Explore the new Artlandia SymmetryShop 3, a Photoshop compatible plug-in that helps creating create professional repeating patterns. These patterns can be used for textile design, certificate design, op art, etc.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
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SymmetryShop has been one of our favorite Photoshop plug-ins. It's a one-trick pony, but it performs this trick so well with infinite possibilities. With its vast repertoire, it almost ends up being a whole application rather than just another Photoshop plug-in. So, when the folks at Artlandia announced a new version of SymmetryShop, we were only too happy to explore how they made it even better. So how does the new Artlandia SymmetryShop 3 fare? Read on...
SymmetryShop 3 is from Artlandia, a company based in Illinois, USA that creates graphic design software to create patterns. They also sell the patterns. Other than SymmetryShop 3, Artlandia's other product is SymmetryWorks, a similar add-in for Adobe Illustrator. You can learn more about Artlandia at their site.
SymmetryShop 3 is an Adobe Photoshop CS4 compatible plug-in that also works with older versions of Photoshop. Using SymmetryShop 3, you can create professional repeating patterns that can be used for textile design, certificate design, op art, etc.
Within Photoshop, you first select a part of an image/shape, and then SymmetryShop does the rest. Patterns created remain editable forever, and you can make changes to your source image/shape, and rebuild the patterns with same or different parameters.
SymmetryShop 3 is the new version of the same plug-in that we have reviewed in the past. The updated version has several very interesting and appealing new features.
The new features in SymmetryShop 3 are explained below. If this sounds too technical, feel free to skip these and go ahead to the How To Use section.
Here's how you create symmetrical patterns using SymmetryShop:
Figure 6 shows a custom shape and the sample pattern created from a shape using SymmetryShop 3 in Adobe Photoshop CS4.
Figure 6: A shape and a pattern
The figures below show some more patterns created with SymmetryShop 3:
Photoshop Versions: | Photoshop 7 through CS4 |
Platforms: | Windows, Mac |
Site: | Artlandia |
Price: | $341.00 (CD-ROM with printed user guide) $315.00 (download only) |
Trial Version: | Available |
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