Maxwell Render

Is there a paint program that wraps off-canvas strokes horizontally and vertically so that as soon as I finish painting I have a repeating tile? No further seam-hiding required?

Painter does this when you define a pattern.

Best,
Jason.

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My Tutorial Video Series: Maxwell Render 2 - SketchUp to Maxwell Workflow - ZBrush 4 - Corel Painter 12 Advanced - Substance Designer 2.1

There's strangely only very few programs which create Live-editable seamless Patterns although such should be trivial to program.
An odd Firm called Mediachance has two (old and not very appealing)Programs which however have this Feature.
Pattern-Studio and (I believe) also Photobrush.

You can do this in Photoshop if you have the extended version of either CS4 or 5. In the 3D menu there is an option to convert to '3D tiled painting' or something to that effect.

It's a bit clunky but it does make it possible.

If I'm not mistaken you can do that in Zbrush too.

/b

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thanks

Turns out Maya Paint FX does it when you hit 8 and make the canvas wrap in X and Y

http://www.digitalartform.com/archives/ ... _fx_w.html

I normally just Photoshop and avoid the edges, then filter>other>offset... a bit awkward but it works ok...
other than that, filter forge does amazing seamless tiling as its a generative program, you can modify images to make seamless tiles of non geometric forms... as the program is generative it works amazingly with any 'chaotic' textures...
I played around with a Martensitic steel structure and got incredible results, try the demo.. I recommend to everyone

Substance Designer 3.1 will allow for this -- with the new seamless bitmap paint and rubber stamp toolset.

http://www.allegorithmic.com/products/substance-designer-3

Best,
Jason.

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My Tutorial Video Series: Maxwell Render 2 - SketchUp to Maxwell Workflow - ZBrush 4 - Corel Painter 12 Advanced - Substance Designer 2.1