Open the Fill Gallery (Shift F11). From the Stone Textures folder,
select Stone 1 and press Fill. Bear with me, this is going to look great. I
know what I am doing, (I think).
Select the stone filled shape with the Transparency Tool (F6) and from
the Transparency Type drop down list, select Brightness. Move the
Transparency slider to 95. This adds a very subtle texture.
Press Shift Ctrl b or (Arrange > Move Backwards) several times until
the textured bitmap is behind the compass shapes and the two lines.
Add a background and you are finished. I made two small additions. Can
you spot them? And if so, can you figure out how to create them?
I also recreated the compass face. I moved all the objects down a bit
and recreated the bitmap and the spherical effect. This makes the
curve of the tick marks match the bottom shape better.
Your comments are always welcome and help dispel my fear that I am
creating these tutorials in a vacuum. Use the e-mail link below (or
press the e button on the navigation bar) to send me your questions,
comments, corrections and suggestions. I always try to respond
promptly as long as you provide a valid e-mail address.
Thanks to John Horn (covoxer) for the new WD7 Teakset that enabled
the separate orange highlighted page buttons.
Gary W. Priester
Host of the Xara Xone
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