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    Default Cala Lilies in Basket

    A work in progress. The flowers need work. I've done all I can think to do on the basket. The envelope tool is somewhat limited and doesn't do a really accurate rendering. I don't know how developers can fix this or even if it can be fixed, but when you apply an oval envelope to a drawing with texture/detail in it, the outside edges on the left and right ends are stretched wide instead of narrower than in the center of the object being shaped.

    Anyway, I've got more work to do.
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    Default Re: Cala Lilies in Basket

    I was going to say that the Basket just doesn't look right, but, then I see that you've already said what you used and what the result was.
    Yeah! Good luck with any improvements or innovations regarding Vector Tools.

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    Default Re: Cala Lilies in Basket

    Thanks, I guess...
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    Default Re: Cala Lilies in Basket

    Well,
    I did the best I could at this point on setting the envelope for the basket weave. I wish the tool was more effective and less finicky. It's a real trial trying to get the positioning right.

    This if one of the features I wish the developers could focus on improving, along with others.

    Maybe I'm expecting too much from the software.
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    Default Re: Cala Lilies in Basket

    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Duke View Post
    Thanks, I guess...
    I wasn't criticising your work. Rather, the lack of the ability of the tool.
    It's preventing you from achieving the round look of the basket.
    Just my opinion.

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    Default Re: Cala Lilies in Basket

    Quote Originally Posted by Rik View Post
    I wasn't criticising your work. Rather, the lack of the ability of the tool.
    It's preventing you from achieving the round look of the basket.
    Just my opinion.
    I know. It's just frustrating when you want to get something "right" but you feel like something, other than yourself, is keeping you from it.
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