Help! with getting button and text in same image

[raffy]

Hi,Bill!Me again!New problem!I'm trying to make a spinning button with text underneath (Or above it).I made the spinner and then the text,but when I tried to import one document into the other,I got a message saying thet it failed to open,They're both Xara 3d documents.What do I need to do?THanks!

[Egg Bramhill]

Raffy
I've made your latest request into a new thread as it's really a new question. Hope you don't mind.

[Soquili]

Hi Raffy,

I'm working on a solution to your question. A new member, Magoo2 has asked a similar question in the thread http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...119#post158119

So far my attempts aren't getting the texture on the 'coin' above the text correctly.

If anyone else has an answer before I can figure one out, please post.

[raffy]

THanks,Egg and Bill! I didn't realise that it was a new thread.And thanks in advance for your help!

[Soquili]

Hi Raffy,

There is no way to merge two Xara3D files, and if you use one of the templates for a button you cannot add text outside the button.

You can use a font like dingbats that have shapes in place of letters. Find a font that has the shape you want (or create the shape in Webster and import it into Xara3D). Add the text you want. Add a texture to the shape the same way as shown in the Coin thread.

[raffy]

Hi,Bill!Looks like we've got 2 threads going here!I saw your answer to Magoo,and that's what I'm aiming for.So your answer to him has helped me,and this answer,too.I did find an animal font,as you can see:
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/6...hjaguar9lj.jpg

But I'd like to know if I can get the cat and the text moving independently of each other.Thanks for your help!

Can I import a cat picture jpeg and use that as my shape?

[Magoo2]

Greetings! First off, I am relatively new to Xara, well, okay, not all that new as I have had Xara3D since Version 4 but have only done text until now, and I am stumped. I stumbled upon a thread about the coin effect http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=14417

My question is this. I am trying to create the "Coin" type effect (Actually trying to create a logo on a circle/coin effect spin) along with some text that would spin with it or possibly spin in an alternate direction of the logo. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[Soquili]

Hi Magoo2,

Welcome to the forum.

I'm having some problems getting a texture on a circle above text and it's way past my bed time. I'll continue to work on it tomorrow evening. If anyone else can provide an answer in the mean time, please do.

[BroncoFanCam]

Are you thinking something like this?

[BroncoFanCam]

I played with it a little more...