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fairylov3dust
fairylov3dust
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November 10, 2018
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How to go about this pattern tiling method..?

  • November 10, 2018
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I have created a white pixel in the 'knit' as to show you better what I am doing. You can see that I have selected starting at the white pixel on the left, and ending at the pixel right before the white pixel on the right, and right above the white pixel on the bottom. In doing this specific selection, I thought that it was supposed to make a seamless pattern. In photoshop, I can tile this pattern to infinity and it is ALWAYS seamless.. EVEN though you can clearly see in the second image that the left and right edges do not line up. But using the offset filter, or trying to use the pattern outside of photoshop.. the pattern is no longer "seamless". I would appreciate any advice on what I am doing wrong.

The second image is the pattern at 100% inside of photoshop

The third is at 50% and the fourth is at 25%

The fifth is using the pattern outside of photoshop and you can clearly see that there are seams.

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Correct answer davescm

I am trying to follow your description what you have done but if I'm picking it up correctly:

You have picked a pattern from an area in screenshot one and used that pattern to fill a larger area in sceenshots 2 and 3.  Then you appear to have picked the larger area and tried to use it with the offest filter and outside Photoshop and of course it does not tile.

You need to make your larger area an exact multiple of the original pattern both Height and Width. That way the smaller pattern will fit the larger area without being clipped and the larger area will then tile.

Dave

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Semaphoric
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SemaphoricCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 10, 2018

Like Dave said, an exact multiple. Probably the easiest multiple is one. If you hover the mouse over the pattern in Edit .Preset Manager, you will see the dimensions of the pattern. Make a note of this, and make a new doc this size. Fill it with the pattern, and save as a JPEG.

davescm
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davescmCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
November 10, 2018

I am trying to follow your description what you have done but if I'm picking it up correctly:

You have picked a pattern from an area in screenshot one and used that pattern to fill a larger area in sceenshots 2 and 3.  Then you appear to have picked the larger area and tried to use it with the offest filter and outside Photoshop and of course it does not tile.

You need to make your larger area an exact multiple of the original pattern both Height and Width. That way the smaller pattern will fit the larger area without being clipped and the larger area will then tile.

Dave

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