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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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    c.pfaffenbichler
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    February 26, 2012
    I think the feature is also of potential benefit to illustrators – when I use Hard Mix-patterns for example to simulate halftone screens or engraving the current workaround of converting Pattern Layers to Smart Objects and rotating those can amount to a couple of minutes per image depending on the pixel-dimensions, I guess.
    Admittedly it is not a technique I use very often ...
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    February 26, 2012
    90 degree rotations might be reasonable. Arbitrary angles would take quite a bit more work.

    But I need justification for management: why is this important, how much time does it really save, what market segments need this functionality, etc. ?
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    graphicstop
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    February 26, 2012
    Hi Rachel, that would be great wouldn't it. I work with patterns a lot and struggle to rotate them every time. That's why I suggested Photo Shop guys to come up with a way to do so.
    Let's see...
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    Inspiring
    February 24, 2012
    I'd love if patterns could rotate... like brushes could, if not the same way, how about 90 degrees at a time? (From either the layer properties or maybe the pattern pane)

    Probably best if the rotation resets upon clicking a new one?

    It's easier than making a new preset for every rotation.

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    graphicstop
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    August 15, 2011
    Hi,
    Is it possible to manage so we could rotate patterns? It comes in pretty handy sometimes.

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