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Type can be warped in all kinds of ways, in this video tutorial I show you how to warp it when it is combined with a layer and that layer is then turned into a smart object and warped via the Photoshop 2020 edit menu and transform and warp and the design is folded and distorted in all kinds of ways. The artwork is then selected and edit menu and define pattern or it is saved as a pattern preset via the pattern panel. You can then use it via the edit menu and fill command with the random fill script to create all kinds of amazing patterns / textures for use in fills and brush textures etc

The new warp updates make it super easy in Photoshop 2020 to create all kinds of amazing new pattern tiles which can then be used in tools such as the fill command (random fill script) to create 1000s of unique and abstract pattern tiles. You can use any design as a smart object and then apply the warp transform to that and then use the split warp to distort the design in countless ways and use that tile as a source for a pattern definition in Photoshop. The video uses features only in Photoshop 2020 and upwards (though you can create similar in earlier versions such as 2019 etc as well)

Convert a smart object to layers in Photoshop CC 2020 (and probably CC 2021 2022 etc) via the layer menu and via the properties panel. This is a new feature to convert a smart object into layers (which in turn could be smart objects and they can also then be broken down) to create a layer structure of all the component parts of a smart object. Sadly, you can select multiple smart objects and one click, convert all the entire smart objects into a single set of component layers (such as shapes, text etc) - would be handy for some situations, I guess. Anyway, you could always access the components but this was spread over multiple PSB files. You can then re-build the smart objects from those paths etc

 A guide to all the new features in Photoshop CC 2020 related to the gradients, how to use them, how to group, how to remove items, how to use them as gradient layers, how to explore all the settings and much more. The features are similar to the brushes panel. The gradients can now be imported and exported very quickly into the panel.

http://www.graphicxtras.com/products/illustrator-brushes-strokes.htm How to create a random colorful filled background using Illustrator brushes presets

Added a selection of 100 new brushes / shapes (designs) to the banner brushes set all in EPS format. The brushes are all for royalty free, commercial use, no credit is required. All the artworks are by graphicxtras.com / Andrew Buckle.  The banner brushes are for use in Photoshop, elements, PSP, Affinity Photo, Corel Photo-paint, CorelDRAW and many others. The artworks can be combined in 1000s of ways, re-colored, blended, used with 3D features and more http://www.graphicxtras.com/products/photoshop-brushes.htm

Search in the new Photoshop CC 2017, a great way to quickly find commands as well as open files and check out Adobe stock and tutorials. I have just created a quick guide to the subject of the search command in the creative cloud 2017 version. http://www.graphicxtras.com/tutorials/photoshop-cc-2017-search-command.htm

With the latest releases of Photoshop, you can now again use the oil paint filter though it is a slightly different from the earlier incarnation, the options and the results are much the same (I am certain people have spent time pouring over the images to see if there is any difference). The filter has always been put in the 'one trick' effect school but I always think it is unfair (the filter does have feelings, you know). If you want to find more presets and more tutorials, please check our site http://www.graphicxtras.com  for all kinds of info about Photoshop and others. All photos are (c) 2016 Andrew Buckle Above, a very basic oil paint filter effect added to a face in Photoshop Above, you can see the effect applied multiple times though as you can see, some parts of the image result in a pretty terrifying facial expression especially when combined with highlights to the eyes but it does create some nice swirly trees in the fog. A better solution is t...