Is there a way distort or twist bitmaps/photos in Xara Designer 16? I can rotate, resize, squash or strech images, but actually giving them a distortion as you can with a path. Is it possible to do this at all in Xara?
Ron
Is there a way distort or twist bitmaps/photos in Xara Designer 16? I can rotate, resize, squash or strech images, but actually giving them a distortion as you can with a path. Is it possible to do this at all in Xara?
Ron
you can try using the mould tool - this only works well with high resolution images, ideally 300dpi or more im my experience, and it is basic compared to a proper warp tool
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Only the Mold Tool Perspective envelopes work with bitmaps. This is a feature that really needs to be updated.
Gary W. Priester
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Have you tried the Deformation filter in the Live Effect Tool (Ctrl+F5)?
:-)
Joëlle
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CorelDRAW back in the mid 90s when I switched to Xara had a lot more powerful mold tool for distorting photos. I have not used DRAW for years and so I have no idea what it can do now. My guess is that distorting bitmaps is not easy with the existing code.
Gary W. Priester
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you may be right... there is no such thing as a 'bitmap' in xara in absolute terms, its a bitmap filled shape; distorting the shape enelope is ok, distorting the fill a different ballgame
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sorry, bend path I get - but how do you get 'limitless' distortions ?
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Acorn - installed Xara software: Cloud+/Pro+ and most others back through time (to CC's Artworks). Contact for technical remediation/consultancy for your web designs.
When we provide assistance, your responses are valuable as they benefit the community. TG Nuggets you might like. Report faults: Xara Cloud+/Pro+/Magix Legacy; Xara KB & Chat
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