Mould in Xara

[Rik]

If I draw something in Xara, and want to use the Mould Tool - no problems.

However, if I have an image (a .jpg), is there any way of moulding that image?

For example, I might have a label that I want to wrap around a bottle, for which I would need something like the Mould tool.

So, is there a way of achieving this in Xara?

[PhilM]

Yes, but only via a bodgy workaround, I'm afraid...

Use your bitmap to define an art brush and then draw a suitably curved line, stroke it with the brush and tinker with line width and stroke profiles to adjust the "moulding" effect.

[gwpriester]

Phil - What are the chances of the Mould Tool being updated. And the Bitmap Tracer. And other features that have been more or less ignored over the years?

[Egg Bramhill]

+1

[tonylondon]

It is also possible to use the bitmap tracer to create a vector image and mould that. I seem to remember giving an example of that in a tutorial many years ago.

[browj2]

Hi,

I'm definitely not skilled in this, but I was wondering if AV Bros Page Curl wouldn't help. We received a demo version of this a few versions ago (X9, I think) and I bought the full version of the plugin and then never used it. Here is an attempt to roll up a photo to give you an idea as to some possibilities. I need to read the manual.


Here is a link to the AV Bros Gallery. Scroll down to see the label on the cylindrical CD box.