How can I draw/create the wavy lines in this way?

[Egg Bramhill]

Loved your video idea. Hope you don't mind Gary but I've used it here.

[Initiostar]

Loved your video idea. Hope you don't mind Gary but I've used it here.

You are welcome Egg, great effects

[Egg Bramhill]

Thank you very much Gary

[TomTom66]

Thanks to all for the tips and assistance. Just came back to this page, have only seen the many new posts now.

My very first solution (Acorn's instructions) then gave these final results attached. It worked final then. But I could no longer describe to anyone specifically how the way was ;-)

The other solutions / instructions I will also still try.

Tom

[Acorn]

Tom, I assumed your main issue was creating smooth curves.

Clearly, non-destructive is the best approach.
What you can try is dropping the image onto your design page and then Arrange > Convert to Editable Shapes.
You can then use the Shape Tool to add a mid-point on the bottom edge.
When you select these points, set Make Curve and move it.

Clone twice and adjust the height of the bottom line for all three and set Transparency to 50% for two of them.

Once you have mastered this, you can try with just one image and not three.

The trick to to leave the image on top, untouched, apart from making it a Bleach Transparency.
Against White, it it wholly invisible.
Against Black, it is in full colour.
Effectively, you layer White through Grey to a base of Black for four shapes, White it to the bottom of the picture.
I made my White and Grey ones with a curved top.
One grey has a curved bottom too and had a Transparency applied.



Acorn

[TomTom66]

There's an alternative non-destructive way if you have a version of Xara that can export Shapes as SVG. (If not it's a great reason to purchase an upgrade!)



I've also attached the constructor xar file.

You can also go further and have the overlay as an animated svg:

DEMO

Thats petty cool also, Egg. Thanks a lot also for the detailed video clip and sample!

Tom

[TomTom66]

Tom, I assumed your main issue was creating smooth curves.

Clearly, non-destructive is the best approach.
What you can try is dropping the image onto your design page and then Arrange > Convert to Editable Shapes.
You can then use the Shape Tool to add a mid-point on the bottom edge.
When you select these points, set Make Curve and move it.

Clone twice and adjust the height of the bottom line for all three and set Transparency to 50% for two of them.

Once you have mastered this, you can try with just one image and not three.

The trick to to leave the image on top, untouched, apart from making it a Bleach Transparency.
Against White, it it wholly invisible.
Against Black, it is in full colour.
Effectively, you layer White through Grey to a base of Black for four shapes, White it to the bottom of the picture.
I made my White and Grey ones with a curved top.
One grey has a curved bottom too and had a Transparency applied.



Acorn

"Tom, I assumed your main issue was creating smooth curves."

= YES, this is exact! I have often the problem they they then become somewhat angular. With one "ponit" for curve no problem, but with two then and when you change height. But with "set curve" this also worke better then.

Thanks, Tom