This tutorial should work for Photoshop versions 6, 7, CS, and CS2.
Have you ever wanted to use a plaid paper but didn't have one in the colors you wanted? This tutorial will show you how to make a plaid paper using striped papers you most likely already have available on your hard drive.
Most of us have papers packs and kits we have downloaded that have striped papers in colors that we like, but there is no plaid. So for this tutorial you'll want to locate one of those papers and open it in Photoshop.
First thing to do is make a duplicate of the striped paper so that we are not working on the original. Image>Duplicate. Here is a quick screenshot of the paper I used.
Next step is to duplicate the striped layer. You can do this by dragging the striped layer to the new layer icon at the bottom of the layers palette. After it is duplicated, rotate the duplicate layer 90 degrees. Edit>Transform>Rotate 90 CW or CCW, it won't matter which one you choose.
Next you'll change the opacity of the duplicated layer to 50%. Then experiment with changing the blend mode to "Multiply" to see if you like it better. I found that for some of the striped papers I experimented with I liked just leaving the blend mode at Normal, and for others I liked the "Multiply" mode.
Lastly, you will want to merge the two layers. You can do this in one of several ways: right click on the duplicated layer and choose Merge Visible. Use the flyout menu on the Layers palette and choose Merge Visible, or use the menubar and Layer>Merge Visible.
There you have it - instant plaid in the colors you want. Of course not all striped papers will give the desired plaid look, but most of them will.
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