PIXELATED PATTERNS
With a cunning combination of filters and pattern effects, we can reduce an image to a series of bold colored circles…
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01 CROP TO SQUARE
Open an image. Grab the Crop Tool and choose Width, Size and Resolution in the Crop Tool dropdown in the top toolbar. Set width to 2,000px, height to 2,000px, dpi to 300 (or a similar round number), then crop the image. Next, go to File > New and set a document with a size of 50px, with the background contents set to black.