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Introduction to Xara Xtreme Welcome to Xara Xtreme Xtreme terminology Windows terminology The clipboard The constrain key 2 Document handling Starting Xtreme Starting a new document Opening an existing document The Xtreme window Opening a second window Changing the zoom value Sliding the document within the window Changing the page size Saving the document Closing the document On-screen grid Rulers Options dialog box—grid & ruler tab Measurement units Decimal point & thousands separator characters View quality slider The help system Galleries The Name gallery Naming objects Selecting objects using the Name gallery 3 Undo and redo What are undo and redo? The undo command The redo command Changing the size of the undo list 4 Drawing lines Drawing a line or shape The Freehand & Brush tool Editing lines/shapes with the Freehand & Brush tool The Shape Editor tool Extending the line Finishing the line Adding a new point handle Selecting multiple point handles Deleting points Moving point handles—Shape Editor tool Smoothing a line Constraining the line Changing curves Changing a straight line to a curve (and vice versa) Joining lines Splitting a shape The Pen tool Changing the line width (thickness) Variable width lines Line gallery Brushes 5 Selecting objects The Selector tool Selecting an object To select additional objects Selecting all objects Deselecting an object Identifying a selected object 6 Shape handling Closing a shape Joining shapes Combining shapes Intersecting shapes Slicing shapes Creating regular polygons (the QuickShape tool) Creating stars (polygons with indented sides) Editing stars Creating circles and ellipses Making shapes editable 7 Object handling Moving objects Removing objects from the document Duplicating and cloning Moving objects forward and backwards Rotating objects Scaling objects Flipping objects Snapping Summary of shortcuts on the numeric keypad Grouping and ungrouping objects Alignment ClipView 8 Distorting objects Skewing objects Stretching and squashing objects The Mold tool Perspective Feathering 9 Layers Layers 10 Blends Blends Removing blends 11 Color handling Introduction The color line Applying color (simple) Editing an object’s color Redefining a color (simple) Creating a shade Advanced color operations Specifying colors in the Color Editor The color models Colors on the screen and on the printer Local colors and named colors Normal colors, tints shades and linked colors Applying color (advanced) Creating new colors Editing colors The Color Editor The Color gallery Named colors 12 Text handling Introduction The Text tool Basic text Text in a column Text along a curve Moving the cursor Selecting a text object Selecting a region of text Changing the font Swap case Bold Italic Changing the font size Condensing and expanding characters (aspect ratio) Justification Subscript & superscript Line spacing Tracking Baseline shift Kerning Seeing fonts in use Changing text into editable shapes The Fonts gallery |
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Fills Introduction The Fill tool Flat fills Linear fills Circular fills Elliptical fills Conical fills Diamond fills Bitmap fills Three-color fills Four-color fills Fractal fills 14 Transparency Transparency Applying transparency to several objects 15 Shadows The Shadow tool Applying a shadow Changing the shadow color or fill effect Converting shadows to shapes Removing a shadow Applying a shadow to several objects Selecting objects using the Shadow tool 16 Bevels The Bevel tool Applying a bevel Applying a bevel to several objects Modifying a bevel Removing a bevel Bevel resolution 17 Contours The Contour tool Contouring objects Converting contours to shapes Removing a contour 18 Bitmap handling Introduction Using bitmaps The Bitmap gallery The Fill gallery Special Effects Tracer 19 Web graphics Button and NavBar tool Button states Adding the tool’s icon to a toolbar Image slicing Creating animated GIFs Animated GIF properties Importing images from a website 20 The Xara Picture Editor Introduction Launching XPE Returning to Xtreme Zoom Rotate Enhance Photo cropping Red eye removal Plug-ins Edits Using XPE as a standalone program 21 Live Effects Introduction 22 Printing Show print borders Selecting and setting up a printer The print dialog box Print Options: Output tab Print Options: Print Layout tab 23 Importing and exporting Introduction General notes on exporting and importing Importing files Exporting files The Clipart gallery 24 Customizing Xtreme Changing the template document Options in the Utilities menu General tab Grid and Ruler Internet tab Mouse tab Page tab Effects & Plug-ins tab Scaling tab Tune-ups tab Units tab View tab Control bars Gallery docking and undocking Restoring the default control bars/galleries 25 Menus and keyboard shortcuts Introduction File menu Edit menu Arrange menu Utilities menu Window menu Help menu Keyboard shortcuts |