How to accomplish this task or aspects of it in a different and possibly more effective way, drawing cars or other modes of transportation. I'm always open for a better or more effective way of accomplishing a desired effect.
View 5 RepliesI have watched a tutorial video about creating "Text Chrome" on youtube. I need to create a 128 x 128 flat surface chrome, high gloss texture.
I want to put this texture in my CAD program as a bmp. Is there a particular plug in I need to do this? Using version 3.5.10 and XP.In the said video, some commands were shown that I do not currently have.
I want to make 3D Metal Knobs (Or chrome like) There is an old tutorial by theKeeper but I dont understand it...
how to make Chrome Stuff in PS.
How would you make tabs like the one in the screen-shot just using gimp?
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I would like to make a 10" x 3" bumper sticker (one half being one image, one half being another image). Are there options to layering (Vertical |, diagonal /, horizontal --) or am I stuck with manipulating the imported image by hand. I use the Move tool after I drag and drop an image onto the canvas (background).
View 2 Replies View RelatedI created this video to achieve this using Xara P&GD. The video is here and the .xar file you need is attached.
This video shows how to create an angle based object for visual presentation, any object created with this method should not be used in manufacturers drawings where precision is paramount.
I am wanting to use XDP as a desktop publisher and can't see any hints on table creation. There are lots of other useful word processing functions but not tables AFAICS.
View 9 Replies View Relatedhow to create really great glowing text in Graphic Designer 7? URL....
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm about as far from "artistic" as a person can be, I'll be the first to admit. But I think I can do OK with simple stuff if I just knew what I was doing! Any basic tutorial for creating simple animations? For example, I downloaded an animated "fire" font for use on our website but it's not animated when I use the font. It'd be nice if I could just make my own.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI'm creating cards for different decks. What the printer gets and what I get are two totally different things. This card (.xar file attached), has been designed with the diamond fill. I got poor results when I exported the .xar file itself to PDF format.
So I exported the .xar file as a 300dpi png, and next exported the PNG file to PDF, using Xara DP6 program. Turned out exactly as I want it. File attached.
So, I send the PNG file to the printer. He exports it to Adobe Illustrator, and it comes back with rectangles instead of the subtle starburst effect. I have four card designs that use this diamond effect, and they all do the same thing. His PDF file is too large to attach here because there are 11 card samples on it and it's 860kb. So I'm attaching a screenshot of how the red card turned out when he exported the PNG file to PDF. I'm also attaching a screenshot of the blue card, where you see the rectangles are quite prominently displayed.
(Blue card image being so large; I was working with Photoshop Elements and must have forgotten to resize.)
I could export the cards to PDF and send them instead of PNGs. Looking for taking a PDF export from Xara and using it in an Adobe Illustrator template?
Current problem is that I've created certain colors for an art piece - basically, it's different poses of a character. I'm outlining each pose on a separate Xara page. So I've inked in the first pose, and, in so doing, created a couple of new colors, which I've named.
Those new colors do not show up in the color palette when I open a new page to ink in another character pose - the palette just defaults to its basic lineup. Is there a way to create a new color and keep that color in the palette for any and all art pieces?
I have looked everywhere at all sorts of photoshop and illustrator tutorials (because I couldn't find a Xara one) to accomplish this effect. I am creating a website for my client Jim and would like to incorporate a similar image to what he's using on his book cover, but with some different colors as the background to his site.
You can see what I'm trying to do in his blog header background here: [URL]......
I've found that this is a stock photo used in a lot of places, but I'm not really interested in getting the original image - I have that, but as a Jpeg on a black background. I'd prefer to learn how to create a similar effect in Xara.
I have tried all sorts of things that are kind of close, but just not there yet. I've tried using a line with pen pressure with a glow shadow. I've tried lines with a stained glass color overlay. I've tried creating a number of different brushes with a few levels of color, some with Gaussian blur applied, etc. but I just can't get this effect down. It always looks pretty good when I'm done, but then I look at the inspirational original and I'm not even in the ballpark for the amount of shine, glow, impact, etc.
In the end, this may not even work for the site since will be putting it on a light colored background, but I still want to know how to create this, as I'm sure I'll be able to use the technique elsewhere.
How do I go about creating a jagged edge as is the case of the white background to the photo(strawberry and kiwi)? Image is attached.
View 9 Replies View Relatedhow to produce the kind of effect the Vista OS used in the logon screen. I imagine this has been done often with Xara, given that it has been such a popular effect. But I haven't been able to get a foothold on even the related terminology. What terms should I be searching for in order to find relevant examples and descriptions of methods?
View 8 Replies View RelatedA video tutorial that shows the steps to create a sweet yummy doughnut covered in a thick layer of maple goodness! I have also posted the .xar for my doughnut in the Clipart Gallery for anyone who wants a closer look or just to use it as clipart.
Note: one thing I forgot in the video was to change the shadows on the icing layers to a dark brown color.
And as this tutorial makes use of named colors, if maple isn't your thing you could make it chocolate or vanilla cream
I need to create a sign wave in Xara Extreme or Web Designer. I can generate it with another system I have and export that to a Graphics Stream File (GSF) or png image. Not sure if I can import either of those, though.
What I want to do once I get it into Xara is apply a color to the sine wave and fade from left to right (or vice versa).
I've been using the shape tool more and more at work and wonder... Is there a "preferred" or "best" way to choose nodes when creating shapes? Let's say we've got a french curl stencil that we want to make. Is it best to simply draw where the curves start and stop, or in the "center" of each curve as it bends?
EDIT: Perhaps a silhouette of a mickey mouse type ears + body would be a good example.
I'm currently using Xara Designer Pro 6.1,way of creating shortcut keys for 'select next frame' and 'Select Previous frame' functions for animating, I find this an essential tool for animating.
Alternatively, is there a Script or another solution?Lastly, does a later version of Xara Designer overcome this problem?
Now I am very limited in my use of Xara Xtreme but I am currently needing to create an image of a world globe and around it (maybe even spewing out of it) I would require like something that conveys technology.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI haven't used any XARA product so I'm wondering if any of the XARA products are suitable for creating icons for Android or iPhone apps? I'm looking to create the fancy glossy icons that look 3D-like. Output would be PNG, JPG, and may need to import PSD (photoshop) file. The icons would have to be created in different resolutions/sizes.
Or should I stick to icon centric apps like IconWorkshop from Axialis?
how do you create a square with a transparent fill (it has to go around part of a photograph)? I am using DP7. I can create the square with no fill, but how to get a black outline around it (to show that it's a square).
View 7 Replies View RelatedI thought this might be of interest hereabouts since the subject has cropped up a couple of times lately..Creating seamless tiles in Xara Designer without plug-ins or external software
View 9 Replies View Relatedhow to create the chrome effect like on this picture.
View 2 Replies View Relatedwoundering if anyone can do my car chrome. With some dark tint in the windows if possable for me as im really thinking about doing it for real, But would like a preview of it just to see what it would look like. Anyway here is my car .
View 6 Replies View Relatedi'd like to make chrome on a section of a car not like the cloudy chrome.
View 4 Replies View RelatedThought it looked amazing, if someone could give me a small tutorial on how to make something like that, that'd be hella sweet.
View 2 Replies View Relatedim trying to render text as chrome but am having a difficult time... ive been playing around with the layer styles and this is what i have so far. how can i make this read as chrome and not so white?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI'm doing a label for a new series of battery packs for VamPowerPro.com and their new batteries are going to be called the Platinum series so I want to do the word "platinum" in some type of metallic shiney lettering.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have edited an image, added some chrome text, and i would like to animate it in imageready,
View 5 Replies View RelatedI make a new transparent layer above it but what do i do next? my text isn't looking like it should.
Using photoshop7
How can I make letters look chrome?
Nothin super fancy, and no particular font... just in general