TOKYO (Tom Bluewater) – I thought we were going to have a rainy day. I guess the Weather widget that comes with the System is not that reliable. And it has turned out to be a very beautiful November day, which is what we need before we enter a long, cold winter.

Anyway, I submitted a new desktop application to Mac App Store several minutes ago. There is no child app for iOS this time. It’s purely a desktop-only release. This new release is called Super Patterns 2.

Super Patterns 2 is a desktop application that lets you create a pattern with shapes, images, rich text strings. It is an updated version of a desktop application called MiPatterns. Create a pattern, which can be saved as an image file to your disk.  

Tom Bluewater

Tom Bluewater

What’s new?

1. The user can apply a stroke color to a shape they select.
2. The user can now edit an existing pattern layer.
3. The user can create a pattern with rich text strings.
4. Make the selected layer of a pattern visible or invisible with a click of a checkbox button.

Features

1. Create a pattern with a bezier path shape of your selection.
2. Create a pattern with an image of your selection. (In-app purchase required)
3. Create a pattern with rich text strings. (In-app purchase required)
4. Save current progress as a document file (.sp2). Drag and drop a saved document file directly onto the canvas to reconstruct progress.
5. Select a pattern in the list and click on the Edit tab button to edit the corresponding pattern.
6. Make the selected layer of a pattern visible or invisible with a click of a checkbox button.
7. Show the entire picture of the canvas in Mini View.
8. The user has options of showing or not showing (horizontal and vertical) rulers around the canvas.
9. Share the entire document as a single image with a third-party application or send it to another computer through AirDrop.
10. The application supports the fullScreen mode.
11. The application supports a retina display.
12. Languages: English only.
13. Application file size: 45.7 MB. (Version 2.1.0)
14. The application comes with a built-in 19-page user guide. (Version 2.1.0) Click on the button that says ‘How to use Super Patterns 2’ in the Home screen.

System requirements

1. 10.12 (tested with 10.12.6), 10.13 (not tested), 10.14 (tested with 10.14.0)
2. 64-bit system

Limitations

1. The application comes with one shape made by a bezier path. Access to additional 17 shapes (Package 1) requires a one-time in-app purchase.
2. If you have a retina display and want to save the current document sheet as an image, you must select JPEG, PNG or TIFF as an export format.
3. Shape Package 2 (in-app purchase) will be available only after purchasing Package 1 (in-app purchase).
4. Shape Package 3 (in-app purchase) will be available only after purchasing Package 2 (in-app purchase).
5. Shape Package 4 (in-app purchase) will be available only after purchasing Package 3 (in-app purchase).

Additional shapes – Package 1

Triangle

Square

Round rect 1

Round rect 2

Round rect 3

Octagon

Diamond

Star

Shinning star

Near-star

Heart

User

Arrow 1

Arrow 2

Quarter

Cross

Pac

Additional shapes – Package 2

Egg

Crescent

Half a circle

Drop

L

House

Leaf

Checkmark

Play button

Knife

Lips

Three o’clock

Mt. Fuji

H

Tree

Flag

Pencil

Music symbol 1

Music symbol 2

Sound

Additional shapes – Package 3

4 circles

4 triangles

Bat person’s face

Bubbles

Chrysan-themum

Comment box 1

Comment box 2

Comment box 3

Comment box 4

Comment box 5

Comment box 6

Comment box 7

Computer display

Flower

Open box

Panda

Sun 1

Sun 2

Union

Jigsaw puzzle

Additional shapes – Package 4

Apple

Camera

Flag 2

Fortune cookie

Gourd

Graduation hat

Long pants

Magic hat 1

Magic hat 2

Maple

Mitten

Pineapple

Poof

Pumpkin

Rice ball

Rugby ball 1

Rugby ball 2

Shorts

T-shirt

Table tennis racket

Weed

Wine glass

Woman

Additional shapes – Package 5

Airplane

Boomerang

Bullet

Cat face

Christmas tree

Connection

Duck

Elephant face

Flying bird

Gingerbread

House 2

Laundry basket

Money bag

Nose

Presentation

Shuriken

Stamp

Traffic cone

Turtle

Wheel

Additional shapes – Package 6

Bell

Cactus

Candy cane

Cap

Carrot

Click hand

Cloud

Dress

Eye glasses

Game pad

Ghost 1

Ghost 2

Guy

Light bulb

Mouse

Mushroom

Onion

Refresh

Trash can

Two mountains

Additional shapes – Package 7

Big bear

Brain 1

Dog bone

Dog

Dolphin

Fish bones

Fish

Flame

Little bear

Magnifying glass

Paper plane

Piggy bank

Sea lion

Shark fin

Shield

Shoe

Side face

Snow hat

Thumb up

Whale

Additional shapes – Package 8

Cat 1

Cat 2

Cat 3

Chick

Chicken

Feather

Flying eagle

Giraffe

Gun

Horse head

Horse

Lady

Sausage

Skull

Snowman

Sprouts 1

Sprouts 2

Stopping hand

Swan

Tulip

Additional shapes – Package 9

Airplane 2

Anchor

Bomb 1

Bomb 2

Bomb 3

Brain 2

Coffee cup

Crown 1

Drink 1

Drink 2

Elderly

Fighter jet 1

Fighter jet 2

Football helmet

Fox face

Fox

Frog

Grandmother

Guitar

Pill bottle

Additional shapes – Package 10

Clover

Crown 2

Fan

High-heel

Lungs

Muscular arm

Octopus

Owl

Rocket 1

Rocket 2

Shovel 1

Shovel 2

Spade

Squid

Sun flower

Swords

Tree 2

Tropical island

Umbrella

Violin

Version history

Version 2.3.2 (Released on October 5th, 2019)

1. The application is now compatible with macOS 10.15.

Version 2.3.1 (Released on November 30th, 2018)

1. The bezier path for Swan from Shape package #8 is modified.

Version 2.3.0 (Released on November 28th, 2018)

1. A new shape package #7 is available as an in-app purchase. It contains 20 shapes including Big bear, Brain 1, Dog bone, Dog, Dolphin, Fish bones, Fish, Flame, Little bear, Magnifying glass, Paper plane, Piggy bank, Sea lion, Shark fin, Shield, Shoe, Side face, Snow hat, Thumb up, Whale. This in-app purchase will be available only after Shape package #6 is purchased.
2. A new shape package #8 is available as an in-app purchase. It contains 20 shapes including Cat 1, Cat 2, Cat 3, Chick, Chicken, Feather, Flying eagle, Giraffe, Gun, Horse head, Horse, Lady, Sausage, Skull, Snowman, Sprouts 1, Sprouts 2, Stopping hand, Swan, Tulip. This in-app purchase will be available only after Shape package #7 is purchased.
3. A new shape package #9 is available as an in-app purchase. It contains 20 shapes including Airplane 2, Anchor, Bomb 1, Bomb 2, Bomb 3, Brain 2, Coffee cup, Crown 1, Drink 1, Drink 2, Elderly, Fighter jet 1, Fighter jet 2, Football helmet, Fox face, Fox, Frog, Grandmother, Guitar, Pill bottle. This in-app purchase will be available only after Shape package #8 is purchased.
4. A new shape package #10 is available as an in-app purchase. It contains 20 shapes including Clover, Crown 2, Fan, High-heel, Lungs, Muscular arm, Octopus, Owl, Rocket 1, Rocket 2, Shovel 1, Shovel 2, Spade, Squid, Sun flower, Swords, Tree 2, Tropical island, Umbrella, Violin. This in-app purchase will be available only after Shape package #9 is purchased.
5. The bezier path for Flower from Shape package #3 and that for Elephant face from Shape package #5 are modified.
6. The user can now search for a shape. Click on the search button installed to the right of the shape drop-down menu.
7. User’s guide is revised for #6. See Page #19.

Version 2.2.0 (Released on November 24th, 2018)

1. Fixed is an issue where the application failed to load a shape selection after saving settings.
2. The bezier path for Knife from Shape package #2 and that for Flower from Shape package #3 are modified.
3. A new shape package #5 is available as an in-app purchase. It contains 20 shapes including Airplane, Boomerang, Bullet, Cat face, Christmas tree, Connection, Duck, Elephant face, Flying bird, Gingerbread, House 2, Laundry basket, Money bag, Nose, Presentation, Shuriken (Throwing star), Stamp, Traffic cone, Turtle, Wheel.
4. A new shape package #6 is available as an in-app purchase. It contains 20 shapes including Bell, Cactus, Candy cane, Cap, Carrot, Click hand, Cloud, Dress, Eye glasses, Game pad, Ghost 1, Ghost 2, Guy, Light bulb, Mouse, Mushroom, Onion, Refresh, Trash can, Two mountains

Version 2.1.0 (Released on November 21th, 2018)

1. A new shape package #4 is available as an in-app purchase. It contains 23 shapes including Apple, Camera, Flag 2, Fortune cookie, Gourd, Graduation hat, Long pants, Magic hat 1, Magic hat 2, Maple, Mitten, Pineapple, Poof, Pumpkin, Rice ball, Rugby ball 1, Rugby ball 2, Shorts, T-shirt, Table tennis racket, Weed, Wine glass, Woman.
2. The user can now share the entire document of patterns as an image with a third-party application like Mail and Photos.
3. The image of the edit tab button is redesigned.
4. User’s guide is revised for #3 accordingly.

Version 2.0.5 (Released on November 20th, 2018)

1. Fix: The user was not able to use their own image to make a pattern if an image name contained a uppercase type name (i.e. PNG as opposed png).
2. A new in-app purchase is available. Additional shapes – Package 3 contains twenty shapes including bubbles, flower, panda. Please see ‘Additional shapes – Package 3’ above for sample images.

Version 2.0.3 (Released on November 11th, 2018)

1. Doughnut (One of the shapes in Additional shapes – Package 1) is replaced by Quarter for a technical reason.
2. The user now has options of showing or not showing (horizontal and vertical) rulers around the canvas.
3. Additional shapes – Package 2 is now available as an in-app purchase. It contains 20 additional shapes as follows – Egg, Crescent, Half a circle, Drop, L, House, Leaf, Checkmark, Play button, Knife, Lips, Three o’clock, Mt. Fuji, H, Tree, Flag, Pencil, Music symbol 1, Music symbol 2, Sound.
4. Make the selected layer of a pattern visible or invisible with a click of a checkbox button.

Trial/Demo version

There is no trial or demo version available since the application is available for free.






Video tutorial

There is no video tutorial at this time.






Privacy policy

This application does not collect privacy data from its users. It does not share any type of data with a third party.






Super Patterns 2 is a product of Tom Bluewater.
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