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The opposite day I acquired contacted by Wouter from Studio Ludens. He and his associate Alex are the creators of Repper, an online app to create patterns on the fly. He needed some suggestions on the app, and to perform a little research on how it could match into the workflow of a floor sample designer. I fell in love with the app in about 5 minutes…
I’ve finished slightly screencast so you’ll be able to see it in motion however I extremely suggest that you simply take it for a experience your self. The one downside I foresee is that it is perhaps fairly tough to cease when you begin!
Repper was born in 2008 and was left just about untouched till 2018 when Wouter and Alex determined to rebuild the app from the bottom, and the outcomes are soooo good.
Repper automates the handbook means of sample making, so you’ll be able to deal with the inventive half. It may make superior tilings which are near-impossible by hand. As one person put it: “After making an attempt to make patterns in Photoshop, Repper felt like taking off on a rocket!”.
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The app makes use of raster pictures (JPGs and PNGs) as a place to begin for the creation of latest patterns. You add your pictures and hold them in your Tasks space. From one picture you’ll be able to create infinite patterns, relying on the world of the picture you select to pick out, the dimensions of that space and the tiling fashion chosen.
There are 26 distinctive tilings to select from like Honeycomb, Zigzag, Roof Tile and Windmill. You may also apply results like Black & White, Halftone or Duotone to your sample.
Whenever you end enjoying round along with your design, you’ll be able to export your sample as a floor with a particular measure (for those who want a sample of a sure dimension, e.g. A3 for a poster background), or you’ll be able to export a repeating tile, which you should utilize to create material, wallpaper, and so forth…
You possibly can solely export your designs as PNGs or JPGs which signifies that they gained’t be infinitely scalable as with vector pictures, so think about that for those who’re planning to make use of your designs for licensing or on merchandise you’re planning to promote.
I do all my designs on Illustrator as a result of I like the flexibility of vector pictures, as I don’t ever have to fret about editability and scalability, however I do know many sample designers use Photoshop. They’ll be proper at dwelling utilizing Repper pictures.
Due to my vector obsession, I most likely might be utilizing Repper a bit in another way. It’ll be a beautiful supply of inspiration. I really like the thought of having the ability to get in there and have enjoyable creating completely different layouts in seconds. Excellent for jump-starting these days when your muse has gone on vacation! I can then export my designs and hint or recreate them in Illustrator… Ta-da!
Say goodbye to inventive block. Everyone knows these days of daunting clean pages. In contrast to Illustrator and such, we don’t go away you hanging.
Repper doesn’t require a predetermined plan: simply dive in, go uncover and discover the wonder inside.Repper
Repper is a membership-based service with 2 choices: Passion (£4.99/month) and Professional (£9.99/month). You possibly can go to their web site to see the distinction between the 2. They’ve additionally acquired a 14-day free trial, so take it for a spin if it appears like one thing you’d get pleasure from and/or discover helpful…
I’ve acquired my very own Professional account now and I’m actually loving it. I’ll must be very cautious although… earlier than I do know all of it my day might be gone!
Examine Repper out, have a very good go and let me understand how you bought on. Would like to know what you assume…
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