Does it? Is is native or is it a plugin maybe, you forgot that its a plugin. Or if this is true, maybe the importing was removed in v3 until the re-implemented it? Official announcement part is here: https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/06/23/gimp-3-1-2-released/#photoshop-patterns I am sure if it was already supported, they would have said anything about it.
Do not confuse GIMP-generated .pat files with files created by other programs (e.g. Photoshop) – after all, .pat is just a part of an (arbitrary) file name.
(However, GIMP does support Photoshop .pat files until a certain version.)
Looks like v2.10 did not support Photoshop Pattern officially. But it supported it in prior versions (not sure when they stopped).
Does it? Is is native or is it a plugin maybe, you forgot that its a plugin. Or if this is true, maybe the importing was removed in v3 until the re-implemented it? Official announcement part is here: https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/06/23/gimp-3-1-2-released/#photoshop-patterns I am sure if it was already supported, they would have said anything about it.
Looking through the documentation for legacy version 2.10, I found following part: https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-concepts-patterns.html
Looks like v2.10 did not support Photoshop Pattern officially. But it supported it in prior versions (not sure when they stopped).
I think you’re right. I think I confused it with PS brushes; those are recognized.
FWIW, what do PS patterns offer that a normal tileable image does not offer?
PS patterns offer vendor lock-in. ;-)