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We will use Xara's Mould Tool's Circular Envelope to create a spherical version of the text and picture as it will appear in the glass sphere. If you are wondering why we created the bitmap trace of the photo, here is the answer. Xara's curved sided envelopes do not work with bitmap images. But they work fine with vector objects which is what the bitmap trace is. Select the square group then switch to the Mould Tool. Press the Circular Envelope icon. The square and its contents will be converted to a circle. Drag 4 new guidelines through the 4 control points on the envelope as shown above. This looks kind of like a sphere but we can make it better. Convert the objects to editable shapes (Arrange > Convert to Editable Shapes) Apply a new Circular Envelope (click the icon on the Infobar). Click the Mould Tool on one of the bottom right control point. A set of Bezier control handles will appear. Drag the red squares on the end of the gray lines and snap them to the intersection of the guidelines as illustrated in the lower right side of the image above. Repeat this for the other three control points.
Convert the group to Editable Shapes. This looks more sphere-like. But we can still do better. Can you see what is happening to the 4 small white squares?
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