Adobe Capture and Photoshop 2021

[folderolgirl]

Hello. I have some old "patterns" I made in my iPhone with Adobe Capture a few years ago. I recently found them again and I am having trouble with making them seamless (repeatable and tileable no matter the size of the document). I have transferred them into my Libraries. In order to make these patterns seamless, I used to go to the Preset Manager as the first step, then to Define Pattern (I believe), but the Preset Manager is no longer available for patterns. I hope someone can advise me on how to work around this, or whether they are no longer useable. Thank you.

[Conrad C]

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@folderolgirl wrote:

I used to go to the Preset Manager as the first step, then to Define Pattern (I believe), but the Preset Manager is no longer available for patterns.

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In a recent Photoshop update, patterns were made more accessible by moving them out of the Preset Manager into their its own Patterns panel: Choose Window > Patterns to open it.

Gradients and Shapes also have their own panels now, and you manage them the same way as Patterns.

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@folderolgirl wrote:

I am having trouble with making them seamless (repeatable and tileable no matter the size of the document).

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Another recent Photoshop change was adding the new Pattern Preview mode, which gives you an interactive view of how your pattern is tiling. Choose View > Pattern Preview to see it. Here is how to use Pattern Preview:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/pattern-preview.html

[folderolgirl]

Thank you for replying. I followed the instructions at https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/pattern-preview.html, but it still is not working. Here's what I did:

1. Opened a new blank doc
2. Opened Pattern Preview
3. Clicked the + sign on the Patterns panel.

It looked good at this point, but when I created a new (much larger) blank document and applied the new pattern from the Patterns panel, the pattern is not tileable.

I have attached 2 images to show what I mean.