Creating Grid Lines

Creating grid lines with photoshop is easy, and can be used to make your imagery look tight and froody.

STEP 1

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Go into the channels window and create a new channel. Make a square selection about 20 pixels wide with the marquee tool. Fill it with white.

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Pressing the Alt and Backspace keys at the same time will automaticly fill the current selection with the foreground color.

STEP 2

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In the menu, go:
SELECT > MODIFY > CONTRACT > Contract by: 1 pixel 

Then, fill the selection with black. It will now look like a small white outlined box. 


STEP 3

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With the Marquee tool still selected, nudge the selection up and to the left, 1 pixel.

In the menu, go:
EDIT > Define Pattern 


STEP 4

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Clear the selection (Ctrl-D) and create a new channel.

Open the Paint Bucket options window and set the contents to PATTERN

Fill the new channel by clicking with the paint bucket tool, and a grid texture will magically appear. 


STEP 5

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Drag the grid channel onto the "Load channel as selection" button. [] 

Go to the layer window. Create a new layer and fill the selection. (Alt-Backspace) 


STEP 6

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Enjoy the attractive imagery you and your new-found skills have just created and celebrate over a steaming bowl of re-digested monkey-brains.