Creating a tiled image

This tip shows how a bunch of shapes can be used to create an irregular image frame. Used techniques are Duplicate / Multiple Duplicate of shapes, combining them as polygons and then converting to an image frame.


 * Create a rectangular shape. In the example, it has a width and a height of 16 mm. Of course, any other type of shape can be used.


 * With the menu command Item > Multiple Duplicate, create 7 duplicates with a horizontal shift of 18 mm and a vertical shift of 0 mm.




 * Group the resulting 8 rectangles.


 * Mutiply the resulting group again, 5 times, a horizontal shift of 0 and a vertical shift of 18 mm. This results in a two-dimensional group of rectangles, looking like a fence.




 * At your option, ungroup the first row and change the position of the first rectangle. Resize it, rotate it, or whatever you like.




 * Now, select all the rectangles and "combine the polygons"


 * Apply Item > Convert to > Image frame


 * Last, but not least, load an image into your new image frame.



(c) Thomas Zastrow, 2007 The content of this page is licenced under the Free Documentation Licence.