Frieze Designing Challenge

[Acorn]

Thank you for the lengthy explanation, Acorn.

I've looked at it, as much as I can, but, I don't really understand how it's all put together in the first place.
So, I can't really apply and lateral thinking, when I don't know how it's put together?!

I don't know what you mean by Timeline 01.
And probably a whole bunch of other stuff.

You obviously have not browsed the Online Content Catalogue > Components >Print and Web Components > Timelines.

Acorn

[Rik]

You obviously have not browsed the Online Content Catalogue > Components >Print and Web Components > Timelines.

Acorn

Acorn: No, I haven't. Never really needed to go there!

So, now I know where these timelines come from, the next stop to learn is how to edit them?

I think you already mentioned, that if you ungroup, then the SmartShape will stop working.
Well, I can't see how to, then!

[browj2]

Rik,

Would a video help?

[Rik]

Rik,

Would a video help?

A video would be of great help.

I've worked some part of it out.
I created a square with an outline and used 'Paste format/attributes'
This then changed the circles to the colour line of the object I had created.
But... I shall wait for your video.

[Acorn]

@Rik, thank you. You have started to experiment.

You might have just dragged and dropped a colour form the Colour Bar.

Developing on this start, how might you change the colour of just the bar or even just one of the circles, fill or line?

The Challenge was more than just this: how to change the shape of the blobs...

Acorn

[Rik]

@Rik, thank you. You have started to experiment.

You might have just dragged and dropped a colour form the Colour Bar.

Developing on this start, how might you change the colour of just the bar or even just one of the circles, fill or line?

The Challenge was more than just this: how to change the shape of the blobs...

Acorn

I can do that, by going into the Page & Layer Gallery and selecting the line or the circle, and changing the colour of the line or the circle.

But, I have no idea how to change the circle for another shape or an image?

[Acorn]

I can do that, by going into the Page & Layer Gallery and selecting the line or the circle, and changing the colour of the line or the circle.
But, I have no idea how to change the circle for another shape or an image?

Rik, you are 85% there.

Before I do the big reveal, you are aware that when you change one blob's colour, then the End position control simply clones that blob.
For the image you have here, you can make red blobs and blue blobs but green blobs would have to be by hand.

As you have discovered the Page & Layer gallery is the clever part.
Select a blob there and then change the Tool to the Shape Tool and experiment.
Also with the Selector Tool, what can you do with the controls and meta-keys?

Acorn

[ss-kalm]

I'm with Rik on this ... I can't see (read that as understand) how to do anything with them. Obviously I'm missing something!

[handrawn]

unless you do a website or a print document I see no merit in these whatsoever - and even then they are just glorified bullet points - and this is what xara expects [?] us to upgrade for...

[Acorn]

unless you do a website or a print document I see no merit in these whatsoever - and even then they are just glorified bullet points - and this is what xara expects [?] us to upgrade for...

handrawn, this is why I raised the Challenge: to raise Xara's game and make others aware of the poor provision Xara is offering.

I would be hard pressed to use this Timeline construct as "gloried bullets points".
Again, my Challenge emphasis was on a frieze as that is about all I can make with Timeline 01.

I want others to discover their own uses for the SmartShape, perhaps in part to redeem Xara for creating a pointless artefact.
Xara is acting like the Roman emperor throwing bread to the masses during the games at the Coliseum; pretty stale bread though.

Acorn