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170 CHAPTER 5 PRESENTING PLANS

Applying Patterns
Sometimes you want to create more than one pattern on a line-work layer. You can do so by applying
layer styles to new layers instead of to line-work layers:
1. Turn off the Kitchen-A-mlwk-uppr layer that contains the upper cabinets. Create a new layer
by pressing Shift+Ctrl+N and type the name Walnut in the New Layer dialog box. Choose Red
from the Color drop-down (to help differentiate the new layer from the other line-work layers)
and click OK.

2. Select the Paint Bucket tool if it is not already selected. Make sure All Layers is checked on the
Options bar; this feature allows the Paint Bucket to identify a boundary from all visible layers
while depositing its pixel paint on the current layer (Walnut). Click the outer part of the bar
countertop to fill this area with black. Click again on the desk at the bottom of the kitchen, as
shown in Figure 5.34.

Figure 5.34
Filling the bar counter
and desk with black

3. Apply a Pattern Overlay effect to the Walnut layer; on the bottom of the Layers palette, click
the Add A Layer Style button and select Pattern Overlay from the menu. In the Layer Style dia-
log box, open the Pattern Picker and click the triangle button. Select My Patterns from the
menu (created in the last section). Click OK when the small warning dialog box appears. Select
the Walnut pattern from the Pattern Picker. Click OK to close the Layer Style dialog box.