March 20th, 2000

[6:00 AM] Paint With Tapestry On Your Mac by Staff Sapphire Innovations announced a new collection of patterns for Painter, Painter Classic and Painter 3D. The company has released two volumes of patterns with a combined total of 1,800 patterns. According to Sapphire Innovations: The first volume includes 1000 patterns; the second volume, 800. These patterns are royalty-free. They can be used as basic pattern fills either for the entire image, in floaters, or in selections. Or they can be used as clone effects. Or as textures, screens, selections, tiles, and more. They can be used as a grain for brush strokes. Or used as a source in pattern effects and really come into their own with brush strokes based on the new rendered and projected brushes in version 6. These patterns are an incredible new brush and texture resource. Both sets cost US$24.95. More information and demos are available on Sapphire Innovations' Web site. Sapphire Innovations