Stripes - Recommendations Please...

I want to do/use some stripes (like on Caution Tape or Barber Pole, for many things) and am stuck with which way to do... I can see making rectangles of the Proper color and distribution... then maybe cookie cutting using the shape that I want... but, would like to have a 'Stripe' pattern follow a Path... Using a prepared bitmap or pattern... (I guess a lot of which way to implement will be decided by 'How' I am going to use (say Envelope vs Barber Pole)...

I searched Xara Pro Help -Stripes didn't yeld anything... I vaguely remember a Pix of a Envelope under a lamp on a desk; but could not turn up on XaraOne (still think it's there, I just don't know how to locate) - did turn up a Envelope Template... made me think that properly done a 'Stripe' around the Envelope Outline would yield a Airmail Envelope) . . .

So, Here's Your Chance Oh Great Ones: "Stripe Me" ;-^) Thanks for Thoughts

Hi Tom,

I think the tutorial you were looking for on the XaraXone is http://www.xaraxone.com/tutorials/nov05/

As for making stripes. In the attached image I created a rectangle then used the skew handles to slant it to the right. I created a brush, but it did not want to work very well around the 'envelope' rectangle. I finally simply created a blend of the skewed rectangles and positioned them around the envelope rectangle. I converted the blends to editable shapes so I could reposition the individual shapes.

I've attached the .xar file for you to examine.

here is a warning stripe... basically the same as Bill's. Just a blend along a curve...

Tom,

Here's a xar file creating stripes using a brush.

Egg that is very clever using clipview to remove the jaggies at the corners.

It has been a long time since I have seen an air mail envelope. I forgot they have red and blue colours.

http://www.actionenvelope.com/ae/p/s5/41779.JPG

Cheers Bill,

When I was deep sea I received these Air Mail letters. Usually after a six month trip without a single letter, until arriving back in Liverpool ready to pay-off , then you received 60 that had been chasing you around the world! Something to read on the train journey home.

Very different than today were I can communicate instantly across the globe.

Whoops! I'm going off topic.

Thanks Bill, John, Egg!!! ... (so much to learn) :rolleyes: Tom