How to Save a Stamp on Photoshop

You can creatively improve photos with the Adobe Photoshop Pattern Stamp tool.

Adobe Photoshop is widely regarded as the industry leader when it comes to flexible image editing and manipulation. If you want to remove an item from a photo so as to improve its artistic quality, the company's Pattern Stamp is an easy-to-use tool that enables you to copy other parts of an image in order to hide unwanted pixels. Creating, using and saving the stamp allows you to use the same correction in other parts of the picture or even in different images.

Things You'll Need

• Adobe Photoshop
• Digital image

Instructions

1. Open Photoshop and open the photograph you wish to edit. Access the Rectangular Marquee tool using "Shift-M," set the Feather to 0px and drag the cursor around the part of the image that you want to use as the basis of your pattern stamp.

2. Click "Edit>Define Pattern," enter a descriptive name for the pattern and click "OK." Press "CTRL-D" to deselect the pattern.

3. Click on the Pattern Stamp tool in the toolbox. Select a small soft brush in the options bar. Select your pattern in the drop-down box further to the right on the toolbar.

4. Press "Shift-CTRL-N" to create a new layer for the alterations. Paint over the imperfect item on the new layer with your cursor. Change the size of the brush as needed to cover small details.

5. Save the pattern for future use by clicking on the small down arrow to the right of the patterns. Click the right-facing arrow in the new window and select "Save Patterns." Choose a file name for your patterns and click "Save." The pattern stamp you designed is now saved and can be reloaded when needed.

Tips & Warnings

• A brush with a soft edge helps the pattern to blend better with the existing details.

• Apply edits to a new layer to avoid losing any important details in the photograph.

References

• Developing Webs: Pattern and Clone Stamp Tool