You can paint a pattern with the Pattern stamp tool or fill a selection or layer with a pattern that you choose from the pattern libraries. Photoshop Elements has several patterns you can choose from.
To customize your images, or to make one-of-a-kind scrapbook pages, you can create your own patterns. You can save patterns that you create in a library, and then load libraries of patterns using the Preset Manager or the Pattern pop‑up panel, which appears in the Tool Options bar of the Pattern Stamp tool and the Paint Bucket tool. Saving patterns allows you to easily use a pattern in multiple images.
A. Rectangular selection used to define a pattern B. Custom pattern in pattern picker C. New image filled with custom pattern
The Pattern Stamp tool paints with a pattern defined from your image, another image, or a preset pattern.
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Set Pattern Stamp tool options in the Tool Options bar, as desired, and then drag within the image to paint.
Brush
Sets the brush tip. Click the arrow next to the brush sample, choose a brush category from the Brush drop-down, and then select a brush thumbnail.
Opacity
Sets the opacity of the pattern you apply. A low opacity setting allows pixels under a pattern stroke to show through. Drag the slider or enter an opacity value.
Mode
Specifies how the paint that you apply blends with the existing pixels in the image. (See About blending modes.)
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