How to fix the white line in your repeating pattern

Are you a surface pattern designer struggling with the dreaded white line in adobe illustrator when exporting your patterns?

This is a real sticking point for new designers but luckily with a bit of know how it’s a fairly easy fix!

In this free tutorial I will show you

·         how to save/export a repeating tile from your pattern

·         how to make sure you keep a ‘good copy’ in the swatches panel

·         how to test your pattern

·         how to fix the white line

This is a basic tutorial but I do assume you have a pattern created ready to export. If you haven’t created a pattern yet you may be able to follow this tutorial here  - Adobe Illustrator Pattern Preview Tool.

adobe illustrator for new surface pattern designers

I would love to know of you find this tutorial helpful and what other topics you would like me to cover in upcoming free tutorials.

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