"Active" offset/tile in PS?

sltrOlsson · Mar 2011

We have all thought it, why haven't any one done it? Or have i missed something like this? Is it inpossible?

You know the "offset canvas" toggle in Zbrush. You push ~/§, or as for me since i'm Scandinavian - ö, to offset the canvas very easily. Wouldn't that be frekki'n awesome to have in PS?

Mark Dygert · Mar 2011

Yep and people have been crying for it for years, almost decades... and still they push through crappy bloatware features like flash style point based animation system and 3D painting that blows ass and doesn't work.

Zipfinator · Mar 2011

Filter > Other > Offset? I think I'm missing something here.

Mark Dygert · Mar 2011

Last time I checked it was not interactive. Paint on the left edge and it wraps around and paints on the right side. So many other crappy 2D apps have this but they've never put it in... why adobe why!?

Runner · Mar 2011

I have sent them emails about this...maybe we should start a petition! =P

sltrOlsson · Mar 2011

Yeah, it really feels like such a "simple" thing. As you said Mark, if you compared it with stuff the put in there instead..

Wouldn't this be something possible to script in PS?

equil · Mar 2011

Mark Dygert wrote: »

Last time I checked it was not interactive. Paint on the left edge and it wraps around and paints on the right side. So many other crappy 2D apps have this but they've never put it in... why adobe why!?

i'd be really interested in hearing what painting apps have this. It's definitely one of the features I miss the most when working on textures in ps.

sltrOlsson · Mar 2011

With mudbox new PS alike texturing mode you can actually paint textures that tiles on the fly. But it's not the same.

Runner · Mar 2011

Huum..What if we gathered a good amount of users and sent them each one of us an email with that feature request?

Maybe they wont ignore that.

Zipfinator · Mar 2011

Mark Dygert wrote: »

Last time I checked it was not interactive. Paint on the left edge and it wraps around and paints on the right side. So many other crappy 2D apps have this but they've never put it in... why adobe why!?

Ah yeah. It's not interactive. That would be nice although I think I'd still use the static offset most of the time so I'd be able to see the area it's tiling in more clearly. It would definitely have some nice uses though.

m4dcow · Mar 2011

I altered this script to not ask for input, one version offsets vertical the other horizontal, both by half the canvas width so you can return to the original position easily. It's not the most elegant solution, but works on multiple visible layers which is useful.

"Active" offset/tile in PS?

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