How To: Create flooring in Photoshop

Pixel Perfect is the "perfect" show to help you with your Photoshop skills. Be amazed and learn as master digital artist Bert Monroy takes a stylus and a digital pad and treats it as Monet and Picasso do with oil and canvas. Learn the tips and tricks you need to whip those digital pictures into shape with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. In this episode, Ben shows you how to create flooring in Photoshop.

Getting ready to improve your home? See the results in Photoshop first. This week's episode is about DIY home improvement, specifically showing you how to create flooring.

* Create hardwood flooring
Bert received a request to create Parquet floor, which is a simple, symmetrical type of pattern. Set up your workspace by turning on your canvas grid (View > Show > Grid) because we'll be working with straight, even shapes. Choose colors like the ones Bert picks for your foreground and background color. The filter Render > Fibers will create a wooden texture based on the colors you chose. Apply this filter, and your whole canvas will be filled with wood. Change your grid color in Preferences so you can see your grid on top of the pattern.

* Create planks of wood
* Add nails to the wood
* Create a pattern
* Create marble flooring
* Create the pattern by using filters
* Use 3D to apply perspective

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