May 2012 Tutorial - Create Seamless Patterns in Xara Designer Pro X

[Gare]

Just a heads-up for everyone:

If you're going to post a seamless pattern, and you expect a member to download it and check it out—

Upload a zipped PNG, or the original Xara file. When TalkGraphics content manager or you convert a bitmap to JPEG, JPEG loses some of the original details when it compresses a copy, and sometimes the copy won't tile properly because of JPEG artifacting.

My Best,

Gary

[guyke]

Frank, my apologies for the misunderstanding. It's now clear that your first jpeg is composed of the second one. I took the first one to be the tile.

[Gare]

Mike did a 50s pattern or two previously, I like some of that period art style, so here's my tribute today; you can download a png of it—I used the Shape Buidler tool to do the calligraphic lines, but aligning them wasn't as easy as one would think.



—g

[mwenz]

A little bit of flower-power created in version 8. The shape builder tool is pretty cool.

What I did in the attached XAR file is to "paint in" the color under the flower outline using the layer below the outline, so the colored in areas would be hidden by the outline. I can see this being a big boon to me.

The 3 screen shots show the PNG files that are below two clipped group variations.

I am up to eight, and I'll do four more for a choice of what to include in the ZIP Gary will put up on XaraXone.

Take care, Mike

[Gare]

Would it be cheating if I told you which ten of yours I'll pick?



Hey, this offer is open to everyone. Gimme ten I like, I'll put them up forever on the Xara Xone's freeware page.

-g-

[Gare]

Mike, I slummed it, and offer another way, similar to what you proposed:

You put a layer on top of your drawing layer, and then every color shape you add, you do in Transparency>Stained Glass blending mode.

The Xar file attached used a drawing I stylized, filtered and then saved as a bitmap. Then the shapes on top are all Stained Glass. Which is fine only if you don't mind duller colors in areas that are not white on the bottom layer.



—Oooh, the colors, —g

[handrawn]

that one I like a lot Gary - is it dull, or just 'pastel' ?, and the composition is great

good tiling one and all

[gardenofdaisies]

Thanks SO much for this tutorial!! I've been on a quest to find the best way to make perfect repeats and it fell into my lap today. You rock!

[Gare]

You're quite welcome, and I'm happy to see that a member can put the steps to use in the embroidery field!

@Stygg—

Here's a layer of grime you can add to your tiles. It's seamless, and sort of clumpish.



My Best,

Gary

[angelize]

I'm going to experiment with your clumpy noise Gary, I think it might be just dandy for using as a fill with the shape builder and a semi transparent stroke to actually paint on grungey stains. Thanks