Pictured on the left is Sean Sedwards’ spherical filter. It works with 24-bit bitmap images from inside Xara 2 via the Plug-ins menu. The filter comes in a freeware (top) and shareware version (bottom). The freeware filter produces one set distortion while the shareware filters contain two controls, Mapping and Distortion. I prefer the shareware version for greater control although the freeware version does a credible job.
You can download one or both filters on a trial basis. If you like the shareware filter and plan to use it, the price for the filter is contained in the documentation file.
•Improved version with full image preview now available.
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