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And the introduction of the WebXealot Workbook [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
WebXealot Workbook #1 is now posted and features mini-tutorials concerning your two favorite metals, gold and chrome. The mini-tutorials images are shown below along with Brian Etherington's XPal 3, the vastly improved version of this cool palette creation utility.
XPal 3 has extended bitmap file format support, can save palettes in PAL and EPS file formats, can sort colors according to Hue, Saturation, Value and Name. Palettes import into Xara X and the colors appear in the color line, the Color Gallery and the name gallery. It's free and it's featured in the Workbook and available from the XaraXone Shareware Page.
Comments and suggestions are strongly encouraged.
Gary
Gary Priester
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XaraXone
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And the introduction of the WebXealot Workbook [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
WebXealot Workbook #1 is now posted and features mini-tutorials concerning your two favorite metals, gold and chrome. The mini-tutorials images are shown below along with Brian Etherington's XPal 3, the vastly improved version of this cool palette creation utility.
XPal 3 has extended bitmap file format support, can save palettes in PAL and EPS file formats, can sort colors according to Hue, Saturation, Value and Name. Palettes import into Xara X and the colors appear in the color line, the Color Gallery and the name gallery. It's free and it's featured in the Workbook and available from the XaraXone Shareware Page.
Comments and suggestions are strongly encouraged.
Gary
Gary Priester
Moderator Person
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XaraXone
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Hi Gary,
Just took a quick look at the workbook and it looks great. Tried downloading the XPal and got a Page not Found error.
Going to start on the workbook, see ya later.
Soquili
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Thank you so much for the continuing tutorials and helpful information. The newly designed printer friendly page layout is most apprciated and the first tutorial is one that many of us have been yearning to learn in more easy to understand steps. Greatly appreciated [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]
You've done it once again. Thank you so much [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
Soquili is right the XPal page is not findable. I want that little dickens, need it actaully. I have come to use it quite often for figuring out palettes that work instead of all the guessing. I hope the page is fixed soon [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]
Thanks again.
RAMWolff [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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please use this link:
http://www.smokingun.co.uk/download/Xpal/setup.exe
jens
jens g.r. benthien
designer
http://jens.highspeedweb.net
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There is a small problem with the link to XPal 3.0 but Jens is right you can download it from the URL link he gave.
Also, this all happened a bit to fast for me, and what with the time zone differences and Fulham playing Chelsea last night I was struggling to keep up. Anyway, there have been a few last minute changes to the code and the "real" version 3.0 is the one currently on my website (the Setup executable is dated 4/15/02 10:32AM). If anyone got of ahead of me, I recommend downloading this version.
Brian
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the link has been fixed. I had an extra dot at the end of the exe
Just as well as Brian made some last minute tweaks to the code.
Gary
Gary Priester
Moderator Person
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XaraXone
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Nice workbook Gary!
Regards,
Frits
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Gary, If this is going to be typical of the Workbook examples you will be preparing in the future, then I'm hooked already.
Perfect size and the Chrome/Shiny topic was spot on for me, also having you as the Featured Artist again would be a very good thing.
Thanks again.
Bob C.
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Gary,
First, thanks for the WebXealot, the many fine tutorials and the MANUAL. Secondly, thanks for the Workbook. Glad you haven't deserted the slow learners. A glance at the Workbook and it looks like you're off to a great start. All the Best, Neil
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for the new workbooks!!! Thanks, Gary, for doing this for us!!! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
---As The Crow Flies!---
Maya
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Maybe I'm blind but didn't see any input form to tell Brian thanks for his pallet utility. Since I'm basically dense it took me quite a while to figure out how to get the pallet I created into Xara. Save as ___.pal Then import the pal file into your document. So Brian can you add that to the help file for dumb dumbs like me?
Hey Gary, the workbook exercise. to me, looks like it must have been as time intensive for you as one of the monthly tuts. Anyhow loved it and wish to thank you.
Judi
My Stuff
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This is the cat's meow, the best thing since sliced bread, and definitely a winner.
I am reminded of a story, about feeding people or teaching them to fish with the result being that they will become independent, productive and full.
The workbook concept you have come up with is so valuable. When my knowledge is really limited, having someone who will share their talents, approaches, and insights for problem solving is so exciting. This unselfishness on your part and others is what makes this the preimere forum on the Internet.
I may not be expressing myself well, but so often the ideas are in my head and the techniques are just not at hand to express them.
Thanks to all the contributors with your unique approaches to the various looks and multitude of explanations to get to the end product. One last thing, its always done with a sense of humor. Included in this list would be all the moderators, Christine, Brian, Paul, Dale, RamWolff, Su, Steve, and Wolfgang just for a start.
All contributors are to be congratulated!
Phil
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but we are not Moderators, just the fabulous users of XaraX and contributors to this forum and others here at TalkGraphics [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
Gary, Ross, Egg, Sean and some guy named wAldo sLACK (who is this person anyway) moderate this and the XaraGallery, which I am most humbly grateful too for all the wonderful work and direction they provide to us all [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
RAMWolff [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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Was a moderator who was active for a few months and then dropped off the face of the known earth.
I have asked Thomas at Xara to replace Waldo, but Thomas is up to his eyeballs in other things and has sadly neglected us here [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img]
I guess Slack should be Slack the Slacker.
Gary
Gary Priester
Moderator Person
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XaraXone
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I know better. The posting was meant to read as follows. Moderators plus all you other folks. Thanks for catching the error RamWolff.
Phil
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If I wanted an object to have a mercuric apperance, would it be similar to the chrome and silver ideas, in that it actually has no colour, but rather reflects whatever's around?
I've never actually seen mercury, and google searches seem to return everything but a photo of actual mercury...
Thanks,
Lothaekor
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... format was most excellent! Easy to get in to - quick to execute and remember!
Great job, Gary!
Risto
risto@ristoklint.com
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Lothaekor - Ross made some very convencing mercuy in his pretty poison post. He also included the .xar file.
Soquili
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Hmmmm, I must be more daft than I thought. I was under the impression, a strong one, that mercury was red in coloring. Sigh.............41 years old, coming from the days when that's all thermomitors had was mercury and I can't remember. Dang it!!! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img]
It's an interesting file, very "heavy" to move around. Lot's of layers or was it a blend or was it.........OH never mind [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
RAMWolff [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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RAMWolff,
Mercury is found in the mineral Cinnabar. Cinnabar is red (actually found in many shades). See Cinnabar for more information. Just down the SF bay from us, in south San Jose's Almaden valley, was the major cinnabar mine(s) supporting the California gold rush. They continued mining those deposits into at least the 1950's.
Mercury is liquid at room temperature and certainly looks like liquid silver. I used to use mercury when I worked with my uncle on his gold claims. Gold, in dust or small grain sizes, amalgamates with mercury, creating a "butter." Our teeth used to be filled with a mercury/silver or mercury/gold amalgam.
As I remember, mercury's reflective properties are very close to chrome. Perhaps a very little bit warmer.
Al Kolka
alkolka@attbi.com
