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Things You Need to Know to do this Tutorial

I'll try to cover the basics as I go through this tutorial for you new users. On this page you'll find an explanation of Xara's Mould (Mold) Tool which applies an editable shape around an object's and permits the object, or group of objects, to be modified in one operation.

The Mould Tool allows you to alter an object, a text object, or a group of objects, with a shaping envelope.

When an object(s) is selected and the Mould Tool is selected, the following envelopes appear on the Infobar at the top of the screen.

To apply an envelope, select the object, or objects to be modified, select the Mould Tool, then select your choice of envelope.

The Default Envelope permits the user to distort the contents of the envelope in a free form manner. All sides are treated as curves. The other Preset Envelope apply a specific shape to the contents as indicated by the icons.

Clicking on any corner produces Bezier control handles, which when dragged change the shape of the envelope and its contents in real time.

The Default Perspective Envelope treats all sides as straight lines and permits each corner to be manipulated separately. We will be working with the Default Perspective envelope.