PS Patterns…Where do they live?

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DanBase
Jul 17, 2004
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I made a pattern in PS and want to use it as a surface in 3D app.

In patterns folder I dont see it.
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Ed_Hannigan
Jul 17, 2004
Did you save it? Does it show up in the Presets Manager or when you go to Edit>Fill>Pattern? If so, save it.
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Larryr544
Jul 18, 2004
They usually live here but they aren’t home today. Save everything…
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DanBase
Jul 18, 2004
OK I said that all worng.

I downloaded a "texture" from

<http://www.zoorender.com/html/textures.htm>

to the PS textures folder. It a jpeg. Now I dont know how or where it could be used in PS. It seems like the terms textures and patterns are used interchangably in PS….I dont get it.
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Zina_Saunders
Jul 18, 2004
Re-save the jpegs as psds. You can then load them in Texturizer.
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Zina_Saunders
Jul 18, 2004
Or if you want to save it as a pattern, under the Edit menu, Define Pattern. Then, when you go to use the Pattern tool, it will be available along the tool option bar, in the drop down menu.
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Ann_Shelbourne
Jul 18, 2004
In my Presets folder I have a folder called "Patterns". Inside that, there are a collection of the default Photoshop patterns as well as my saved patterns and these file-names all end in .pat.

The Patterns folder also contains another folder called "Adobe ImageReady Only" and contains a collection of patterns in Photoshop format (file names have the suffix .psd).

In the Presets folder, there is another folder called "Textures". It also contains a collection of patterns in Photoshop format.

You can use any of the .psd files to load a texture into Photoshop’s Texturizer filter;
[I have no idea why the ImageReady Only folder is necessary because any .psd texture file appears to work in both ImageReady and in Photoshop.]

You can use any of the .pat files to Fill a selection in Photoshop, to make custom brushes, or in Layer Effects; and the patterns are also displayed in pop-up palettes in the options bar for the Paint Bucket, Pattern Stamp, Healing Brush, and Patch tools.

As far as Dan’s Zoorender.jpg is concerned:
Open the JPEG in Photoshop; Save As a .psd in Presets/Textures and it will then be available to you in Texturizer etc..

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