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vapordave
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September 28, 2023
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Editing Vonster Patterns

  • September 28, 2023
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Hi,

Does anyone know why the pre-packaged Vonster patterns that ship with Illustrator are not editable? For instance, the Patterns Options palette has all the options greyed out when a Vonster pattern is selected, including the most useful one, Move Tile With Art.

 

I created a great graphic using a Vonster pattern, using the artboard instead of the document window, and when I went to move the graphic back to the document window to print, the pattern tile did not move with the art, meaning my art was now positioned in a slightly different place on the pattern tile, rendering my entire effect useless.

 

Is there a way to expand the appearance of a Vonster pattern, and/or be able to edit it in any way, and/or be able to move the tile with the art?

 

I've attached a screenshot of a Vonster Pattern selected and all the options greyed out.

 

Thanks!

Dave

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Correct answer Monika Gause

Aha! Thank you, hadn't thought to check the Appearance panel, duh!

However, I'm still having the issue of not being able to select any options in the Palette Options for this pattern, see attached. This results in the pattern remaining fixed in place if I decide to move my object elsewhere on the page, meaning the resulting pattern within my object looks different depending on where I move the object around the page. How do I resolve this issue?


In order to move the pattern with the object, turn on "Transform pattern" in Preferences > General

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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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September 28, 2023

You must double click the pattern in the Swatches panel to get to the options.

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vapordaveAuthor
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September 29, 2023

I am unable to even get any Vonster pattern into the Swatches panel, but it's all good, I figured out a workaround for resizing my graphic without the pattern background remaining fixed (and therefore showing a different portion of the pattern tile)...drop the .ai file into InDesign and resize away, tile remains true within the graphic and I can then export as a PDF 🤓

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vapordaveAuthor
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September 29, 2023

Those are graphic styles, but when you apply one of them, the pattern gets added to the swatches.


That's true in theory but not in practice, see attached. When I select the pink Vonster pattern the swatch that gets added to my swatches panel is the purple pattern, not the pink one

tromboniator
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tromboniatorCommunity Expert
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September 28, 2023

Hi, Dave. I don't understand what you mean when you say "using the artboard instead of the document window", so it's not clear where the problem arises. I'm not finding any difficulty in accessing editability in the Vonster patterns. Could you please explain your process step by step?

 

Thanks,
Peter

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