how to use pattern preview in Adobe Illustrator

Free pattern preview tutorial!

If you are a surface pattern designer who uses Adobe Illustrator to create patterns, I think you will love this tool! It is called pattern preview and it makes creating patterns and visualising how to pattern will look really easy!

There are a few drawbacks to using this tool and I do recommend you learn how to create a repeat pattern manually so that you can trouble shoot any issues you may encounter.

This tutorial does require some experience with Adobe Illustrator
In this free tutorial I will go over

·         how to set up your motifs

·         how to access pattern preview

·         how to choose different layouts

·         how to move motifs within the repeat

·         how to change your tile size

·         how to change the pattern tile size

·         how to dim copies and change the number of repeats showing

I aim to give you some of the basics so that you can try Adobe Illustrators pattern preview tool and have a go with your own motifs and work out the best way to use this for your work flow.