Patterns

The Patterns menu holds a library of motifs, from shapes and animals to sports and seasons. Each one becomes a repeating pattern that fills your whole canvas, which you can then restyle.

Browse patterns

Click Patterns in the toolbar. The menu shows each category with a few patterns.

• Click View all next to a category to see every pattern in it. More load as you scroll.
• Click Go back to return to the overview.

Search patterns

1. Type at least two letters in Search patterns.
2. Pick a suggestion, or press Enter to use the first one.
3. Click the × to clear the search and show every category again.

If you search while a category is open, only that category is searched. A word that is not in the pattern library shows No patterns found.

Add a pattern

Double-click a pattern. It is added as a new layer called Pattern at the top of your layer list and is selected straight away.

What a pattern layer is

• A pattern always covers the whole canvas and refits when you change the canvas size.
• You move it in whole tiles with X-axis and Y-axis, in Pattern properties not by dragging.
• It has no handles on the canvas. Select it from the Layers menu.

To change its color, tile size, spacing, spin, layout, and preset, see Pattern properties.