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3. Basics of PhotoLine / 3.4 The Color Editor

### 3.4.4 The Vector Pattern Subdialog

There are two types of pattern in PhotoLine:

- Image patterns that contain only a simple image
- Vector patterns that may contain any type of layer

Vector patterns also have extended settings:

The big preview has two tasks:

- It serves as a preview of the result.
- The size and position of the pattern can be changed via the green rectangle. Most of the time, however, it is better and more precisely to set these values ​​using the text fields in the lower area.

Working Mode affects both the input in the preview image and the text fields. If the proportional symbol is active, the size ratio is retained for all changes. When the center symbol is active, the center point of the pattern rectangle remains at the same position.

Mode controls the arrangement of the pattern tiles. There are the following modes:

Offset is only available for Brick Horizontal and Brick Vertical. It sets the offset of the individual tile lines or columns with respect to one another.

Position and Size determine the position of the pattern. The size can be smaller than the actual pattern content. As a result, successive pattern tiles overlap and you can create more easily repeatable patterns.

The colors of a vector pattern are displayed in a color list and can also be changed there directly. This saves you the detour via Create Document and Vector Pattern from Document (see chapter 3.3.2).

Tip: You can also use the Pattern subdialog (chapter 3.4.3) to modify the appearance of a vector pattern. There you can assign a foreground color to the vetor pattern or scale and rotate it. Furthermore, if you are editing a vector layer with the Vector Edit tool (chapter 6.4.1), you can transform patterns directly in the document window.