Create or use patterns

The Patterns Palette provides support for the design and use of repeating image patterns as a fill for any shape. The patterns may also be used as colors in EazyDraw and other macOS applications. They are created ane edited with the pattern inspection view, which allows precise examination or specification of each pixel of the pattern image.

The Patterns Palette is shown lower right in the screen shot. It is a resizable palette, a large size provides room to design a pattern.

Support for transparency and overlay

Manage transparency in your patterns. Full or partially transparent pixels capability. Then use the great overlay feature to allow color or gradients to accent and create great effects.

Wide Gamut P3 and sRGB Colors

EazyDraw 9 has significantly improved tiling patterns. The toolbar convenience palettes have been upgraded to wide gamut (P3 or sRGB as appropriate for the main screen) colors.

The pattern editing palette supports wide gamut color spaces. Create and edit patterns pixel by pixel with accurate P3 or sRGB colors. The result tiling pattern image is fully color managed for both display and export.

Many Patterns included

EazyDraw ships with a library of several hundred patterns. The library includes the default patterns that were provided with several classic Mac drawing applications such as MacDrawII, MacDrawPro and ClarisDraw.

Use Any Image as a Pattern

Drag and drop any image on the pattern design area of the Pattern Palette. This is the array of small rectangles seen on the palette with the title Patterns shown in the above screen shot. The image then becomes a texture that can be used as a color fill for any graphic that you draw with EazyDraw.

"Roll" Your Own

The painting tools seen on the Pattern palette are used to design your own pattern. Use the high definition colors and transparency, or just a simple black and white cross hatch - what ever is needed for your project.

Recover Your Classic Patterns

If you created custom patterns with a Mac Draw or Claris Draw classic application, you may recover these for use on macOS. Simply import a drawing that contains your legacy patterns, check the Install box checkbox on the import panel, and the patters are formatted and saved in your Colors folder as a .clr color list file. This will make them available for use with any color picker that you have installed on macOS.

Vector Hatches Also Available

Vector Hatches are similar to Patterns, both technologies fill a graphic interior with a tiled, repeated graphic. Patterns use rectangular bitmap images, vector patterns use repeating lines that may be dashed. With EazyDraw you can select the best technology for your project.