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Hybrid and composite folds

Hybrid and composite folds

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Hybrid and composite folds

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- Sometimes, one folding style just isn't enough to do the job. What if you wanted to take some of the strongest characteristics of one folding style and merge it with another folding style? There are two ways to achieve this. One approach is to create what's called a Hybrid Format, and the other option is to create a Composite Format. Let's start with Hybrids. Hybrid Formats steal the strongest features of at least two different folding styles and combine them into one format. Here's an example. This is an Iron Cross Fold. On its own, this classic speciality format is pretty cool, and this is an Open Gate Fold, also one of my favorites, so what happens when you combine the characteristics of an Iron Cross with those of an Open Gate Fold? Well, an Iron Cross / Open Gate Hybrid, of course. Super cool, right? So now that we understand Hybrids, let's take a look at Composite Formats. Composite Formats achieve results similar to those of a Hybrid, combining the characteristics of…

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