Select the caming lines and then right-click.You can now unlock the sketch by clicking the red lock icon next to it in the Page and Layer gallery, and with this entry highlighted, you can click the Delete button. With all your shapes still selected use the keyboard shortcut CTRL+1 to Arrange>Combine Shapes>Add Shapes…and the result is a single shape.
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All the lines are now shapes, you will have quite a few of them (I ended up with about 66).
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Download the file, open it in your version of the Xara design program, and let’s get started… Creating the Stained Glass xar file also has 2 layers Layer 1 where the line work/caming and the frame will be done, and a second layer underneath where you’ll create the glass panels. This is your visual resource for the caming, usually copper, pewter, or lead, the lines between the stained glass. You’ll notice the sketch at the center of the document is a bitmap-it’s been locked-and it is a very simple (and very rough) drawing.
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Many of you are already familiar with using Xara’s fractal fills and transparencies to create textures, but in this tutorial you’ll see how to use imported bitmaps in a similar fashion to achieve photorealistic textures. You’ll see 3 seamless tiling bitmaps, a set of named colours, a rough sketch and a pre-made background in the Xara file. I use Designer Pro, and that is what you’ll see in the figures to follow, but you should be able to do this in Photo and Graphics Designer. Now, forget hot solder and sharp glass: I’ll going to show you in Xara how to create a beautiful stained glass window set in a distressed, painted frame, step by step.īefore you get started, there are a few things you are going to need: Download the tutorial starter file and then open it in your Xara program. I’ve been creating and posting stained glass illustrations on TalkGraphics lately, and the response has been so positive I thought I’d share the technique with our community.
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Download Resource File Designing a Stained Glass Window