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Borders using scal shapes and merge
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:15 am
by gj1
TFL
I have removed my pictures...please see Louise's explanation below.
Re: Borders and mat using scal shapes and merge-Fixed file
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:22 pm
by Louise-Paisley
Don't forget you have LOTS of shapes in a font you can also make use of, and of course you can get dingbat fonts too
Here is a quick example of a border made using the } character..
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Re: Borders and mat using scal shapes and merge-Fixed file
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:44 pm
by gj1
Awesome!...I never used the 'transform' button before...thanks for teaching. I love this border you made!
Re: Borders and mat using scal shapes and merge-Fixed file
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:53 pm
by Louise-Paisley
gj1 wrote:Awesome!...I never used the 'transform' button before...thanks for teaching. I love this border you made!
I first created it in Inkscape using the pen tool and messing about with handles and guides and all sorts of stuff.. It worked well and I was quite pleased with it, then I realised it was nothing more than a curly brace character and I could have done it in 1/10th of the time LOLOL
You can find lots of useful shapes in fonts if you stop looking at them as just something you type with
Re: Borders and mat using scal shapes and merge-Fixed file
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 1:13 pm
by Louise-Paisley
Another example using the number 3..
For this one I made the string of characters and used a shadow layer union to a rectangle then excluded the string of 3 characters from it.
Just an idea of the sort of things you can do fairly quick and easy in SCAL
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Re: Borders and mat using scal shapes and merge-Fixed file
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:45 pm
by gj1
Thanks again, Louise...this is a really terrific idea :) Keep them coming!!!
Re: Borders and mat using scal shapes and merge-Fixed file
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:19 pm
by sstehman
Hello Louise....I have been off he board for about 2 weeks and the advice you have been giving is great. Thank you for the visual explanation (along with the words).
When I see a number 3 -- that's pretty much all I see. The visual made it so much better.
Re: Borders and mat using scal shapes and merge-Fixed file
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:24 pm
by Louise-Paisley
sstehman wrote:Hello Louise....I have been off he board for about 2 weeks and the advice you have been giving is great. Thank you for the visual explanation (along with the words).
When I see a number 3 -- that's pretty much all I see. The visual made it so much better.
You are welcome..
Many people struggle to grasp things without pictures so I try to include a visual reference where possible