opening xxx.pat files

[Michael Schwendt]

On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:05:44 +0200, Angelo Moreschini wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I got a file with suffix .pat (the extension is a Pattern Image file) and,
> for what I could know, this kinde of files are used with photoshop...
> 
> II haven't photshp, so I looked for knowing how to open this file,  and the
> only suggestion that I found was to try (in Linux environment) with GIMP.
> 
> I hadn't success in this way, (using GIMP) so I would ask what other I can
> try ...

You may need to browse documentation a bit more and find out whether there
are differences compared with GIMP's own .pat file format, as it used to
be a plugin that could open Photoshop .pat files in that pattern dialog:

  http://registry.gimp.org/node/10879

I don't know what may have changed since then.