From the Enhance section in the toolbox, select
the the Pattern Stamp tool. (If you don’t see it in the toolbox,
select the Clone Stamp tool , and then click the Pattern
Stamp tool icon in the Tool Options bar.)
Last updated on
Jan. 13, 2022
- Photoshop Elements User Guide
- Introduction to Photoshop Elements
- Workspace and environment
- Fixing and enhancing photos
- Resize images
- Cropping
- Process camera raw image files
- Add blur, replace colors, and clone image areas
- Adjust shadows and light
- Retouch and correct photos
- Combine Photos
- Sharpen photos
- Transforming
- Auto Smart Tone
- Recomposing
- Using actions to process photos
- Photomerge Compose
- Create a panorama
- Moving Overlays
- Moving Elements
- Adding shapes and text
- Quick Actions
- Guided edits, effects, and filters
- Guided mode
- Filters
- Guided mode Photomerge edits
- Guided mode Basic edits
- Adjustment filters
- Effects
- Guided mode Fun edits
- Guided mode Special edits
- Artistic filters
- Guided mode Color edits
- Guided mode Black & White edits
- Blur filters
- Brush Stroke filters
- Distort filters
- Other filters
- Noise filters
- Render filters
- Sketch filters
- Stylize filters
- Texture filters
- Pixelate filters
- Working with colors
- Working with selections
- Working with layers
- Creating photo projects
- Saving, printing, and sharing photos
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Keys for selecting tools
- Keys for selecting and moving objects
- Keys for the Layers panel
- Keys for showing or hiding panels (expert mode)
- Keys for painting and brushes
- Keys for using text
- Keys for the Liquify filter
- Keys for transforming selections
- Keys for the Color Swatches panel
- Keys for the Camera Raw dialog box
- Keys for the Filter Gallery
- Keys for using blending modes
- Keys for viewing images (expertmode)
About patterns
You can paint a pattern with the Pattern stamp tool or fill a selection or layer with a pattern that you choose from the pattern libraries. Photoshop Elements has several patterns you can choose from.
To customize your images, or to make one-of-a-kind scrapbook pages, you can create your own patterns. You can save patterns that you create in a library, and then load libraries of patterns using the Preset Manager or the Pattern pop‑up panel, which appears in the Tool Options bar of the Pattern Stamp tool and the Paint Bucket tool. Saving patterns allows you to easily use a pattern in multiple images.
A. Rectangular selection used to define a pattern B. Custom pattern in pattern picker C. New image filled with custom pattern
Use the Pattern Stamp tool
The Pattern Stamp tool paints with a pattern defined from your image, another image, or a preset pattern.
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Choose a pattern from the Pattern pop-up panel in the Tool Options bar. To load additional pattern libraries, select a library name from the panel menu, or choose Load Patterns and navigate to the folder where the library is stored. You can also define your own pattern.
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Set Pattern Stamp tool options in the Tool Options bar, as desired, and then drag within the image to paint.
You can specify any of the following Pattern Stamp tool options:
Brush
Sets the brush tip. Click the arrow next to the brush sample, choose a brush category from the Brush drop-down, and then select a brush thumbnail.
Impressionist
Paints the pattern using paint daubs to create an impressionist effect.
Size
Sets the size of the brush in pixels. Drag the Size slider or enter a size in the text box.
Opacity
Sets the opacity of the pattern you apply. A low opacity setting allows pixels under a pattern stroke to show through. Drag the slider or enter an opacity value.
Mode
Specifies how the paint that you apply blends with the existing pixels in the image. (See About blending modes.)
Aligned
Repeats the pattern as a contiguous, uniform design. The pattern is aligned from one paint stroke to the next. If Aligned is deselected, the pattern is centered on the pointer each time you stop and resume painting.
Add a custom pattern to the pattern picker
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Do one of the following:
To create a pattern from part of the image, make a rectangular selection with Feather set to 0 pixels.
To create a pattern from the entire image, deselect everything.
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Choose Edit > Define Pattern From Selection.
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Enter a name for the pattern in the Pattern Name dialog box.
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To deselect the original selection, choose Select > Deselect.