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I came across an image effect on the web that i thought I'd try and reproduce in my lock-down isolation (I do have my bestest friend, my wife with me that makes it bearable, so not complete isolation)
This is the effect i created and I attach the xar file to reproduce it.
That really looks great Egg!
Do you really need to convert to editable shapes? I tried to skip that step and didn't see a difference. The advantage of skipping the step would be to be able to edit the text after soft-grouping.
I love it Egg, it seems I am constantly "borrowing" things from you and this is one more. It is like a mini tutorial because I not only gained a new script but learned something about brushes.
Thanx
Gypsyjoe
Looks very convincing Egg.
Mary and I are basically introverts so staying at home is very natural for us. We have only gone out three times in 8 weeks. We're doing our part.
I hope you get the exercise
there is a report that lockdown can be as detrimental to health as 15 cigs a day...
I am not a gregarious person, but I miss my rock climbing, at least I am in the countryside and have bridlepaths to walk
Thanks Peeps. I think it's a difference between 12 & 17 Siran.
good use of a brush egg :)
Yes HD, getting enough excerise walking the dog on the beach every day. Old Bill pulled alongside the car yesterday and wanted to know where we were from. Happy that we were locals but said people were still traveling long distances for picnics etc. Just hate not going to shops etc, my Daughter does all our shopping. Mostly miss the Pub!
thats good egg - I have to go to the actual coast to shop, and tide permitting, walk on the beach whilst waiting for the bus back
miss the pub, yes sure do
Oh Egg, do be careful, especially with the "Soft Croup" [typo in design file!].Quote:
Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill
Acorn
croup ! :eek:
bad enough with CV-19
mind you egg may abit long in the tooth :)
Thanks for that, Egg, an excellent doodle for a lockdown Sunday afternoon.
The only thing worse that a soft croup is a hard croup Acorn!
True Egg, beats even a bent croupier.Quote:
Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill
Acorn
So what is this soft croup about. Search engine seems to know I'm from germany and doesn't tell me anything.
Egg, I also used V17. Re-created it again without "convert to editable shapes", but without named colour.
croup [in english] is a nasty viral infection that mostly affects children, scientific name laryngotracheobronchitis
Hi Siran, I agree it would be great to keep all objects as Text rather than Editable Shapes for editing reasons.
My problem with your approach is the following:
This is the step I'm having issues with. I have Xara setup to the disliked right click on a colour bar to open the menu options. I much prefer the original Right Click to set the stroke/line colour but this now causes other issues. So why doesn't the new right-click menu include Set Line/Stoke colour? I know it's not of use on Websites but is very valid on a Graphics page.Quote:
Line Width 6px=4.5pt, Fill none. Line colour Blue (shift click or using colour editor)
Egg, there's always Shift+Left Click on the Colour Bar to change the Line colour.Quote:
Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill
Acorn
Agreed Acorn as is there the option to do so in the colour gallery, but why is it hidden on the right click menu???
Well when I asked Xara about such things before, I was told it would make the context menus too cluttered (the specific Q was about Soft-Group to be included in the shapes collection context menu).Quote:
Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill
Nana Xara knows best.
Acorn
Well yes, this would follow the thinking of a company that hides layers in the page and layer gallery. WYSIWYG?
Thanks for the explanation handrawn.
Egg, just checked in V12. Set line colour is already missing from the colour line context menu there (when a text is selected).
I miss having it on the right click menu too. It's there for shapes, why remove it deliberately for text.
These days, I normally use the open the colour editor and change the drop down.
How do you change it in the colour gallery?
Must get used to SHIFT-CLICK that works much slicker ... although would still like it back on Right click ... it's what I'm (I was) used to.
That's weird because it is there in XDP16.Quote:
Originally Posted by siran
For text? I use XP&GD, so maybe it's different, but it's there for shapes, NOT for text.Quote:
Originally Posted by wizard509
Can Xareg edit that?