Inverting an Image to a negative
I cannot readily locate how to take an image, drawing or photograph, and invert it so it is a "negative". I have a black and white drawing that I want to invert so the black areas are white, and the white areas are black. I am using Xara Photo and Graphic Designer 6 (and Xara Web Designer 7 Premium) in order to do this. I am sure it is an easy fix! Any suggestions or how to's would be great! :D
Thank you very much,
Margaret
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Re: Inverting an Image to a negative
Hi Margaret, welcome to Talkgraphics.
To make a "negative" use the Live Effects Tool when you have a photograph selected. If you want to apply the effect to vector objects create a bitmap copy and with the copy selected apply the Live Effect.
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The negative live effect will work on a group of vector objects with out needing to convert to bitmap copy first.
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Thanks Frances I never tried that before.
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if its a black and white drawing, I'd just set contone dark color white and then contone light color black [in default setup thats a right click on the colorbar] - saves getting a 'bitmap effect'
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handrawn
if its a black and white drawing, I'd just set contone dark color white and then contone light color black [in default setup thats a right click on the colorbar] - saves getting a 'bitmap effect'
The only time I have ever done this I used the live effects negative and that worked like a charm. Handrawn, I'll have to try your method to see how I like that.
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The benefit of the Live Effects Tool is it changes all the colors, not just two colors as with a contone. So if you have a multi-color image, or a selection of images, vector and/or bitmaps, it makes all colors negative.
And the process is non-destructive. If you want to get back to the original, just remove the Live Effect.
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yes of course
incidently if you only have two colors and you prefer to use the contone method that is not destructive either - you can just change it back
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Soquili
Hi Margaret, welcome to Talkgraphics.
To make a "negative" use the Live Effects Tool when you have a photograph selected. If you want to apply the effect to vector objects create a bitmap copy and with the copy selected apply the Live Effect.
Thank you ALL for your great advice, I will try these methods. I truly appreciate the support, I love Xara!! :)
-Margaret