Anyone any cop using Photoshop or similar?

lamf68

I've spent absolutely ages trying to get a genuine Paisley pattern up and running, whilst I've found the various incarnations of the pink pattern I simply can't work out how to isolate the paisleys in the pattern and include a textured silver background into the mix. It's taken as I said at the start years to collect the patterns I want, so does anyone know how to cut the background out and layer in the silver texture from where the white is removed from my pattern? any help would be greatly appreciated.

Unorthodox

Select -> Colour Range, then use the colour picker to select the white area and adjust the fuzziness.

Once done, create a layer mask. If there's still some white left in there, use the refine edge tool before you make the mask.

Nomad

Or make the silver the background layer, add the paisley pattern as a second layer on top, and make the white transparent. Not sure how the edges would work out, but that might depend on how hard they are in the original.

markblack

if you don't have to have that exact pattern get a vector or a paisley pattern and that will make life easy, and the pattern nice and sharp. you'd need a nice high res version to cut that out.

quick idea here...

I got the vector from here...

There is this image, which is on a black background and would make it easier to cut, then repeat it.

I've clipped the above out in PS... you can download it here. http://we.tl/IVnBEyps5n

Another version here http://we.tl/mBSEMlcKRa

Or a vector you could use if you want to change it from yellow to pink.  http://we.tl/GPI6UYRHvl

looks like this...

PolarityMan

That Random hand chap is pretty oht with photoshop but you'd prob jsut end up with Drew's mug photoshopped onto it.

randomhandclaps

If you want I'll do it for you (sans Drew's mug of course).  PM me and I'll send you my EMail address.

axisus

Looks like you are fixed so that's good.

I'm pretty handy with photoshop:

lamf68

axisus said:

Looks like you are fixed so that's good.

I'm pretty handy with photoshop:

Fixed????? Mate all of the above just as well be written in Spanish to be honest, I appreciate all the help but I'm as lost as I was at the start...What's a Vector?

lamf68

randomhandclaps said:

If you want I'll do it for you (sans Drew's mug of course).  PM me and I'll send you my EMail address.

pm on the way mate...appreciate it