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Diamond pixelated effect with Photoshop
Not your average pixel effect tutorial, let me show you a nice little trick where you apply the normal square pixelated effect and turn it into checkered, diamond looking photo pixels.
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Open any photo you want with Photoshop.
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Press Ctrl (Cmd on MacOS) + J twice in a row to created two copy of the original layer.
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The upper most layer should stay selected.
In the menu click Edit and choose Free Transform.
In the toolbar set H na 45 degrees (see picture) and press Enter.
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In the menu click Filter, Mosaic and choose Pixelate...
Choose the similar setting as I did and click OK.
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The upper most layer should still stay selected.
In the menu click Edit and choose Free Transform.
Set H to -45 degrees (see picture) and press Enter.
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Set the layer's Opacity to 50% (see picture).
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Choose the middle layer (see picture).
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The middle layer should still be selected.
In the menu click Edit and choose Free Transform.
In the toolbar set H to -45 degrees (see picture) and press Enter.
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In the menu click Filter, Mosaic and choose Pixelate...
Choose the similar setting as I did and click OK. |
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The middle layer should still be selected.
In the menu click Edit and choose Free Transform.
In the toolbar set H to 45 degrees (see picture) and press Enter.
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Zoom in the picture choose the Move Tool (V for a keyboard shortcut) and align the squares if needed.
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