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Rotate pattern in fill layer.

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February 28, 2018
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I can scale the pattern in the fill layer, but I can't rotate it? Am I missing something?

Adobe Photoshop Version: 19.1.1 20180206.r.254 2018/02/06: 1156206 x64

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Correct answer -PATTIE-

Check out the rotatable pattern feature. I believe it may be what you are looking for:
Rotate-patterns-in-photoshop

-PATTIE-

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Community Manager

Check out the rotatable pattern feature. I believe it may be what you are looking for:
Rotate-patterns-in-photoshop

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joshalden

New Participant

Hi TonyH

Ran in to the same problem with a diagonal line pattern I created. I'm no expert and couldn't make a new pattern with the lines running the opposite way, so I added a layer, but couldn't flip it because the "Initial bounding rectangle is empty" Whateverthehe|| that means... Here's how I got around it:

-Created a new image the same size as the original

-Added a new 'regular'

-Added a new Adjustment layer >Pattern

-Merged all the layers (right clicked on a layer and chose 'merge visible'

-Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal (NOW it lets me)

-Edit>Define Pattern

-Named it and saved it

-Went to my original file and created a New Adjustment Layer

-Applied my newly created pattern

-Voila and up yours Adobe! (PS If Adobe checks these they owe me 2 hours wages)

Hope this helps everyone.

Semaphoric

Community Expert

If you convert a Pattern Fill layer to a Smart Object, you can rotate it with the Move tool. If you use a Clipping Mask, rather than a Layer Mask, you can rotate the pattern without rotating the mask.

If you increase the canvas size so both dimensions equal the diagonal of the original before adding the fill layer, you assure the rotated fill won't miss mask area, as is starting to happen in the lower image.

P

Paul-M

Community Expert

I bought this plugin a while ago and it has lot of features for creating surface textures and patterns with blending, scaling, rotating options:

HyperTyle

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rayek.elfin

Brainiac

Energize wrote
I bought this plugin a while ago and it has lot of features for creating surface textures and patterns with blending, scaling, rotating options:
HyperTyle

That is just a plugin, and neither answers nor solves the original question/problem in this thread. And you'd be far better off getting FilterForge instead if textures/patterns creation is what you are after.

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Paul-M

Community Expert

It archives exactly what the original post says and a whole lot more, maybe try it and test drive it properly before making stupid comments

Paul-M - Community Expert

rayek.elfin

Brainiac

A work-around is to generate the pattern in Illustrator on a page size equal or bigger to the one you use in Photoshop, and import as a smart object.

Awkward, but do-able. At least it remains live and allows you to combine raster and vector, and have control over the pattern.

Chuck Uebele

Community Expert

With the Deco fill you can rotate:

Dead Taco

Known Participant

While that's an interesting plugin, that's not the easiest way to work with patterns, nor does it work in the latest Photoshop version.

The error shown happens with any of those Deco scripts.

Thanks for pointing that out, though. I wasn't aware of those tools. It's just unfortunate that they don't work with my version of Photoshop.

Chuck Uebele

Community Expert

That should work with your version of PS. Do you get the ui dialog that I posted? That error line is one of the first in the deco script that defines which pattern you're using.

rayek.elfin

Brainiac

This would be nice to have: onscreen widget controls for position, rotation, scaling, and skewing (PhotoLine):

At times Photoshop's GUI feels quite old-fashioned.

gener7

Community Expert

Perhaps. Here's the problem:

Photoshop: Rotatable pattern fills? | Photoshop Family Customer Community

tonyh24940851Author

Participating Frequently

Yes, gener7 that is exactly what I am talking about. So I take it this isn't a feature available. I would think it would be something popular as it is a nondestructive way of manipulating the fill pattern.

Thanks!

gener7

Community Expert

I'm sure there are some great workarounds, perhaps Smart Objects, so watch this thread a bit and see what ideas the more experienced hands here come up with.

Gene

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

How are you applying the pattern? Three ways come to mind:

The Paint Bucket

Edit > Fill > Pattern

Layer Style

But I don't think there is an option to rotate on application. Our davescm is good with that sort of thing, so he might say different.

What you can do though, is fill a layer with your pattern, and use Free Transform to rotate it. If your canvas is not square, you might need to add canvas, or even use a different document to make your pattern layer, and then drag it to the master document.

davescm

Community Expert

Hi

I don't know of a direct way to do this.

There are one or two workarounds which may help

1. Fill as normal then rotate the layer

2. For 90 degree repeating rotations use one of the scripts such as the crossweave option

3. For more controllable rotations - instead of using fill use the Clone stamp tool with aligned unchecked, so that it stamps the pattern at each click, and a hard brush. Stamp each pattern (use the grid or guides for alignment, and change the rotation in the clone stamp panel.

This is slower than fill but allows you to position each stamp at whatever angle you want

Dave

tonyh24940851Author

Participating Frequently

That didn't work. I unchecked aligned after selecting the clone pattern tool. The rotation had no effect and there is no way to adjust scale of the pattern doing it this way. Unless I am missing something.

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