How do You Place Text On Object?

[jamesmc]

You can sort of, at least by the method I would use. But you will need a GIF Animator or Xara Xtreme.

You make the can in Xara3D (an ellipse extruded out and rotated)

Then it's a matter of advance the can a few frames for each label addition in to a GIF animator, like there is in Xara Xtreme.

Example:

I copy the can in Xara3D and paste it into Xara Xtreme GIF Animator
I apply the label

I go back to Xara3d - slide the rotation slider to the next notch, copy and paste into Xara Xtreme

I do the same for the third frame.

Note one may have to skew the label abit and use clip view, so the label appears to disappear around the edges of the can.

Also, note that when you paste a Xara X document , it come out in bitmap form and has a rectangle. You may have to trim around the can to get the can shape only. If you don't, clipview will act funny and try to edge out on the rectangle on not the can. Or, you can make a no line/no fill clipping mask for the can and apply the label that way.

You'll have to get the right rotation on the can, so a bit of the top can be seen to make the rotation realistic.

I didn't spend much time on this, so the quality isn't that good and it's only 3 frames. You will need more to simulate the complete 360 degree spin of the can.