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Hello
Are there any additional fills (for Xara Design Pro X - v18.5) that we can just download from Xara.com?
The Fill Gallery comes with: Brick, Fabric, Ground, Plant, Stone & Wood...
...but I am looking for a metal finish, ideally Brushed Steel or Brushed Aluminium.
Many thanks
J
shipen, Xara provides a very limited range indeed.
All these fill are just jpegs that have a seamless texture.
Just try a Search: brushed aluminium steel seamless texture fill.
I am sure you'll find something.
Acorn
Just type 'Brushed Steel' or 'Brushed Aluminium' into Google Images and fill your boots with the results. (Acorn beat me to it!)
Hmm... I did have a quick look, but I can't find anything that:Quote:
Originally Posted by Acorn
A) looks like FLAT brushed metal
B) look like a bright bit of chrome or steel (rather than a dull grey aluminium)
C) have a grain brushed stroke at an angle off vertical (ideally a shallow angle like 20 or 30 degrees off vertical)
D) if possible repeat cleanly without borders
Everything seems to either:
- look like rather dull grey metal and/or
- look like a cylindrical rather than flat piece of metal and/or
- fail to repeat cleanly and/or
- have an annoying logo in it !
J
Insert > From Content Catalog > Stock Photos and search for Metal. 3 pages worth.
TBH, I still can't find anything that works - mostly random metal objects rather than metal textures.... but thank you. Very well worth knowing about :)Quote:
Originally Posted by gwpriester
Cheers
J
Did you do a Google search? E.g., https://www.google.com/search?q=seam...F_enNL881NL881
You can easily create your own J:
DEMO
Combination of Boy and Egg; select one you can work with, use fills, transparencies and colours to suit:
Attachment 130702
Egg's demo is useful but @shipen might not realise how to take anything and make it seamless.
Attachment 130703
The larger, lower block is a rectangle with the letter B, clone and flipped to the right and both cloned and flipped down.
All four were then selected and a Bitmap Copy make.
The result is a seamless repeating pattern.
Just do the same for a metallic design that otherwise may not be seamless.
Clearly, the pattern ought to be subtle enough.
Patterns of different scales can be stacked in semi-opaque layering to make the design seem more random.
Acorn
Also, PLEASE be aware that because you can find something doing a web search, does not mean you can use it. If you are using something for your personal use then it is not a problem. But if you are creating something for a client and using an image you "borrowed" from the web you are violating someone's copyright. Unless it is creative commons as are the images you find on Wikipedia.
Again depending on your final use you may want to consider a real stock image resource such as Shutterstock.com If you do a search for metallic background you will find a mind boggling 100,162 pages of images. One or two which are probably going to be exactly what you are looking for.
plus it may not be enough to have the texture alone - to get the desired effect it may require delving into lighting which is a separate subject in itself
And just to clarify re my video, whilst the imported brushed aliminium image was copyright I only used it a source reference to create a similar effect.Quote:
Also, PLEASE be aware that because you can find something doing a web search, does not mean you can use it.
I know Gary is aware of this and not refering to my post but his point is very important.
@ Acorn:
But not in a seamless brushed metal effect Acorn. The repeating pattern is very obvious. Perhaps I'm missing your point?Quote:
The larger, lower block is a rectangle with the letter B, clone and flipped to the right and both cloned and flipped down.
All four were then selected and a Bitmap Copy make.
The result is a seamless repeating pattern.
or the classic way,
take a photo of the metal (or whatever)
load it in krita and make it seamless repeating (press [w]).
and use it in X.
and all honour falls to you.
Egg, I made it very obvious on purpose to show how to create a seamless set of boxes. What you do with the method is up to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill
Acorn
Egg,
Who made the named colors metal fills that you copied in? I could not understand what you said. I would like to download this as I think it could be useful.
Thanks
Ray
Hi Ray, I can't remember who made it, but I've had it years.
I attached the xar file in post #8 in this thread ;)
I know we're going back a while now, but I believe that Gary Priester made the original fills for one of his mini-tutorials.