: How do I fill a shape with many small icons in Photoshop? I'm looking for something similar to this or this I basically have several smaller icons and I want to position them into a shape.

@Carla748

There's an After Effects plug-in that will do this: aescripts.com/pastiche/
So, you could potentially set it up in AE and then export stills which could then be opened/further manipulated in Photoshop.

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@Shakeerah625

Pattern will look repetetive. If you want unique look, you need to duplicate and place manually.

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@Pope1402555

Semi-Manual

I think the best way to achieve this would be to Define a Pattern with your different icons, and layer them within your image/shape.


Open your icon
Select a marquee around it (Ctrl + Click the thumbnail in the layer window)
Edit > Define Pattern...
Go back to your shape
Ctrl + J for a duplicate layer
Ctrl + Click on the new layer to marquee select
Edit > Fill...
Choose Pattern then select your custom pattern
Manual: Adjust placement of your icons on curves or remove unnecessary elements to taste


Rinse and repeat for each of the other icons, taking care to vary in size for depth and space.




As you can see in the image above, there isn't a lot of padding around
my sample, so if you need your icon to have fewer repeats, you'll need
to make the tile larger for that icon. The more space, the lower the
quantity.

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