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Design a 3D Software Box - page 2
 Map the front and side artwork to a box – start Gimp
Step 1
Start Gimp and open the front and side views you saved from Inkscape.
Step 2
Select the Gimp Window for the front view graphics.
Select Menu - Filters > Map > Map Object.
- Options tab - from the drop down list select Map to Box.
- Box tab - select the images for the box faces.
- Orientation Tab - change the rotation z value to -20.
Click OK - Gimp will render the image.
A Screencast for this stage can be viewed here - no audio yet.
You will find a number of good InkScape screencast tutorials at screencasters.heathenx.org. These will help you to design good looking graphics for web sites posters etc.
This article is not intended as a tutorial for Inkscape or Gimp only as a general guide of the steps required to complete this task.
You can download the 3D box template for Inkscape from here , modify and use as you like.
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