Source For Bitmap Fills

**marcelrobi** · 13 January 2014, 02:20 PM

Hey Guys, I can't I never tried out the bitmap fill tool until now lol. I was wondering if there are sites that you can get fills and add them into to Xara, I have tried a few texture files, but for what ever reason Xara does not find them when I load the directory (disk fills...)

Thanks.

**gwpriester** · 13 January 2014, 05:36 PM

This is one of the best I have found http://www.cgtextures.com/

You can download for free but there is a limit to the amount you can download in one day and some larger files are for members only.

I have a membership which is not cheap, but I use a lot of their textures in my stereograms and it is well worth it.

**wizard509** · 13 January 2014, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by marcelrobi

Hey Guys, I can't I never tried out the bitmap fill tool until now lol. I was wondering if there are sites that you can get fills and add them into to Xara, I have tried a few texture files, but for what ever reason Xara does not find them when I load the directory (disk fills...)

Thanks.

If you have them saved and in a folder somewhere go to disk fills and navigate to that folder and that will add a folder to your fills. Otherwise just import the one you want at the time.

**Gamerprinter** · 13 January 2014, 07:41 PM

I use photo textures extensively in my cartography work, and definitely recommend the site, GWPriester points out with CG Textures site. However, I never worry that my textures are not in the Fill Gallery. Rather I use a separate directory to place all those images, then import them one at a time, as I need them. I've been making maps and using imported textures like this for 8 years without any problems. I never need to directly port my images to Xara's fill gallery - completely unnecessary to do so.

**gwpriester** · 13 January 2014, 08:26 PM

I have several folders of textures that appear in my Fill Gallery (see highlighted entries in attached)

Adding these folders is not hard.

Create a folder on your computer that contains your fills.

Open the Fill Gallery and click Disc Fills...

Browse to the folder on your hard drive.

Select and open the folder and click Add.

A dialog opens and asks if you want to create an Index. Press Create.

If you add images to your folder they do not appear in the folder automatically. You need to:

In the Fill Gallery, click Disc Fills...

Browse to your fills folder and open the folder.

Select the XaraInfo folder and click Update.

When asked, click Create New Index.

**wizard509** · 13 January 2014, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by gwpriester

Browse to the folder on your hard drive.

Select and open the folder and click Add.

A dialog opens and asks if you want to create an Index. Press Create.

If you add images to your folder they do not appear in the folder automatically. You need to:

In the Fill Gallery, click Disc Fills...

Browse to your fills folder and open the folder.

Select the XaraInfo folder and click Update.

When asked, click Create New Index.

That's the way I should have said it.

**angelize** · 14 January 2014, 12:46 AM

Gary Bouton and others have given away some very nice seamless tiles/fills on the Xara Xone free giveaways page Also try the Clipart forum here on TG for some good free tiles and earlier this month I posted a scrapbooking kit that contains a set of 12 seamless paper textures.

**marcelrobi** · 14 January 2014, 05:47 PM

WOW thanks guys!! this is great information! I have seen some of Gary Bouton's Xara Xone stuff. I am very jealous, on his november 2013 video he showed a page layout with a drawing of a Gibson LesPaul. I would love to see that Xara file for learning purposes! I am also a musician and I was absolutely blown away by the drawing on that page layout. Gary is there anyway we can talk? Thanks so much!