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Brushes in Xara are made up of multiple shapes that run along a path, which could explain why it looks like a series of blobs when you apply transparency. Instead, you probably want to create closed...

Nice! I could see the effect right away.

I've tested it, and I like it. So far, the best thing in my opinion is the changes they made to fills. They've added the ability to skew and stretch fountain fills (so you can get elliptical and...

You can extrude an ellipse and use the "Rolled" bevel profile on it.

The texture in the second stereogram looks less distorted in the band near the top. Looks good.

Gary - Here are some screen savers for Windows (not necessarily made for Windows 7, but they work fine under Win 7).

Really Slick Screensavers - These are free, and there are no added programs...

I would use MMORPGs without the apostrophe. Apostrophes are used to show possession.

Thanks for the Google logos link, Samantha! So, how do you break the logo apart in Firefox? I couldn't figure it out...

I would think 10.5 would qualify. What surprises me is that only versions 10.x or 11 qualify. Corel (and MetaCreations/Procreate/Fractal Design) used to allow upgrades from any older version of...

Nice work, everyone! I particularly liked the one with the deer in the garden - I can totally relate to that :) The spoonbill Flash animation was fun, too.

Alien, I can't see any different icons either. On the test pages, if I click on a link, then go back to the first page, the icon doesn't change.

Nice work on the icon!

Here's what to type for Windows 7 64-bit:

regsvr32 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Xara\Xara_Designer_Pro_6\XaraDLLs\XarThumb64.dll" (remove space between 64 and .dll)

I have a Canon Pixma Pro 9000 that I really like. The output is really good and looks pretty much like what I see on screen, even though I haven't calibrated. (I'm not a pro though, so what's good...

Handrawn - Just tried your steps, and I didn't get an error. I used the mouse scroll wheel and Control key to zoom. This was in Designer Pro 6.

Also, some groups are automatically created when you use certain effects (blends, bevels, etc.)

I agree it would be nice to be able to drag an object into an effect group and it would pick up...

Great videos, Xhris! Xara should give you a sales commission... :D I also appreciate the timecode links so we could jump to different parts of the videos.

It worked, Rik - I can see it just fine.

I'm on Windows 7.

Wow, sledger, that's a tiny keyboard! :)

Thanks, sledger - I did know about the on-screen keyboard, but it does get in the way sometimes. I may have to use it anyway, since the Fujitsu button utility won't let me assign Shift to a button. I...

It's a Fujitsu Lifebook T900. It has five buttons on the screen bezel, and I'm still trying to get used to using them. One is a function button that can toggle secondary actions for the other...

I recently bought a tablet PC, and l'm having problems with certain keyboard shortcuts while using Xtreme with the tablet in slate mode.

For example, to duplicate a shape while rotating it, you...

Oops - I see you were trying to go from Xara to Publisher. Sorry about that...

I just tried copying text from Xtreme to Word 2007, and it did keep the formatting. I don't have Publisher to try,...

Here's a quick-and-dirty attempt at coloring your sample file to show you better what I mean.

About the rectangles - have you tried drawing them on a new layer behind the one where your people are? That way, you don't have to cut the rectangles apart.

One good thing about using a vector...