Pattern component minimum repeats inconsistent!

No clue why this is so, but this bugs the hell out of me when trying to unify repeat values (i.e. relative sizes) in filters that use all of the below pattern components:

Why does the minimum repeat of 1 on the Pavement component look inconsistent with those of bricks and tiles? I'd expect it to give an output just like the icon on the component bar!

IMHO one could easily cut the Pavement components current hardcoded minimum repeat value in half and still keep the bricks that make up the patterns in a unified size relationship.

See the commented filter attached below...


Pavement Mimimum Repeat Revisited.ffxml

i'd post a popcorn smilie, but dont have one

well, quite honestly, i've had questions about the differences in those components, also. i see little reason, for instance, in having the hue/light/sat nodes on there, when we already have a hue/sat component. i also dont see why perlin doesnt have more nodes like the others. i've also used all the noise components in a single filter and attach just one set of controls to all of them and then have a selector to swap out the different noises, but the controls dont line up one to the next exactly. most are pretty close, with perlin being the most oddball.

so, i just eat my popcorn and wait for beta2

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Vladimir Golovin wrote: Most likely, it was because the mininum repeat value / minimal tiling region are different for these kind of patterns.

I suspected it might have something to do with this, which is why I have taken a closer look at the miminal tiling regions of all the pavement bond types.

There is one bond type - the 'boxed basket weave' - that has a very large 'minimum tiling region' (which adversely affected the choice of minimal repeat for all other bonds, I presume).

However, as I have demonstrated inside the filter above, the 'boxed basket weave' is actually two similar patterns combined (or rather the same pattern, but with one copy rotated 90 degress and then combined with the original). Hence one could - by taking care of that one pattern - further reduce the minimum tilings for all the pavement component bond types and bring the overall minimum repeat closer to that of the bricks and tiles components.

ok, thanks, vlad.

in all honesty, i was mostly just making remarks to keep dilla company here till someone like you showed up and could answer intelligently. so, i was mostly just making dumb-ass comments rather than serious conversation or suggestions. so, since you're here, i'll shut up now