Hi there - I've had Xara products for quite a while, but I've taken a long break from doing any graphic design at all. Now I'm back at it, and was thrilled to upgrade to Designer Pro. In a lot of ways, it's like coming home - but there is one effect that I'm trying to achieve that I just can't quite get.

I'm trying to draw a fan of seven cards - rounded rectangles make the card shapes easy enough, and I can get a nice spread of cards using the blend tool. But I can't get them to fan - attaching the blend to a curve just produces an arch. I suspect I'm on totally the wrong track.

But it just feels like there should be an easier way than just manually setting rotation and eyeballing placement... any ideas?

Thanks for any help.

Jackie