Hi Gang;
Is there a tool/technique in Coreldraw which will allow you to take a vector pattern (like a segment of grapevine) and bend it around a curve? Much like the "fit to path" function with text.
Thanks
Best Regards,
George
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Hi Gang;
Is there a tool/technique in Coreldraw which will allow you to take a vector pattern (like a segment of grapevine) and bend it around a curve? Much like the "fit to path" function with text.
Thanks
Best Regards,
George
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I believe the brush tool will permit you to do that but I can't walk you through it. Try checking you tube for a tutorial--I think I've seen one there.
Roy Brewer also shows a method that might do the job. http://www.engravingconcepts.com/ind...d=20&Itemid=67
Last edited by Mike Null; 08-14-2013 at 8:52 AM.
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Thanks, Mike-will try them
Best Regards,
George
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That implies that Corel Draw has 3-D functionality. I wasn't aware that is true as I use Adobe Illustrator. Does Corel Draw have any real 3-D features? I think maybe I am misunderstanding the question.
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Danm;
That's close- I can do that by copying and rotate a number of degrees and then repeating. What I want is to take something like a straight rope segment and causing it to bend and fit around a circlular path-repeating until the path is complete.
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George
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Alright, George, try out this video and see if it helps:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8dHwcP6pSE
Also, one (painful and not perfect?) option is to turn a small repeating segment of rope into a font (freebie programs can turn any B&W image into a TT font). Once it's a font, you can resize to any size you need, and fitting fonts to a path is one click.
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Bummer. I totally misunderstood. I was hoping that Corel had taken a leap into the world of 3-D modeling.
There are several videos on youtube posted by engraving concepts 1, there is one where he shows how to do what you want with a barb wire border. And another where he fits objects to a path.
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It's easy to replicate an object around a circle.
- Place your original art on the diameter of a circle object you want to work with.
- Mark the center of the circle with guidelines.
- Single click the art to bring up the skew controls and drag the origin (circle+dot) to the center of the circle marked by the guidelines.
- Click again and now drag the object into the new position you want and right-click.
- It will rotate around the common center and leave a duplicate object in that new position.
- Now just CONTROL-R to repeat.
- You may need to size object so it fits the way you want. Once you get the action, it's easy to re-try to get it "right"
Hope this helps.
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Question (because I am both lazy and not at the right computer): when Corel fits text to a curve, is it actually warping the letters or just rotating them? In other words, say an 'H' ends up at the top of a peak in the curve...is the top of the 'H' bigger than the bottom? Otherwise, that "rope" font turns into a series of short straight segments, more like a length of chain.
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Dan
That's not quite how it works. You are offered 5 options as to the orientation of the letters and they are not all twisted or distorted.
Try it.
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So there's hope for George yet...
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