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How to make a pre existing image into a seamless repeat pattern in photoshop?

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March 22, 2021
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I have a swatch of fabric that needs to be repeated infinitely onto a roll of fabric.

It is an organic pre existing design of which I only have a small sample of, I have the task of creating a seamless repeat pattern but cannot match up the edges no matter which way I try.

I have tried the offset feature and lots of copy and pasting elements and blending it in but cannot figure out how to make it flow into the next tile no matter what I try!

Thank you so much in advance x

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c.pfaffenbichler

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I am sorry, it had slipped my mind that recently View > Pattern Preview has been introduced.

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gracet68502989Author

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Ooh this looks really helpful thank you! So would you just copy the individual elements and try to recreate the pattern to match up? Because the only thing is, when I do that it still doesn't translate or align to the next tile (e.g. pink flower needs to flow to purple flowers but there is the brown flower next)

So essentially it's kind of just creating more problems?

I suppose I was wondering if there's a quick formula that might help that I didn't know about but I think the nature of the pattern being so random creates a lot of problems...

Thank you anyway for taking the time to help! x

c.pfaffenbichler

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Could you please post screenshots including the Layers Panel?

If the mirroring approach does not yield the wished-for results the Pattern Preview would seem to offer a convenient, but still not very quick approach.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78noXiGucGQ

So in essence you would probably need to isolate several independent elements in each pattern to be able to mask the edges.

Norman Sanders

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Step-and-repeat cannot be used because the opposite edges of the art are not identical or createa complete object.

Instead, the following technique is an option.

Duplicate the image, Edit > Tramsform > Flip Horizontal. Position alongside the original image. Then dupe that layer and repeat the process of copy, flip, position.

After completing a row, composite it to a single layer, dupe the layer and Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical. Then dupe that layer and repeat the process of copy, flip, position.

c.pfaffenbichler

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I expect you need to extend the canvas and clip out (and possibly paint) individual elements to cover up the seams.

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gracet68502989Author

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Hi! Thank you so much for taking the time to reply to this!

I tried that with 4 tiles and filled in the seams in the centre but then still faced the same problem with the outer edges of those 4 tiles combined?

Am I doing something wrong?

Thank you again x

c.pfaffenbichler

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»Am I doing something wrong?«

No, those just need to match up, too, so: more work.

You could work with Smart Objects and either patch them manually or convert the whole bunch to a Smart Object again (of the same pixel dimensions as the original) and apply offset again etc.

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