How to do this? Sorry cant think of what its called.

**Drwyd** · 15 July 2012, 07:14 PM

No one's getting ripped Mike, Gary was showing how the original was constructed

**gwpriester** · 15 July 2012, 10:44 PM

Mike is right though as far as using other people's images. That is not cool, but as Drwyd so astutely observed, I was showing the actual bitmap that xtom (TG member, by the way) has used.

I dont support there is a video or something as I cant get it to work?

Can you tell us the steps you are doing and also what Xara product and version you are using?

**mwenz** · 15 July 2012, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by Drwyd

No one's getting ripped Mike, Gary was showing how the original was constructed

The image Gary used is the image from the xTom web site. And I know he is a member here.

When it comes down to it, Gary wasn't showing how the image was created, nor a method of creating it. Just the image itself.

If the image was created in Xara, likely it started life as 7 rectangles with 3 of them a lighter blue, two narrow ones in a darker blue, one white section and a blue graduated section. Then again, it might have been made in anything. That would be a "How it's Made."

Take care, Mike

**Drwyd** · 15 July 2012, 11:50 PM

Maybe "constructed" was the wrong word to use

What I was trying to convey is that its use was as an example of how the bitmap should appear. Not as an encouragement to steal

**mwenz** · 16 July 2012, 12:32 AM

Yeah, I know from past reading that no one here is advocating out and out theft.

@Cheshamweb

Attached is an XAR file. There is transparency applied to the left "building blocks" of what is basically a long rectangle. On the right is a bitmap copy, which would be what is used for the background tile. Click on the pieces to the left. See what is needed to recreate a similar effect.

Take care, Mike

**Radiantpaper** · 16 July 2012, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by mwenz

Yeah, I know from past reading that no one here is advocating out and out theft.

@Cheshamweb

Attached is an XAR file. There is transparency applied to the left "building blocks" of what is basically a long rectangle. On the right is a bitmap copy, which would be what is used for the background tile. Click on the pieces to the left. See what is needed to recreate a similar effect.

Take care, Mike

Thanks for that, will take a look later. I only wish to know so I can do my own web pages that stretch.