TalkGraphics.com http://www.talkgraphics.com/ TalkGraphics.com is a place for like-minded individuals to chat about graphics software, website design and more. en Tue, 21 May 2013 06:56:01 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/styles/CrystalClean/misc/rss.png TalkGraphics.com http://www.talkgraphics.com/ Watercolour effect - Mini Tutorial http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62813-Watercolour-effect-Mini-Tutorial&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 04:28:34 GMT I have come up with a neat little mini tutorial on how to create a watercolour effect. The tutorial makes use of the same Filter Forge Free distortions filter Pack (http://www.filterforge.com/download/) that Gary Bouton used in this months Tips and Tricks tutorial... I have come up with a neat little mini tutorial on how to create a watercolour effect. The tutorial makes use of the same Filter Forge Free distortions filter Pack that Gary Bouton used in this months Tips and Tricks tutorial The attached .xar file contains the tutorial and as an added bonus a 600px seamless tiling paper texture!

So I've given you the how to and an endless supply of virtual paper, you are welcome to post your watercolour creations in this thread.
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]]> Xara graphics chat angelize http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62813-Watercolour-effect-Mini-Tutorial We are Genius! http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62812-We-are-Genius!&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 02:08:53 GMT I came across this today, gave me a chuckle :) http://deborahtd.com/2013/05/20/we-are-genius/ I came across this today, gave me a chuckle :)
http://deborahtd.com/2013/05/20/we-are-genius/ ]]> Off-topic chat angelize http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62812-We-are-Genius! Theme color - Nav bar color change? http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62810-Theme-color-Nav-bar-color-change&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 01:39:08 GMT I can't seem to figure out, how do you customize the navigation bar colors to differentiate them from the theme color?

I like my dark red theme color font, but when it's put in the nav bar (the page you are currently visiting) it's too dark to read.

Here's the page, look at the "HOME" button at the top. I want it to be a lighter red....

http://www.museum.tv/mbc_build/index.htm

Thanks, Todd ]]> Xara web design chat trnhockey http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62810-Theme-color-Nav-bar-color-change Formal qualifications in graphic design http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62805-Formal-qualifications-in-graphic-design&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 23:56:06 GMT Hi all, Does anyone here have an opinion about whether studying for a graphic design degree is worth the time and money when trying to get started in the design industry? They take around three years to complete and cost about GBP 9K per year. I realise I could get a student loan to cover this, but... Hi all, Does anyone here have an opinion about whether studying for a graphic design degree is worth the time and money when trying to get started in the design industry? They take around three years to complete and cost about GBP 9K per year. I realise I could get a student loan to cover this, but I'd probably still be paying it off when I'm 80! Are there any better options for learning or any advantages for mature students? :D

Cheers, Jono (the old) ]]> Off-topic chat Jonopen http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62805-Formal-qualifications-in-graphic-design <![CDATA[1 page of 40 has lost all it's mouseover effects]]> http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62804-1-page-of-40-has-lost-all-it-s-mouseover-effects&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 20:58:56 GMT I have one page out of a 40 page site that has lost all it's mouseover effects. There is a mouseover layer and the mouseover files are there. The nav bars are repeating and they all work on the other pages, just not this one. Any ideas how to get the effects back?

Jim ]]> Xara web design chat jimhanus http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62804-1-page-of-40-has-lost-all-it-s-mouseover-effects Website design cost/worth estimate http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62801-Website-design-cost-worth-estimate&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 14:13:37 GMT For a dozen or so years I have managed the website for the Elmer Iseler Singers in Toronto, created in FrontPage. With the arrival of Xara Web Designer 9, I decided to volunteer to redesign the site using that software. I will not be compensated for the redesign of this 43-page website, but I would... For a dozen or so years I have managed the website for the Elmer Iseler Singers in Toronto, created in FrontPage. With the arrival of Xara Web Designer 9, I decided to volunteer to redesign the site using that software. I will not be compensated for the redesign of this 43-page website, but I would like to get some idea of the worth of the site, as judged by an unbiased but knowledgeable observer. You will find the new site at www.elmeriselersingers.com.

I would appreciate receiving your comments on the site design and your estimate of its worth, in dollars.

Many thanks.

Peter Hobbs
Verity Graphics, Toronto, ON, Canada ]]> Xara Web Gallery hobbspeter http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62801-Website-design-cost-worth-estimate Xara Web Designer Premium 9: Internal program error 1494.k.sy.up http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62799-Xara-Web-Designer-Premium-9-Internal-program-error-1494-k-sy-up&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 10:14:45 GMT Since upgrading to the 8 May 2013 build of Web Designer 9 Pro I have suddenly encountered the above error message on a regular basis. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Since upgrading to the 8 May 2013 build of Web Designer 9 Pro I have suddenly encountered the above error message on a regular basis.

Is anyone else experiencing this problem? ]]> Xara web design chat Resurgam http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62799-Xara-Web-Designer-Premium-9-Internal-program-error-1494-k-sy-up My Little Pony:Friendship is Magic art http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62798-My-Little-Pony-Friendship-is-Magic-art&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 04:38:53 GMT Hey, all!

I did this art piece just for fun. I love cartoons, and one of my current faves is the revived and drastically revised TV toon "My Little Pony:Friendship is Magic". (And in case you're wondering, no, I'm not a "brony". I just like the show. It somehow helps satisfy my cravings for enchanted worlds and engaging characters.) So here's the piece - I created it using PSE4 and Xara:


http://toonicorn.deviantart.com/art/...lete-372689795 ]]> Xara Art Gallery Toonicorn http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62798-My-Little-Pony-Friendship-is-Magic-art <![CDATA[[NEW] XaReg 2.2 released]]> http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62797-NEW-XaReg-2-2-released&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 23:39:41 GMT I thought I'd posted this yesterday in the Graphics Chat Forum.. :o

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What’s new in 2.2
• General TAB - Page thumbnail label outside of page thumbnail.
• Sizes TAB - Page thumbnail label font size. Page thumbnail size adjustment. Better Page rulers visualization.
• Several minor improvements and fixes.

Enjoy

CLICK TO DOWNLOAD XaReg 2.2

As usual, feedback and suggestions always welcome..
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]]> Xara graphics chat sledger http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62797-NEW-XaReg-2-2-released If you use an android phone you have to try these apps:- http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62796-If-you-use-an-android-phone-you-have-to-try-these-apps&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 21:47:52 GMT Video FX (lets you record PREDATOR style and other video effects [try the ghost one])
Night Vision (just gives night vision effects)
Thermal Vision (like Night Vision but lets you do Thermal imaging style photos with four different colour
settings (its how I got the multicoloured canal scene in my most recent video [its the one with the
peacock and with the bridge and canal in the background])
CameraMX (sounds like a Magix product)
They're all free to dowload from Google Play Store and the only limits're with what you can do with the sofftware they're uploaded to (just imagiNe what you could do with PHOTOSHOP/ILLUSTRATOR) ]]> Photography SCALEBACK666 http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62796-If-you-use-an-android-phone-you-have-to-try-these-apps Uploading in WD 9 Premium http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62795-Uploading-in-WD-9-Premium&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 21:44:27 GMT I'm just getting my courage up to use WD 9 again after a bumpy start a few weeks ago (crashing), and wonder about uploading. Since the new programme didn't copy my ftp info from WD MX Premium in the upgrade, I'm wondering whether it transferred 8's memory. In other words, will it recognize when uploading what files are already there from the last WD 8 upload, and not duplicate them. I tried that with another website and it duplicated everything, bumping the number of files in the index_htm folder to over 9000, over double what should have been there. Do I need to delete everything on the server and re-upload from scratch?
Thanks! Pamela ]]> Xara web design chat PeeWee http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62795-Uploading-in-WD-9-Premium Tweak dynamic page with Xara WD 9 Premium http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62794-Tweak-dynamic-page-with-Xara-WD-9-Premium&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 16:26:41 GMT Hi,

The tweak 'dynamic page' for Xara WD7 also works for Xara WD9 Premium. I'm trying the header and the footer to fill the whole browser width, but it won't work.
Anyone have an idea? It would be a huge progress for WD 9.

Ps.: Sorry for my poor English guys :)

J-C ]]> Xara web design chat j-c http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62794-Tweak-dynamic-page-with-Xara-WD-9-Premium <![CDATA[The whole is definitely more than the sum of it's parts]]> http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62792-The-whole-is-definitely-more-than-the-sum-of-it-s-parts&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 10:36:27 GMT Really quite fascinating - love these images http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-22514601 Really quite fascinating - love these images

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-22514601 ]]> Off-topic chat pauland http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62792-The-whole-is-definitely-more-than-the-sum-of-it-s-parts Updating Problem http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62791-Updating-Problem&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 08:15:18 GMT Hi Folks,

Anyone having a problem getting the latest update to work?

On my laptop (64b) the update downloaded and worked perfectly but on the desktop (32b) it appears that the update file is trying to upload (you briefly get a the grey uploading box but the progress bar clearly isn't working). The yellow upload button still appears and you can press but it gives a message that it can't find the exe file in Temp folders.

Now the first thought here is Bullguard is blocking it, except Bullguard has permissions set for Xara and if it blocks it tells you.

My only assumption is that Windows has reset to block exes on an update.

Has anyone else had any problems or do you have any ideas?

I'm nearly stumped.

Cheers
David ]]> Xara web design chat David Strover http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62791-Updating-Problem How to view Hippo Animatorslideshow in Web Designer preview? http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62790-How-to-view-Hippo-Animatorslideshow-in-Web-Designer-preview&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 23:22:22 GMT I am slowly learning my way around Web Designer and seems the next phase of my learning curve now has landed me at placeholder objects.

Having created an animated slideshow in Hippo Animator I would like to no have it display in the "Preview Current Web Page" of Web Designer 9 Premium.

Creating a placeholder and pasting the html link that Hippo generates in the HTML code (body) box doesn't result in the animation appearing in the web page preview, so I am guessing that I need to copy the Hippo media to a specific location for the animation to appear and modify the placeholder link to suit.

Question is, where would that location be and how do I go about getting my animation to show?

Your help would be much appreciated.

Cheers! ]]> Xara web design chat The Balt http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?62790-How-to-view-Hippo-Animatorslideshow-in-Web-Designer-preview