how to use tile brush?
dex3703
and can't get it to work. Setting the tile mode to 'tile' just places the
image brush in the center of an object.
Brennon Williams
When you have got everything in place with the brush, select the
BrushTransform tool from the toolbox and have a fiddle with it. You should
see your tiles then.
Let me know if this doesnt work for you and I will go through it step by step.
Cheers
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dex3703
Thanks for the tip. I see now that the brush transform tool lets me pan the
pattern inside a shape it's applied to. However it still isn't behaving the
way I expect--the pattern sits in the middle of the shape and the tiles fall
outside the visible area (thus scrolling 'inside' the shape with the Brush
xform tool reveals them). I have fiddled with the tile brush options but
can't get the pattern to tile the way I'd expect, like in Photoshop.
My repro:
- create a 48x48 .png with the tile pattern in Photoshop. This is a 2x2
crosshatch pattern (alternating grey pixel x white pixel).
- bring the .png into Blend.
- put the pattern on the artboard, then select Tools > Make Brush Resource,
and select Image brush. I give it the scope of the entire application.
- Draw a rectangle on the artboard.
- Set its fill to the image brush resource I just made.
- The image brush sits in the center of the rectangle. I can make it stretch
to fit (thus distorting/blurring it), but can't make it repeat itself as
tiles at its given resolution.
I am sure I am missing something obvious but I can't figure it out. :)
Thanks,
Derek
Mal
I had the same issue and found Brennon's actually correct. If you use the
Brush Transform tool and resize the brush (so it's the same width as your
fill image), it will then repeat the resized brush in the fill of the entire
rectangle.
So in your example, with the Brush Transform tool, grab the handle in the
middle right-hand side of the bounding rectangle (of the brush, not the
rectangle being filled), then drag it to the left until it's the appropriate
size (probably 48px wide for you).
You might not notice it initially, but it will actually be repeating the
"shrunk" brush within your rectangle.
I hope this is clear... if not, let me know and I'll throw together a quick
doc on it.
Cheers
Mal.
m8.
m8.
having the same issue here and cannot figure out what I am doing wrong to get
an image to tile as a background inside a rectangle.
Thanks.
Samuel Garratt
> On Thursday, November 01, 2007 5:49 PM dex370 wrote:
> Does the tile brush work? I am following the instructions in an earlier post
> and cannot get it to work. Setting the tile mode to 'tile' just places the
> image brush in the center of an object.
>> On Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:07 PM BrennonWilliam wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> When you have got everything in place with the brush, select the
>> BrushTransform tool from the toolbox and have a fiddle with it. You should
>> see your tiles then.
>>
>> Let me know if this doesnt work for you and I will go through it step by step.
>>
>> Cheers
>> --
>> Want to learn how to use Blend and visual studio?
>>
>> http://www.learnexpressionstudio.com
>> http://www.expressionblend.com
>> http://www.x-coders.com
>>
>>
>> "dex3703" wrote:
>>> On Friday, November 02, 2007 12:02 PM dex370 wrote:
>>> Hi Brennon,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the tip. I see now that the brush transform tool lets me pan the
>>> pattern inside a shape it's applied to. However it still isn't behaving the
>>> way I expect--the pattern sits in the middle of the shape and the tiles fall
>>> outside the visible area (thus scrolling 'inside' the shape with the Brush
>>> xform tool reveals them). I have fiddled with the tile brush options but
>>> can't get the pattern to tile the way I'd expect, like in Photoshop.
>>>
>>> My repro:
>>> - create a 48x48 .png with the tile pattern in Photoshop. This is a 2x2
>>> crosshatch pattern (alternating grey pixel x white pixel).
>>> - bring the .png into Blend.
>>> - put the pattern on the artboard, then select Tools > Make Brush Resource,
>>> and select Image brush. I give it the scope of the entire application.
>>> - Draw a rectangle on the artboard.
>>> - Set its fill to the image brush resource I just made.
>>> - The image brush sits in the center of the rectangle. I can make it stretch
>>> to fit (thus distorting/blurring it), but can't make it repeat itself as
>>> tiles at its given resolution.
>>>
>>> I am sure I am missing something obvious but I can't figure it out. :)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Derek
>>>
>>> "Brennon Williams" wrote:
>>>> On Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:57 PM Ma wrote:
>>>> Hi dex,
>>>>
>>>> I had the same issue and found Brennon's actually correct. If you use the
>>>> Brush Transform tool and resize the brush (so it's the same width as your
>>>> fill image), it will then repeat the resized brush in the fill of the entire
>>>> rectangle.
>>>>
>>>> So in your example, with the Brush Transform tool, grab the handle in the
>>>> middle right-hand side of the bounding rectangle (of the brush, not the
>>>> rectangle being filled), then drag it to the left until it's the appropriate
>>>> size (probably 48px wide for you).
>>>>
>>>> You might not notice it initially, but it will actually be repeating the
>>>> "shrunk" brush within your rectangle.
>>>>
>>>> I hope this is clear... if not, let me know and I'll throw together a quick
>>>> doc on it.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Mal.
>>>>
>>>> "dex3703" wrote:
>>>>> On Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:08 PM m wrote:
>>>>> "Mal" wrote:
>>>>>> On Friday, December 21, 2007 4:44 PM m wrote:
>>>>>> I'd like to see some more detailed steps with screenshots if possible. I am
>>>>>> having the same issue here and cannot figure out what I am doing wrong to get
>>>>>> an image to tile as a background inside a rectangle.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Mal" wrote:
>>>>>> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
>>>>>> Silverlight Binary Serialization and Compression with WCF Services
>>>>>> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/96487d4c-d92f-4ca5-85b7-0fef6f42d6c3/silverlight-binary-serialization-and-compression-with-wcf-services.aspx
Samuel Garratt
> On Thursday, November 01, 2007 5:49 PM dex370 wrote:
> Does the tile brush work? I am following the instructions in an earlier post
> and cannot get it to work. Setting the tile mode to 'tile' just places the
> image brush in the center of an object.
>> On Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:07 PM BrennonWilliam wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> When you have got everything in place with the brush, select the
>> BrushTransform tool from the toolbox and have a fiddle with it. You should
>> see your tiles then.
>>
>> Let me know if this doesnt work for you and I will go through it step by step.
>>
>> Cheers
>> --
>> Want to learn how to use Blend and visual studio?
>>
>> http://www.learnexpressionstudio.com
>> http://www.expressionblend.com
>> http://www.x-coders.com
>>
>>
>> "dex3703" wrote:
>>> On Friday, November 02, 2007 12:02 PM dex370 wrote:
>>> Hi Brennon,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the tip. I see now that the brush transform tool lets me pan the
>>> pattern inside a shape it's applied to. However it still isn't behaving the
>>> way I expect--the pattern sits in the middle of the shape and the tiles fall
>>> outside the visible area (thus scrolling 'inside' the shape with the Brush
>>> xform tool reveals them). I have fiddled with the tile brush options but
>>> can't get the pattern to tile the way I'd expect, like in Photoshop.
>>>
>>> My repro:
>>> - create a 48x48 .png with the tile pattern in Photoshop. This is a 2x2
>>> crosshatch pattern (alternating grey pixel x white pixel).
>>> - bring the .png into Blend.
>>> - put the pattern on the artboard, then select Tools > Make Brush Resource,
>>> and select Image brush. I give it the scope of the entire application.
>>> - Draw a rectangle on the artboard.
>>> - Set its fill to the image brush resource I just made.
>>> - The image brush sits in the center of the rectangle. I can make it stretch
>>> to fit (thus distorting/blurring it), but can't make it repeat itself as
>>> tiles at its given resolution.
>>>
>>> I am sure I am missing something obvious but I can't figure it out. :)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Derek
>>>
>>> "Brennon Williams" wrote:
>>>> On Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:57 PM Ma wrote:
>>>> Hi dex,
>>>>
>>>> I had the same issue and found Brennon's actually correct. If you use the
>>>> Brush Transform tool and resize the brush (so it's the same width as your
>>>> fill image), it will then repeat the resized brush in the fill of the entire
>>>> rectangle.
>>>>
>>>> So in your example, with the Brush Transform tool, grab the handle in the
>>>> middle right-hand side of the bounding rectangle (of the brush, not the
>>>> rectangle being filled), then drag it to the left until it's the appropriate
>>>> size (probably 48px wide for you).
>>>>
>>>> You might not notice it initially, but it will actually be repeating the
>>>> "shrunk" brush within your rectangle.
>>>>
>>>> I hope this is clear... if not, let me know and I'll throw together a quick
>>>> doc on it.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Mal.
>>>>
>>>> "dex3703" wrote:
>>>>> On Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:08 PM m wrote:
>>>>> "Mal" wrote:
>>>>>> On Friday, December 21, 2007 4:44 PM m wrote:
>>>>>> I'd like to see some more detailed steps with screenshots if possible. I am
>>>>>> having the same issue here and cannot figure out what I am doing wrong to get
>>>>>> an image to tile as a background inside a rectangle.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Mal" wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, September 21, 2010 8:50 AM Samuel Garratt wrote:
>>>>>>> I had the same problem. I could stretch the image but not tile it. Changing TileMode from 'None' to 'Tile' fixed the problem for me.
>>>>>>> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
>>>>>>> Autocorrelation method in C# for signal analysis
>>>>>>> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/d39ee525-a402-46cf-9989-72b7256f76b1/autocorrelation-method-in-c-for-signal-analysis.aspx