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    Default Wrap a texture or pattern around an object

    Hi, i need help.I am using Xara Designer Pro7
    and i want to do something like this
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHNO4Sgnw5E
    Is it possible with Xara?
    Please advise.

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    Default Re: Wrap a texture or pattern around an object

    This is what I do to get that effect:

    Place the object in Xara workspace, add the flag or whatever. I drag mine from it's folder location.
    Click on the Transparency Tool>Bleach.
    Then Adjust the Transparency slider to suit.
    It does the same as a Layer Blend Mode in a bitmap editor.

    I am sure someone will have a different method, but this works for me :-)

    Grenou

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    Default Re: Wrap a texture or pattern around an object

    Gary Bouton did a tutorial on this that you might find interesting and in the tutorial discussion he covered this exact thing. If you get the free displacement filter you can do exactly the same thing as in the PS video
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    Default Re: Wrap a texture or pattern around an object

    Francis beat me to it but as she has said, G.B. did a good tutorial on this, well worth checking out. Grenou's method is quick and easy but a bit flat, no disrespect intended Grenou.

    Stygg
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    Default Re: Wrap a texture or pattern around an object

    Hi all, thanks for the reply..i watch the tutorial already i manage to figure it out
    but the guy that did that on youtube is using photoshop to make his own displacement map
    anyone know how to do that in Xara.
    This is my recent design for a dive company,it is not finish yet just need a bit more of tweakingClick image for larger version. 

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    Default Re: Wrap a texture or pattern around an object

    You can make your displacement map in Xara just the same as the PS video You need to desaturate your image and use the brightness and levels dialogue (In Xara you will find this on the photo tool infobar) to up the contrast and you will find the Gaussian blur in the live effects. (click the plug icon and then click new and select soften filters and from the submenu select Gaussian Blur. Once you have your map save it to the displacement maps folder in the Image Skill installation folder (this will be where you installed the folder to when you installed the plug in.) If you left the default installation folders during the plug in install on a Windows 7 system it will be in the program files (x86)
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    Default Re: Wrap a texture or pattern around an object

    Quote Originally Posted by angelize View Post
    You can make your displacement map in Xara just the same as the PS video You need to desaturate your image and use the brightness and levels dialogue (In Xara you will find this on the photo tool infobar) to up the contrast and you will find the Gaussian blur in the live effects. (click the plug icon and then click new and select soften filters and from the submenu select Gaussian Blur. Once you have your map save it to the displacement maps folder in the Image Skill installation folder (this will be where you installed the folder to when you installed the plug in.) If you left the default installation folders during the plug in install on a Windows 7 system it will be in the program files (x86)
    Hi Angelize,thanks. I will give it a try.

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    Default Re: Wrap a texture or pattern around an object

    i finally have time to learn and i got it! Thanks to Gary Bouton for the email explaining the about the "bright tones,filters,pixels up,pixels down" and also thanks to Angelize for the tips.
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    Default Re: Wrap a texture or pattern around an object

    Here's one I did earlier - it's fun to play with displacement maps:

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