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Author:  Draconian [ Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:43 am ]
Post subject:  Post Your Patterns & Textures Here
We all spend a lot of time on the internet chasing down just the right pattern or texture for the particular project we are working on at the moment. Here we can post our favorite or unusual patterns and textures for everyone to share. If you have quite a few, you might want to make a jpeg with thumbnails of the contents of the zip file so others can tell what's inside. I hope everyone jumps on this cuz i could definitely uses more stuff to fill up my already bulging hard drive.

Just to start this off, here's the stone pattern I made and posted in another thread and another one where I added a "cracks" layer in multiply mode. If the "cracked stone" is too dark, just go to Colors>Levels and make it a bit lighter.

Attachments:
Stone 019.JPG
Stone 019.JPG [ 1.06 MiB | Viewed 209977 times ]
Cracked Stone.jpg
Cracked Stone.jpg [ 987.82 KiB | Viewed 209977 times ]
Author:  lylejk [ Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Post Your Patterns & Textures
How about a SSP (shameless self promotion) instead. lol

http://lylejk.deviantart.com/gallery/
Author:  Draconian [ Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Post Your Patterns & Textures
Not a bad start Lyle. Nutt'n shameless about it. Thanks for the contributions. I'll be back in about 30 minutes or so......
Author:  GnuTux [ Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Post Your Patterns & Textures
You can post the pattern images as thumbnails Image and they will resize when clicked. Beats lots of scrolling. Here are a few I found in an old backup patterns folder. I must have collected these at various locations around the web several years ago.

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Attachments:
File comment: GT's Patterns #1
gt_pattern1.pat.zip [1.35 MiB]
Downloaded 1739 times
Author:  bkh1914 [ Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Post Your Patterns & Textures
Here are two sets of patterns that I posted on deviantART last year.

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The zip files contain the png's so it's easier to view and sort the patterns.

Attachments:
Triangular.zip [710 KiB]
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Diamonds.zip [1.39 MiB]
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Author:  Draconian [ Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Post Your Patterns & Textures
GnuTux wrote:
You can post the pattern images as thumbnails Image and they will resize when clicked.


Now that I know I have this option, how exactly is this accomplished? Great pats btw, snagged 'em.

I see the insert thumbnail thingy but do I need to upload the pic first to get the link first and then enter it before I use the thumbs button? I tried to do that and .pat files are not allowed.
Author:  Oregonian [ Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:01 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Post Your Patterns & Textures
Draconian wrote:
Now that I know I have this option, how exactly is this accomplished?

I see the insert thumbnail thingy but do I need to upload the pic first to get the link first and then enter it before I use the thumbs button? I tried to do that and .pat files are not allowed.

First, you can't post .pat files as images. You CAN post them as attachments.

Click the thumbnail icon Image and paste the path to the image in the dialog if you already have the path to the image.

If you upload the images in Gimp Chat you will need to remove the image tags Image after you add an image to the post, highlight the path and click the thumbnail icon.

Clicking the thumbnail will expand it to full size.
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[thumbnail]http://www.gimpchat.com/files/53_dragon-3.png[/thumbnail]
Author:  Draconian [ Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:14 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Post Your Patterns & Textures
OK. Thumbs are for images (pics) only. I guess I'll have to convert all my pat files to images first then upload as thumbs? Placing them in all in a zip file and then "attaching" them is easy but you can't see what's in the file.
Author:  Oregonian [ Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Post Your Patterns & Textures
Yep. It's a pesky business. Gotta have regular image extensions to demo the patterns in the post.

One way you can do it is to open an image and use the grid-guides script to cut your image into regular areas with guides and use the rectangle select tool with a fixed size (mine is 100x100 and my image was cut by the guide lines into 100x100 sized areas. The rectangle tool will snap to the guides and you can moved it from one square to the next to fill it.

Get the Grid of guides script here.
http://registry.gimp.org/node/12003

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Then you can zip the regular-sized patterns and attach them.
Author:  Draconian [ Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Post Your Patterns & Textures
Thanks O. I snagged the script. Works great! Here's a few to play with. I may have some in there that are native to gimp but I couldn't remember If I alreay had them or aquired them elsewhere. After completing the arranging I realized I had a duplicate in there. I think I got them all in the attached files.

Unfortunately there are quite a few and had to make four zip files.

Attachments:
pat files2.7z [2.6 MiB]
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pat files.7z [2.45 MiB]
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Thumbs.jpg
Thumbs.jpg [ 1.1 MiB | Viewed 209835 times ]
Author:  Draconian [ Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Post Your Patterns & Textures
The rest of these are just pics I had stuffed into my generic folders for patterns, textures and backgrounds. A few of them are seemless.

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pics1.7z [4.68 MiB]
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pics2.7z [4.15 MiB]
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pics3.7z [4.83 MiB]
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Author:  Draconian [ Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Post Your Patterns & Textures
OK. One last zip file. (they're fat what can I say)

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pics4.7z [2.99 MiB]
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Author:  Rod [ Fri Oct 28, 2011 3:59 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Post Your Patterns & Textures
As soon as i get access to my Compaq again i will post all mine.These are great guys!

Thanks for sharing them all with us.
Author:  PhotoComix [ Fri Oct 28, 2011 5:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Post Your Patterns & Textures
i am flooded by my own pattern, i will not know what to chose

my last was a series of bw semitransparent pattern, (that may be combined togheter) that and more here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photocomix_mandala/sets/

expecially for the semitransparent be sure to download the images at ORIGINAL size, or you will get a rescaledand flattened jpg instead then the png with transparences

also you may like some huge ex "screentone" pattern here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photocomix ... 579083688/

This is one example (and i may have more still to be uploaded )

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big pattern2 by PhotoComix_Mandala, on Flickr

NOTE that the pattern original size is much bigger ,here i used as BG

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here combined with concentric circles

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Oppss i must still upload a serie of geometrical semitransparent pattern made of fire... will be soon on my flickr
Author:  PhotoComix [ Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Post Your Patterns & Textures
hy is almost halloween .what about something creepy

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Free Creepy Halloweeen BG and Pattern by PhotoComix_Mandala, on Flickr

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Free Creepy Halloweeen BG and Pattern by PhotoComix_Mandala, on Flickr

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Creepy Halloweeen BG and Pattern by PhotoComix_Mandala, on Flickr



MORE HERE

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photocomix ... 073027134/

a similar set http://www.flickr.com/photos/photocomix ... 041317525/
Author:  Oregonian [ Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Post Your Patterns & Textures
Great stock texture site and you don't have to join to get them.

http://www.textureking.com/
Author:  molly [ Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:45 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Post Your Patterns & Textures
thanks "O" grabbed a couple

nice stuff PC, grabbed your top one. It is so nice and shiny.

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Author:  PhotoComix [ Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Post Your Patterns & Textures
that is beautiful Molly !

i did a lot of patterns yesterday ...quite big (1000x1000) but good to texture spheres
i must yet upload ...i resize one ..ok

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Author:  PhotoComix [ Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:41 pm ]
Post subject:  I should do something to promote my pattern..
EDIT:
1/1/2012
OOPPSS i forgot to upload the pattern ...till yesterday
now you may found on http://photocomix2.deviantart.com/gallery/

I reopen a account on deviantart today i grouped 8 sets and a cover for 4,

many are on my account on flickr but there is needed download 1 by 1...not too practical

well too tired to upload on DA write comment ect but i like present here the future covers

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Author:  cecilia [ Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: I should do something to promote my pattern..
I'm completely jealous :lol
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