Pattern modification

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John Deas
Oct 5, 2007
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Hi,

I would like to use photoshop to edit a texture I am making which includes several components: a diffuse map and a normal map. I created two 512×512 tileable textures (diffuse and normal) in another software (MapZone), and tiled it in two different layers in a 5120×5120 photoshop document. The problem is that the repetition of the 512×512 pattern is immediately noticeable, and I would like to randomize a little this.

My question is, how can I copy/displace the same zones of two different layers ?

This way the normal map would continue to correspond to the good elements of the diffuse map, even if some disorder has been added manually.

Thank you for your help !

J.D.
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John Deas
Oct 5, 2007
On Oct 5, 10:09 am, John Deas wrote:
Hi,

I would like to use photoshop to edit a texture I am making which includes several components: a diffuse map and a normal map. I created two 512×512 tileable textures (diffuse and normal) in another software (MapZone), and tiled it in two different layers in a 5120×5120 photoshop document. The problem is that the repetition of the 512×512 pattern is immediately noticeable, and I would like to randomize a little this.

My question is, how can I copy/displace the same zones of two different layers ?

This way the normal map would continue to correspond to the good elements of the diffuse map, even if some disorder has been added manually.

Thank you for your help !

J.D.

I should mention I am using photoshop CS3
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ronviers
Oct 5, 2007
On Oct 5, 3:15 am, John Deas wrote:
On Oct 5, 10:09 am, John Deas wrote:

Hi,

I would like to use photoshop to edit a texture I am making which includes several components: a diffuse map and a normal map. I created two 512×512 tileable textures (diffuse and normal) in another software (MapZone), and tiled it in two different layers in a 5120×5120 photoshop document. The problem is that the repetition of the 512×512 pattern is immediately noticeable, and I would like to randomize a little this.

My question is, how can I copy/displace the same zones of two different layers ?

This way the normal map would continue to correspond to the good elements of the diffuse map, even if some disorder has been added manually.

Thank you for your help !

J.D.

I should mention I am using photoshop CS3

Hi J.D.
Does Mapzone have a randomize parameters option that will allow you to generate a texture that might be easier to work with? Some patterns work well with the healing/patch tools used in conjunction with the offset filter but due to the various surface maps you are working with I don’t think that will help.
I find that macro patterns are difficult to predict when working with tileable textures.

Good luck,
Ron
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Tacit
Oct 5, 2007
In article ,
John Deas wrote:

My question is, how can I copy/displace the same zones of two different layers ?

Make a 512×512 selection.

Use the Offset filter in one layer, then immediately apply the same Offset filter in the other layer.

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John Deas
Oct 6, 2007
On Oct 5, 5:21 pm, tacit wrote:
In article ,
John Deas wrote:

My question is, how can I copy/displace the same zones of two different layers ?

Make a 512×512 selection.

Use the Offset filter in one layer, then immediately apply the same Offset filter in the other layer.

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I would have to do this manipulation several time, and the result is not what I expected. What I would like to do, ideally, would be to have ‘filter/pattern maker’ randomize my 5120×5120 diffuse map and then aply the exact same transformation to the normal map. However, each time I apply the pattern maker it displaces thing randomly so I can not reproduce patterns.
Is there any way to achieve this ?
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granny
Oct 6, 2007
"John Deas" wrote in message

I would have to do this manipulation several time, and the result is not what I expected. What I would like to do, ideally, would be to have ‘filter/pattern maker’ randomize my 5120×5120 diffuse map and then aply the exact same transformation to the normal map. Is there any way to achieve this ?
open your Window> History pallet.. down or up to the Pattern Maker you want to use (if you just used it then it should already be selected in blue)..Right click on it.. select "New Document" at the bottom of the fly out..

The new document should automatically be named "Pattern Maker"… you can now drag it onto the original file and it will become a new layer just as the original filter did

name it and save it if you want
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granny
Oct 6, 2007
OOPS.. forgot to add… If you go to anywhere else in the history other than the last item… REMEMBER that after you make your new document, return to the original image history and select the LAST Item on it to continue where you left off in the original image

OR.. if you just created the pattern then simply go to the bottom of the History Pallet and click the Icon on the left "Create New Document From Current State"
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