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To create a seamless pattern from a pattern tile
1 Choose Window Media Control Panels Patterns.
2 Click the Pattern selector, and click the pattern whose tile you want to fix from the
Pattern library panel.
3 Click the Pattern options button , and choose Check Out Pattern.
The pattern tile appears in a document window.
4 Use any color brush to paint out the edge lines, or use a brush with a Wa te r or
Drip method to smear across the lines.
5 Click the Pattern options button , and choose Capture Pattern.
6 In the Capture Pattern dialog box, type a name in the Name box.
To preserve detailed images, set the Straight Cloner brush to clone from
somewhere inside the image. For more information, see “Painting in the clone”
on page 159.
You can also copy a selection to a layer and move it over the edge. To produce
clean transitions, feather the layer, and reduce opacity. Drop the layer when
you’re satisfied with the result. For more information, see “Layers” on
page 479.
To create a seamless pattern from a pattern fill
1 Open a new blank document.
2 Choose Window Media Control Panels Patterns.
3 In the Patterns panel, click the Pattern selector, and click the pattern whose seams
you want to modify in the Pattern library panel.
4 Click the Canvas in the Layers panel.
5 Choose the Paint Bucket tool from the toolbox, and click the canvas.
6 In the Patterns panel, click the Pattern options button , and choose Define
Pattern.
7 In the toolbox, click the Grabber tool .
8 Hold down the Shift key and drag inside the image to display where the tile’s
horizontal and vertical edges meet.
9 Do any of the following:
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