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Xara Xone December 2003 step-by-step tutorial - A Glowing, Lightning-filled sphere

Select the square and the tapered line shapes. Select the Mould Tool. Click the Circular Envelope icon to apply this envelope shape. This produces a similar fisheye lens effect to Sean Sedwards' Mould Tool. Except the Circular Envelope does not work with bitmap images.

 

Xara Xone December 2003 step-by-step tutorial - A Glowing, Lightning-filled sphere

Convert the mould shape to Editable Shapes (Arrange > Convert to Editable Shapes). Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the tapered lines shape with the Fill Tool to select just the lines and not the circle. From the drop down list of Fill Types on the Infobar, select Circular. Click the outer control point and change the fill to the pink shown above. (You can edit the color in the Color Editor (Ctrl e or select the color from the on-screen palette).

 

Xara Xone December 2003 step-by-step tutorial - A Glowing, Lightning-filled sphere

Ctrl click on the tapered lines shape to select just this shape. Copy the shape to the clipboard (Ctrl c). Add a 6pt outline. Convert the outlined shape (Arrange > Convert Line to Shape). From the Arrange menu, select Break Shapes. (There are dozens of tiny shapes hidden beneath the main shape. Using the Selector Tool (the Arrow pointer), drag a selection marquee around the top half of the shape to select the hidden shapes and press the Delete key. Repeat this for the lower half and delete these. Paste the copy of the lines shape on top using Shift Ctrl v.

 

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