8. How to use
8.1 Quick start guide
Launch Repeating Motif Generator, and you can see a document window. Click 'New Motif' button to create a new repeating motif.
The new motif has appeared in the repeating motif store. That has gray circle look and selected. And there is an image that is filled with the gray circle. 'Randimize' button and 'Export' button in the toolbar are enabled.
An image filled with gray circle is a realization of repeating motif that has default value, but that is not interesting. So let's change parameters. Click 'Randomize' button in the toolbar.
Is there no change ? No, the parameters has chenged already. See the 'Update Image' button. The button has enabled. Click the button or hit return key.
Then an image has displayed that is generated with randomized parameters. Click 'Randomize' button and 'Update Image' button or hit command+R and return key instead until you feel fine.
Don't panic if your favorite motif has disappeared by wrong click. Repeating Motif Generator supports undo and redo. Hit command+Z and click 'Update Image' button.
Save your document that contains your favorite repeating motif. Do 'Save' command in 'File' menu. Save panel will appear from document window as sheet.
You saved the combination of parameters now. Repeating Motif Generator can read the file, but other application can't read it. If you want to use repeating motif with other application, you should save repeating motif as image file. Then click 'Export' button in toolbar or do menu command 'export image' in 'File' menu.
Save panel will also appear from document window as sheet, but you can select file format by radio button.
You can specify the size of image using 'Image Width' text field and 'Image Height' text field in toolbar. Enter number and hit return key, then an image will be generated with specfied size. You should export image after the image is generated.
You can also save a fragment image that construct the repeating motif. Click 'Fragment Image' in the segmented control.
The fragment image will appear in the window. The size of the fragment image is shown below the segmented control. The parameters of repeating motif determine the size of fragment image.
If you want to export the fragment image, click 'Export' button now.
You can make more complex repeating motif by using multi layer. So let's make new repeating motif. Click 'Repeating Motif' in segmented control, and click 'New Motif' button.
Use repeating motif parameter editor to add new layer. Click 'Editor' button in the toolbar. The drawer will appear at the right side of the document window.
Click 'New Layer' button to add a new layer, and click 'Editor' button in the toolbar to close the drawer.
Click 'Randomize' button and 'Update Image' button or hit command+R and return key instead until you feel fine. An image that has two overlapped repeating motif will be generated. An image below is a sample image.
An explanation to generate repeating motif with randomize feature is over.