The image I’m using is from, but of course, you can use your own images if you wish. So now that the pattern has been saved, let’s hop back over to our image. This will allow you to save the pattern which you’ll be able to access in Photoshop’s Pattern Pickers. Now to save this pattern, you can use the Define Pattern option under the Edit menu. The image below shows what the pattern looks like, blown up to 800%. These two colors will work well when we go to blend our pattern with the image in the background.įinally, let’s add an Inner Shadow, which will act as a highlight, to give our pattern a bit of depth. It’s going to be a dark grey, and color on the left, will be a lighter grey. The color on the right will act as the shadow that appears underneath, as the design is interweaving. Now, hop into the Gradient Editor to define the colors. Gradientįor the Gradient Overlay, start by setting the Angle at 0 degrees and set the Style to Reflected. When the document has been created, we’re going to head straight into our Layer Styles to add a gradient and a slight highlight at the top. If you want larger or smaller weaves, you can always create a smaller or larger document, based on the design we’re about to create. We only need to create one of the weaves. For the pattern’s document, the size will be set to 50 by 20 pixels. Let me show you how this effect can be achieved in a much shorter amount of time.īefore we even touch our image, we need to create the pattern that Photoshop will use to create this effect. And that’s when I remembered Photoshop CS6’s new Scripted Patterns feature. So I thought to myself, there HAS to be an easier and shorter way to achieve this effect. One of my viewers sent me a link to an ‘ Interweaving’ Photoshop tutorial, which they were having some difficulty completing, and after taking a look at the tutorial, it’s very tedious.