Help with brush please

[mightyfun]

I'm trying to make a brush to resemble stitching.

When I convert the shape into a brush it takes away all of my feathering and brush stroke pattern.

Please help,

Jen

[handrawn]

if you make a bitmap of it, it will retain the effect, though bitmap brushes have limitations

[Xhris]

I'm trying to make a brush to resemble stitching.

When I convert the shape into a brush it takes away all of my feathering and brush stroke pattern.

Please help,

Jen

In my signature at the bottom is a link to a brush tutorial I wrote once. A way around losing all the features that Xara's brush engine doesn't currently support is to create a brush out of bitmap copies of your drawing. But you have to set the fill properties correctly in the brush properties dialogue to ensure it is displayed correctly.

[handrawn]

Yo thats what I did [I hope? ]
you'd need to play around with the settings to get it the way you want it, naturally, assuming its what you want.

[AndFarr]

I got the same result.
However, if your stitches are small enough perhaps it doesn't matter.
The effect is still there.
Otherwise I would just duplicate a bunch of the original stitch and place them individually.
- Andy

[mightyfun]

Thanks for the help.

The tutorial on bitmap brushes was just what I needed.

Thanks,

Jen