Redcap is making patterns?

I'm not even sure what a pattern is. Here is a filter I worked on recently that I thought *may* be a pattern but I don't know. What do you think is it a pattern? I guess it’s the blind leading the blind here but I have been thinking about patterns too.

Here is the tentative description:

This filter allows an image to be modified using eight glass tiles. There are two modes; a select mode and an apply mode. The select mode is used to quickly select a pattern and the amount of curviness. The filter is then placed in the apply mode for so the tiles can be rendered. There are fifteen patterns to choose from and each pattern can be configured for more or less curviness.


Glass Columns.ffxml

Thanks Redcap. After doing some looking around I don't think what I have would be considered a pattern. It appears that a defining characteristic of a pattern it that it *not* use the external image. I think what I have, even though it is a pattern generator, would fall into the category of distortions. It seems to always go back to that; external image, no external image.

there is a patterns category in the texture section and in the effects section. no reason a pattern cant have an image component.

It's repetitive so it's a pattern to me

well, i'd call it a pattern.