Certificate Borders

[David O'Neil]

Very inventive, simple, and excellent solution--the hardest of all to figure out! Well done!

[Soquili]

Very nice solution Samantha.

[Mike Bailey]

Mike,
Can you show an example of one of these where you use the border on a document and the corners line up perfectly?
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[cipherion]

Good job everyone!

jcelements, congratulations, you're on the right track. If you'd like to collaborate send me a pm or email me: cipherion@gmail.com

best wishes

[cipherion]

Hi David,

That is kind of what I've been doing. Problem now is trying to determine the smaller more intricate patterns.

http://www.talkgraphics.com/attachme...1&d=1205263642

Is this a Xara work? I mean the image it self. And what is the base pattern for the yellow blending (including the corner)?

[raynerj1]

This is just a blend from Xara... Maybe 10-20 minutes work. The corners are the hard part.

[ss-kalm]

........ Corners were skewed and then a white rectangle was applied on top.

Samantha, Did you try this without skewing the corners? I think it may look a little better. Excellent start.

[samrc]

I fit that little test in between actual work so did not go back to play with it more. This week has been a challenge to find any time for playing!

I skewed the corners for expediency and did not try it any other way when I made that border. Seems like there would be many ways to make a corner that would fit. I uploaded the xar file with the post in case anyone wanted to try.

(At the time I posted, I thought folks would laugh at or be dismissive of my "cheater" border since everyone was very serious about building components, blending, artistry and such. Was quite pleasantly surprised that the reaction on the forum! And gotta say, part of the reason I like the software is the JOY of using it but the other part is the atmosphere in this forum is so positive, even when someone does a different interpretation of a topic!)

I would like to make another border with the new v4 beta and see what nonsense I can get into with it.

[cipherion]

This is just a blend from Xara... Maybe 10-20 minutes work. The corners are the hard part.

Ok, send me the xar and I'll handle the corner (if you have an extra 10-20 minutes )

[raynerj1]

You havn't posted enough for me to email you. But here is 5 minutes work... Tweek it as you see fit, and have fun.