Comments on: How to Create Kaleidoscope Patterns from Your Photos

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:52:03 +0000

Thanks Helen. Appreciate your tutorial
Im just trying to learn this photoshop and managed to get this to work for me.:)

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:32:40 +0000

Great website. Can’t wait to try it. I have both a Mac and a PC but no PhotoShop. What are the pros and cons of a Mac vs. a PC?

By: Abi

Abi — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:07:42 +0000

Every time I try this the rotated pieces don’t match up at the end, leaving a gap! What am I doing wrong?! :s

By: Rachat de credit

Rachat de credit — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:07:24 +0000

Very good tutorial. Can’t wait to try this. Nice Kaleidoscope Patterns. Thanks

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:32:02 +0000

Great tutorial Helen! Have a look at the image I created from this lesson from the link below.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/foortography/4769441540/

By: Lori S.

Lori S. — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:21:05 +0000

I have the same question as Donna. This is so great, and now I’d like to try it (with PS Elements by selecting a triangle from a specific part of a photo, but am not succeeding. I can get a triangle with the cookie cutter tool, but have no way to control the angle of its sides. Is there a good way to get a triangle crop where you can specify that interior angle? Thanks for this tutorial!

By: Donna

Donna — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:48:31 +0000

I LOVE this tutorial! I was wondering if you could recommend a way to draw the triangle so that I can target a specific portion of a photo that lies closer to the center. I’ve been trying but I am a relative beginner to PS.

Thanks!

By: Marjorie

Marjorie — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:18:15 +0000

Just tried it–I use Photoshop Elements, and some of the tools are slightly different, but everything can be managed. It turned out great.

Worth mentioning–for six-sided patterns the necessary angles of rotation will be 30, 60, or 120 degrees (depending on what step and what part of the image you’ve chosen, etc.) but you can also make a nice eight-point design with angles of 22.5, 45, 90, and 180 degrees. Even for the math-challenged (that’s me) the numbers are fairly simple; take 360 and divide by the number of points in the “star” you want, then divide by two, and by two again, etc. until you find the number you need for what you’re doing.

For the hairline fractures, after a bit of colorful language, I just finished it all up and then went back over it with the healing brush to fix the cracks. And there was an unplanned center hole that I filled by cloning a spot of appropriate color. Paint bucket fill worked well there, too, and also around the outside.

Thanks for a well-presented tutorial on a fun project. I’ll be using this one again.

By: Gbenga Loveeyes Images

Gbenga Loveeyes Images — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:01:30 +0000

I just tried it. In step 6, the rotation is 60 degrees and not 30 degrees as you wrote. Sure is a typo-error. Nice one. Happy New Year.

By: Salvacion (Saanva in the forum)

Salvacion (Saanva in the forum) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:57:42 +0000

What an exciting thing to learn. I love kaleidoscopes and I have long wanted to do them to some of my photos.
Thank you very much for this wonderful tutorial!