Paths exported to Illustrator 8 from PS-CS from a frame design that I found. Then stroked in Illustrator and exported as an Illi 8.EPS and into XaraX it went (another reason that XaraX's filters need updating, an EPS exported from PS-CS will not open up in XaraX!)
Once into XaraX I applied an Arrange/Join Shapes, placed a rectangle behind it and selected both shapes and then Arrange/Combine Shapes/Slice (cut) Shapes. Moved the un needed area away from the rest and then with the central shape did an Arrange/Break Shapes. So then I had all these neat shapes to work with.
Beveled the top layer, cloned that, unbevled that, filled it with White and applied a 3 point transparency to it. Placed that over the top and grouped. Added a shadow. Bottom design filled with green, used the Color Editor and slelected "Local Fill Color" and added some Black to it for depth. Then chose the 4 color fill and that leaves the Forest Green color as one of them. Add a shadow to that and aligned that behind the beveled shape.
I then created a Bitmap copy of the almost finished compostition and then cloned the grouped composition and applied an Arrange/Combine Shapes/Add Shapes and had a solid shape. Placed that over the Bitmap copy and applied an Arrange/Combine Shapes/Slice (cut) Shapes which left me with a shape filled with a bitmap that I could add Bitmap Effects to. So then I used the Unplugged Effects/Noise, sliders more towards the left. Placed that Noise shape over the composition and applied Stained Glass Transparency and then moved the sliders towards the middle untill I liked what I saw.
Exported as a GiF with Error Difussion, resized it in Irfanview with Transparency intact and here it is.
It's no great thing but it was fun doing it. XaraX rules for sure!!
Richard
http://www.ramwolffsworld.com/RAMWolffsWorld
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