Metal fills?

[shiphen]

Hello

Are there any additional fills (for Xara Design Pro X - v18.5) that we can just download from Xara.com?

The Fill Gallery comes with: Brick, Fabric, Ground, Plant, Stone & Wood...
...but I am looking for a metal finish, ideally Brushed Steel or Brushed Aluminium.

Many thanks

J

[Acorn]

shipen, Xara provides a very limited range indeed.
All these fill are just jpegs that have a seamless texture.

Just try a Search: brushed aluminium steel seamless texture fill.
I am sure you'll find something.

Acorn

[iamtheblues]

Just type 'Brushed Steel' or 'Brushed Aluminium' into Google Images and fill your boots with the results. (Acorn beat me to it!)

[shiphen]

shipen, Xara provides a very limited range indeed.
All these fill are just jpegs that have a seamless texture.

Just try a Search: brushed aluminium steel seamless texture fill.
I am sure you'll find something.

Acorn

Hmm... I did have a quick look, but I can't find anything that:
A) looks like FLAT brushed metal
B) look like a bright bit of chrome or steel (rather than a dull grey aluminium)
C) have a grain brushed stroke at an angle off vertical (ideally a shallow angle like 20 or 30 degrees off vertical)
D) if possible repeat cleanly without borders

Everything seems to either:
- look like rather dull grey metal and/or
- look like a cylindrical rather than flat piece of metal and/or
- fail to repeat cleanly and/or
- have an annoying logo in it !

J

[gwpriester]

Insert > From Content Catalog > Stock Photos and search for Metal. 3 pages worth.

[shiphen]

Insert > From Content Catalog > Stock Photos and search for Metal. 3 pages worth.

TBH, I still can't find anything that works - mostly random metal objects rather than metal textures.... but thank you. Very well worth knowing about

Cheers

J

[Boy]

Did you do a Google search? E.g., https://www.google.com/search?q=seam...F_enNL881NL881

[Egg Bramhill]

You can easily create your own J:

DEMO

[Initiostar]

Combination of Boy and Egg; select one you can work with, use fills, transparencies and colours to suit:

[Acorn]

Egg's demo is useful but @shipen might not realise how to take anything and make it seamless.



The larger, lower block is a rectangle with the letter B, clone and flipped to the right and both cloned and flipped down.
All four were then selected and a Bitmap Copy make.
The result is a seamless repeating pattern.

Just do the same for a metallic design that otherwise may not be seamless.

Clearly, the pattern ought to be subtle enough.
Patterns of different scales can be stacked in semi-opaque layering to make the design seem more random.

Acorn