Custom lines

[Andy B]

Handrawn, that looks really promising, but I can't quite make it work. I can use your brush, but when I try to create a new brush from your base graphic, even without any modification, and then use it, I get the message "Unable to create bitmaps for brush stroking, you may have your zoom setting too high, or you are using a brush that is too big". The brush is set to 2pt. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong?

[Acorn]

Handrawn, that looks really promising, but I can't quite make it work. I can use your brush, but when I try to create a new brush from your base graphic, even without any modification, and then use it, I get the message "Unable to create bitmaps for brush stroking, you may have your zoom setting too high, or you are using a brush that is too big". The brush is set to 2pt. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong?

Andy, I have the same issue with handrawn's presentation in XX5. I suspect that as a Line in Xara always ends up as a Bitmap, using two Grouped Lines as the master shape is the wrong starting point. When you delete his example tracks, you can create another Brush afresh.

Instead of working from handrawn's lines, create your shape from thin boxes with the Rectangle Tool.
This should keep the resultant line composed shapes (sadly, not boxes).

This works all the way back to XX5.

Acorn

[handrawn]

thanks for that acorn - i no longer have the older versions installed to check how it worked before the intoduction of the art brushes...

[wizard509]

OK, Andy here ya go I used XDP18 if you do not have a similar version All Is Not Lost you can simply copy and/or export what I have done for you, and if need be make a scatter brush GOOD LUCK.

A TUTORIAL.xar

[wizard509]

Oops, the wrong png for this tutorial should be

[Andy B]

OK, Andy here ya go I used XDP18 if you do not have a similar version All Is Not Lost you can simply copy and/or export what I have done for you, and if need be make a scatter brush GOOD LUCK.

A TUTORIAL.xar

Thanks for the tutorial, Larry. How you create your track shape is clear enough, but there is no brush...

When I use your shape to create a brush I get the same error I did earlier with handrawn's example. I tried Acorn's suggestion of using rectangles rather than lines, though, and that seems to have worked : )

[wizard509]

I could not make a brush because the image is too large so I will remake a smaller one so I can create a brush.

[wizard509]

OK, Andy I remade this so I could make a brush, save the brush somewhere you can find it, for me I usually use the desktop although I do have a special folder for xar brushes.
























i call brushesI do not know how you intend to use it so I made an art brush but if you need a scatter brush let me know, I hope this is satisfactory although I am not thrilled.

Attachment 131020A TUTORIAL 2.xar.

[Egg Bramhill]

Here's the way I'd go about it using an Art Brush: