles woven fabric and you'll also learn a simple technique for adding a touch of grunge to enhance the fabric appearance.

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Isometric Cube Patterns - Shapes, Repeat patterns, Smart Objects

Harness the power of smart objects to create these wonderful isometric cube patterns in Photoshop. You will also learn how to take a selection of a design to make it into a repeating pattern.

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Metaball Patterns - Structured and Organic

Learn a way to make wonderful regular metaball patterns in Photoshop. These shapes can be interlocked to create more complex shapes and also positioned to look like woven fabric. You will also learn a technique for making organic metaball shapes which is fun and quite unexpectedly creative.

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Whimsical Rotated Patterns

These beautiful patterns have to be seen to be believed. They look really complex but the secret is that they are easy to create and in this class you will learn how!

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Overlapping and Random Circles 

Learn techniques for making an overlapping circle pattern and a pattern of random circles in Photoshop. The overlapping circles patterns has a distinctly Japanese look to it which is very sophisticated.

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Patterns as Photo Overlays for Social Media

Make TV scan lines, small squares, grid and mosaic circles patterns in Photoshop - these are great patterns to use over your photos for social media

Photoshop for Lunch™ - 3 Exotic Patterns - Shapes, Paths, Patterns

Learn to make a quatrefoil, barbed quatrefoil and Moroccan Trellis patterns - these are beautiful patterns which you will have seen often in the world around you.

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Complex Pattern Swatches

Learn to make large and more complex pattern swatches in Photoshop. We'll use some downloaded elements to create this pattern and you'll learn all you need to know to make wonderful complex patterns for fabric, scrapbooking and more.

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Create Organic Patterns - Pen, Offset Filter, Free Transform and More

Organic patterns like these look great but they aren't as easy to create as you might think - that is until you take this class. Here you will learn to make organic patterns that repeat seamlessly and which totally rock too!

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Glitter Text, Shapes and Scrapbook Papers

This is a super fun class where you will learn to make realistic glitter in Photoshop and then how to fill shapes and text with your glitter pattern. I'll also show you where to download a set of wonderful crown shapes to use with your new glitter.

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Hi-tech Mosaic - Brushes, Patterns, Pixelization & Warp

This fun effect teaches a handy range of techniques from pixelization to warp and brushes. It jams a heap of Photoshop training into one quick class and at the end of it you will have created a cool image effect.

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Make & Sell Scrapbook Designs - Formats, Files, Marketing Materials

Scrapbook papers are a popular item on Etsy and as giveaways on blogs. In this class you will learn to assemble a series of patterns into scrapbook papers ready for sale and how to create the marketing materials for them. You will also learn to save your documents in the required formats and file sizes for sale.

Photoshop for Lunch™ - More Patterns - Diagonal Stripes, Chevrons, Plaid, Colorful Polka-dots

Learn to make some basic (but not always easy to create) patterns in Photoshop.

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Pattern Bombing Effect - Patterns, Selections, Mask, Warp, Vanishing Point

This class is all about mockup on an epic scale. Learn to apply patterns to a range of buildings and, as you do, learn valuable techniques for creating mock ups large and small.

Photoshop for Lunch™ - Pattern Making - Seamless Repeating Patterns

This beginner class teaches you to make basic patterns in Photoshop and how to clip your patterns to shapes to make simple images. It is a great place to start working in Photoshop.