GIMP Version: 2.8.14
Operating System: Linux
GIMP Experience: Intermediate Level

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I've got a ton of gradients and brushes but very few patterns. When I looked in the .gimp-2.8 folder in the Patterns folder there were none. Where can I get a bunch of patterns? Thanks.

Check the Resourses Forum. You will find gradients and pattern's there.

You will not find any patterns preinstalled in ~./gimp/2.8/patterns that folder is for your patterns.

The ones you see are the .pat files that come with Gimp, look in /usr/share/gimp/2.0/patterns

They do not have to be in .pat format, you can use png or jpeg images as patterns.

Background (no pun intended) on Gimp resources here: http://libregraphicsworld.org/articles. ... icle_id=30

Pattern images can be referred to as tiles, and and you might see a join between the tiles, intentional or not. Others are referred to as seamless, where a small tile will fill a large area. The standard Gimp patterns are small 'seamless' tiles.

Some more examples of this here: http://www.texturemate.com/category/ima ... es/digital and if you look down the left side there is a section seamless.

The others on that site are described as textures. These do not tile seamlessly but are usually large enough to fill a reasonable size canvas.

Some more locations, mainly textures,
http://mayang.com/textures/
http://textures.forrest.cz/
and some nice patterns for borders. http://www.craftsmanspace.com/free-patt ... terns.html these are vectors (svg) that can be imported into Gimp.

Otherwise trawl through the forum resources section also search through http://www.deviantart.com/

Most of the newer builds of gimp will save your clipboard to a pattern. I know Windows does. Maybe Linux does also?
If you see any that you like just download them and save as then do the rest with your gimp.

Thanks Pat

So is that sort of a general idea: the folders in my Home folder I can add stuff to? The folders in my File System I should leave alone?

So I could put pngs and jpegs into my gimp.2.8 folder (In the Home folder, that is.)?


Thanks for all the links! (That'll keep me busy for a while!) But how am I going to get patterns from Deviant Art? (People are so keen on that site. I've got an account there but can hardly navigate the site.)

Thanks sallyanne but not sure what you mean.

@Iggy In edit > paste as > new pattern. Will also give you an option to name it then.
Thanks Wallace for already answering it.

Thanks very much Wallace and Sallyanne. Let me just clarify a little more. So if I'm out looking around, say at textures, and if I think something would make a good pattern on GIMP I can copy the texture (like a portion of it, if so, what size?) to my Clipboard and then add that texture (and name it) as one of my patterns?

Worth a look: 11. Patterns, 3.3. Patterns Dialog, 13.10. Diffraction Patterns.

Very cool, Odinbc. Thank you.

Thanks sallyanne. That is very cool. (And easy.)

Thanks Wallace. Great explanation. And I did it. One last question. Is there an ideal size to save as a pattern? I know I can select whatever area I want and I think you had 208X208 so would that be the ideal size?