Using WEB Designer 11 Premium. Is there a way to put a line border around a picture or object I do not want to use a bevel.
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Using WEB Designer 11 Premium. Is there a way to put a line border around a picture or object I do not want to use a bevel.
Yes. Select the photo or object then right click on any color on the screen palette of colors.
Change the width of the outline on the Infobar > Set Line Width and edit the color in the Color Editor (Ctrl + e)
Go a step further, create a rectangle the same size, grow it 10%, put behind, centre, soft-group and colour and tweak to what you want.
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Put a Glow Shadow on the image, remove the blur and transparency. and again colour.
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Clone the image, grow by 20%, put behind, add a Contone Light Colour, flip and apply a high count Blend.
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Apply a small Feather then go 3D to form a picture frame.
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Acorn
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Originally Posted by Acorn
I love creative alternatives!
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Clone the image. Use the Fill tool to set to Flat fill. It defaults to Black. Set it to white & Ctrl+Shift+B to send it behind the photo. Give it a 'x' pixel 'inset path' contour. Select both / Soft-group.
Egg, I always forget using clone and flat fill is a cleaner way to replicate a complex shape's profile. It also saves time converting to editable shapes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill
Acorn
P.S. You forgot:
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Or apply a Contour. Though this can add a few steps. Adding an Outline is still the simplest and most direct. And if needs be the outline can be on a duplicate shape, converted to shape and any sort of fill applied.
Gary That's just what I wanted, many thanks. I could not have asked for more solutions. How do other see that I have solved the problem without replying to each individually.
Terry
Now I can produce border as I want it, how do I remove a bevel that I previously put on an image.
Selected the beveled object with the Bevel Tool and from the dropdown list top left of the screen select NONE.
Many thanks, have used. Terry
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I know this thread is from 1972, but how do I create a border that is it's own shape so that I can fill it? In other words, make the edge/border it's own thing, with a null middle, so that when I fill it with a bitmap, for example, the middle of the rectangle is still alpha, and only the border is filled?
start with outline no fill - select it and arrange menu > convert line to shape
your outline will then be a shape in its own right that you can edit and fill
having said that it might not be an available option in web designer.... in which case Acorn may know a way round it
Convert Line to Shape is not an option. Nor is the Contour Tool which would have been my next suggestion.
Unless your primary shape is a rectangle or circle, in which case you can create a smaller rectangle or circle and place it over the primary shape, then I don't think it is possible.
There may be something in the Content Catalog (Insert > From Content Catalog) that you can use.
thanks gary for that :(
Xara claims a lineage back to 1981!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tallis
Start with any shape you like that is solid with no Line width.
This can be a Box, Ellipse, star or any shape you choose.
Make a clone and reduce by say 10%.
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Create a 1-step Contour and then click Inset Path.
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Create a bevel.
Select both with the smaller on top and Subtract Shapes and Ungroup if required.
You can now pick a Bitmap and Apply as Fill or Apply as Transparency.
You could also start with an image, place a smaller shape over it and Subtract.
All these are destructive so if your XDA has it, use a Mask Region instead.
If you then use Mask Cut, the inside is deleted but can be restored at any point with Unclip. Photo Frame 5 uses this approach.
Frame rectangle, Frame Circle or Frame Square could also be used.
Acorn
But as I pointed out in my post, Web Designer does not have a Contour Tool.Quote:
Create a 1-step Contour and then click Inset Path.
I did add a few more to cover the lack.Quote:
Originally Posted by gwpriester
Acorn