I have purchased a vector from Shutterstock (ref 2061740762). It is a photo-realistic image of a paint drum, which says it “… contains an accurate mesh to wrap your artwork with correct envelope distortion”. The idea is you write your own label, which wraps around the vector of the paint drum, so you can produce images of many different labelled drums.
However, this vector seems to be designed specifically for use with Ai (Adobe Illustrator). I am liaising with Shutterstock, who keep saying it can be used with software other than Ai, but I can’t find anything in Designer that is ‘mesh to wrap your artwork’. In Designer, the vector just appears as a number of layers of tiff images. The latest advice from Shutterstock, specific to Ai, said:
“You can find the mesh in the Mock Up folder under "Drum" and is named "Design". After adding your text, you should go to object > envelop distort > make with top object, so the text will then wrap to the shape of the mesh. If you are using other software rather than Ai, you may find the layers in different orders, but as I mentioned the effect works perfectly.”
To repeat, all my ‘layers’ are just tiff images, I can't find any 'Mock Up folder' or anything else they outline. Does anyone have any ideas if this information/these resources are lurking somewhere in Designer that I am not familiar with? Or am I right in thinking that you can really only use this type of vector in Ai itself? Thanks for any help!