Software You Use for Textile Design

Illustrator, NedGraphics, CLO 3D—what are your favorite platforms for creative textile work?

I sketch repeats in Procreate, clean vectors in Illustrator, then use Recolor Artwork with Pantone Connect to spin colorways and export an.ase into NedGraphics for mill handoff; Photoshop’s ‘Pattern Preview’ helps me catch seams before CLO 3D drape tests — saves me from textile whack-a-mole. Do you keep color management in Illustrator or push it into Ned at the end?

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