3 Essential Fills for Photoshop : Scan lines

Introduction
Scan lines
Bumps
Grids
Using your Fills

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Scan lines

Scan lines are, in most cases, a nice addition to any photo. If used correctly, with the right amount of opacity, you can get this fill to achieve that cool digital TV look you?ve been looking for.

So let?s begin.
1) Fire up a new document Win (ctrl + n) Mac (apple + n) with these dimensions: 1px (W) x 2px (H). Also, make sure the background layer is transparent.

2) Now, to make things easier, zoom in 1600%. You can do this by pressing Win (ctrl + ?+?) Mac (apple + ?+?) until you?re all the way zoomed in. It should look like this:

3) Now switch to your pencil tool Win & Mac (B) and be sure that you?re settings look like this:

(Please note the brush diameter is 1px)

4) Go ahead and make the top pixel black. (press D to reset your foreground and background color options, then press X to move black to the foreground). This is what your image should look like now:

5) It's time to define your pattern. To do this, go to Edit > Define Pattern. Pretty simple huh? When prompted, name it ?Scan line?. Hit OK when you?re finished. You can now close this document because you?re done with it. No need to save it.

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