But I think these give a fairly decent example of what you can't easily do in Xara. Any ideas how they were created? Second one may be due to Brexit.
But I think these give a fairly decent example of what you can't easily do in Xara. Any ideas how they were created? Second one may be due to Brexit.
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Vectorized the pics by tracing them?
Spot on Boy I used Inkscape to trace the photos, as suggested by Gare. Ony problem with gifs is they have a maximum of 256 colours.
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only 256?!
My Commodore 64 has 16 colors... Big improvement!
Art brushes offer a sort of workaround in Xara Designer that can take a full colour bitmap as input and "mould" it without tracing.
The shape of the "mould" is formed by the curve of the line, the width profile and the end caps style.
Out of curiosity, when was this first "discovered" as I had thought I had not seen any mention prior to https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...521#post607521. Equally, has anyone then rotated the image 90° or other angle before making another brush as this allows for the moulding to take on a meshed effect. If anyone, it ought to have been Angelize.
Acorn
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@Acorn, I'm not sure to understand what you mean. Is it:
- import a picture;
- rotate it by 90°;
- use it as an art brush;
- then what happens?
interesting... and thanks
it is a good way of producing a limited degree of 'moulding', but no subsitiute for a full mesh warp unfortunately
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Steps are simple.
Take an image, or object.
Make an Art Brush.
Use the Shape tool to make two points for the line.
Distort the Line and add points to your liking.
Ensure the new Line is at an angle different to horizontal.
Create an new Art Brush from this Line.
Art Brush Mesh.xar
Note: your 'mesh' is a two-step process and it therefore not readily adjustable, but it does a job.
Acorn
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I'm moving this thread to Dear Xara. Users have been asking forever and a day for Mould Tool envelopes for bitmaps.
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