Brick Wall

Brick Wall generates realistic brick surfaces using six traditional bricklaying patterns. You can control the height and width of the bricks, the texture of the brick surface, and the appearance of the mortar.

## Control Descriptions

### Basic Tab

Brick Height

Controls the height and length of the bricks. Higher values yield taller bricks.

Brick Aspect Ratio

Adjusts the length of the bricks. Higher values produce longer bricks.

Above: Increasing Aspect Ratio.

Brick Pattern

Chooses the pattern in which the bricks are placed:

• Running

• One-Third Running

• Stack

• Common (American)

• English

• Dutch (English Cross)

Above: One-third running and Dutch (English Cross).

Scroll through the list of patterns to familiarize yourself with the options.

Brick Color

Selects the color of the bricks. You can select a color using the eye dropper, the default color palette, or choose the foreground or background color. You can also choose one of the six most recently sampled colors.

Mortar Thickness

Controls the thickness of the mortar between the bricks. Higher values broaden the mortar and shrink the bricks.

Mortar Depth

Controls the distance from the surface of the brick to the mortar. A value of one creates a flush surface. High values drop the mortar beneath the brick surface.

Mortar Color

Selects the color of the mortar.

Flat Mortar

Selecting this box produces a level surface. Clearing the box bevels the mortar.

Top to bottom: Increasing Mortar Depth. Left to right: flat and curved mortar profiles.

Color Variation

Randomly varies the brightness of individual bricks. Higher values widen the range of brick colors.

Above: Increasing color variation.

Surface Detail

Adds a coarse texture to the brick surface. Increasing this value amplifies the roughness and increases the depth of the effect. A value of zero mimics a smooth brick surface.

Edge Roughness

Adds a jagged edges to each brick. Increasing the value produces rough, aged brick.

Above: Increasing edge roughness

Highlight Brightness

Controls the intensity of the shiny highlights appearing on the brick surface.

Seamless Tile

Select this box to create a repeatable pattern with no seams.

Note: Selecting Seamless Tile may distort the Brick Wall effect. To get predictable results when creating seamless tiles, select the Seamless Tile check box first, then play with the other filter controls.

Random Seed

Controls the random elements of this filter. Click it until you get a result you like.

### Texture Offset Tab

Horizontal Offset

Shifts the bricks right and left. Zero produces no shift. Positive values shift the bricks right. Negative values shift the bricks left.

Vertical Offset

Shifts the bricks up and down. Zero produces no shift. Positive values shift the bricks up. Negative values shift the bricks down.