# Photoshop question: solid shading to crosshatches

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-question-solid-shading-to-crosshatches/237143
**Category:** design
**Created:** [August 27, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-question-solid-shading-to-crosshatches/237143 "2007-08-27T17:31:09Z")
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### Author: ![shane\_c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@shane\_c](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shane_c)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-question-solid-shading-to-crosshatches/237143/1 "2007-08-27T17:31:09Z")

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I am re-working some patent drawings for a company, and need some help with Photoshop. Apparently the patent office has some pretty strict guidelines for the drawings you submit - such as, you cannot have solid color shading. I have some of the original drawings in Illustrator format, but most of them are just plain images (eps, jpg, gif, etc…). I’m wondering if there’s a way in Photoshop to somehow change the solid color shading into crosshatch shading…

Anybody have any ideas?