For users of earlier versions of Illustrator Artlandia provides the previous version of the plug-in, SymmetryWorks 5. SymmetryWorks 6 requires Illustrator CS6 or the latest Creative Cloud version, Illustrator CC. The plug-in offers both live color inversion and readily customizable harmonic color schemes. Replicas (live copies), multi-replicas, and layouts that let the user automatically generate new classes of patternsĪdditionally, SymmetryWorks 6 makes it easy to create all the 46 mathematically possible counterchange symmetries as well as customize color reversals in repeated cells and tiles and introduce instant color reversals within the main repeated unit itself.Retention of active components, such as brushes, symbols, blends, compound shapes, effects, nested patterns, and others (which Illustrator expands, preventing live edits in subsequent sessions).
Although this technique has been employed by designers through millennia, it has only now become available in the off-the-shelf software.Īrtlandia SymmetryWorks pioneered the creation of live, interactive patterns in its first release in 2001 and over the years has matured into the most versatile pattern design tool in the arsenal of surface, industrial, textile, apparel, fashion, and greeting card designers as well as illustrators, sculptors, artists, crafters, and creatives in other industries.Īs compared to Illustrator's own pattern maker, SymmetryWorks provides a number of essential additions that include: The new version automatically produces balanced, pleasing to the eye counterchange patterns by combining symmetry operations with color reversals. CHAMPAIGN, IL - Artlandia, Inc., developer of pattern design software, has released Artlandia SymmetryWorks 6, a major new version of its popular Adobe Illustrator plug-in for professional pattern design.
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