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P: Rotatable pattern fills

  • July 6, 2011
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Hello.I'm a 3D Artist in the games industry. I like to use patterns alot for texture overlays and such. I love the ability to pan the pattern, or just swap out the pattern for a new one and keep the same mask when somethings not working (I love masks too).One qwirk however, theres no ability to rotate them without collapsing the pattern fill to a layer and doing it manually. Breaking my non-destructive workflow and ruining what i love about patterns. I am sure it wouldn't be too hard a feature to add, seeing as the gradient fill layer already has an rotation/angle implemented. This would save time and also keep my PSD's nice and tidy.I made a handy little gif that switches between pattern fill currently, and what would be desireable.Thanks.Chevy McGoram

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    Franck Payen
    Franck Payen
    Inspiring
    April 29, 2012
    I'd find it really practical to be able to rotate patterns without rendering them as pixel layers.

    Think about fashion garnments where you'd make selection, and rotate sleeves, collars, legs different angles, and may be try different patterns, so, not recreating them everytime, more dynamic !

    powal1234
    powal1234
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    April 29, 2012
    @Chris Cox

    I think any screendesigner would benefit from that feature. I often use pattern fills for websites and UI in general.
    It really would save me and hopefully dozens of designers out there a lot of precious time i think.

    My Workaround: Filling a big shape with a fill of 0% with a pattern (100%, normal blending) -> converting it to a Smart Object -> Using Smart Object as Clipping mask on the Element I want to be filled with rotated pattern -> choosing angle and blendig mode for Smart Object

    A mess, right?
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    GStei
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    April 28, 2012
    the pattern feature is a bit rigid...
    powal1234
    powal1234
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    April 28, 2012
    Great point! Have been thinking of a feature like that very often.

    Is there any way of editing patterns added to photoshop? If yes, this would give a quick workaround for the problem.
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    zydac01
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    April 20, 2012
    Neat trick, but a little time consuming when you have a huge file with a hundred layers!
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    GStei
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    April 20, 2012
    I dream of a custom angle rotation into layer style 🙂
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
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    April 20, 2012
    So I just realized that if you rotate the image (Image > Rotate Image), apply the pattern you want, and then rotate it back, the pattern will stay angled. It only works for 90, 180, -90 rotations though.
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    GStei
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    April 12, 2012
    Thanks a lot...now I hope for the rotable pattern 😉
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    GStei
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    April 5, 2012
    So do I...for architectural illustration is really useful
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    J453
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    April 5, 2012
    You can already turn the visibility off/on with selected layers. Select the layers and choose Layer>Hide/Show Layers (Note: you can assign a shortcut to this command by selecting Edit>Keyboard Shortcuts... )
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