How to install & load patterns:
1. Unzip your pattern file into the following location: [drive
letter]:/program files/adobe/photoshop x.x/presets/patterns.
2. Now in Photoshop choose the "paint bucket" tool:
3. From the top toolbar change the 'fill' option to "pattern":
4. Click the arrow from the "pattern" box (circled in red) to open
"pattern picker":
5. Click the tiny arrow on the right side of the "pattern picker"
(circled in image) to open the pattern menu options:
6. From the menu choose "load patterns":
7. From the patterns folder choose the pattern you just installed:
And now you have just loaded your pattern, and you are ready to use it. Need some tips on how to use patterns? Check out the following tutorial.