Help, how do you wrap a pattern in a circle?

**swgp** · 23 May 2007, 05:11 AM

I have a pattern I would like to use as a border for a CD label? I can repeat it easy enough but how do I bend it in a circle?

**Shaman** · 23 May 2007, 07:50 AM

Hi:
Considering where you've posted I have to ask; in what graphics program?
Scott

**swgp** · 23 May 2007, 03:37 PM

In any one. I currently have Gimp2, and Inkscape. But I will get Photoshop or anything else if it will work.

**handrawn** · 23 May 2007, 07:30 PM

if you mean like this, done rather quickly I'm afraid, then it's straight forward enough in any decent editor, but if you mean actually bending the shape, I think it would distort too much.

**swgp** · 23 May 2007, 07:35 PM

Thanks, but ya I mean bend the shape. If it distorts too much I can use a different pattern.

**handrawn** · 23 May 2007, 09:20 PM

hummmm

trouble is you'll always get distortion if you actually bend the shape.
you could try capturing the image as a brush stroke
this can take some to and fro ing to get right - done quickly again [

] in xara

**DAL** · 24 May 2007, 01:51 AM

It's a circle now.

Just kidding around.

**molucca** · 25 May 2007, 01:46 PM

The image as a bitmap stroke in E3.2. I made it transparent in XXP, and saved the image to PNG for the stroke. An image stroke will follow the path.

Rich