looking for some help on patterns

[everettc50774507]

If I make a pattern in a 1 inch square box, why when I make a 1 inch square box and fill it with the pattern it is different?

The original pattern is made from the one on the left. seems like if I filled a box of the same size it would be identical?? I guess I'm looking for more controls and understanding of patterns.

Thanks

Everett

[John T Smith]

The Lounge Forum is not for technical help, please provide the name of the program you are using so your message may be moved to the correct program forum... A program would be Photoshop or Dreamweaver or InDesign or Illustrator or ???

[everettc50774507]

It is illustrator cs6

Everett Carson

[Ussnorway · Accepted solution]

the image on the right is tiled from the center... if you set it to tile from top left then it will look the same as the image on the left

[Monika Gause]

When tiling Illustrator always starts at the origin of the document's coordinate system. No matter where the object is located