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Isn't there a "log on as' function in XP? I think it lets you do that.

Dimitri:

Reminds me somewhat of Mikhail Chemyakin's work.

Yes. IV = intravenous, directly into the vein. Of course, you could always just dump it into the toilet and eliminate the middle man, but that's no fun.

para: Now, that's the idea! But wouldn't it be simpler to just run an IV?

This is asbestos I could do, folks. I'm still trying to figure it all out. It would help, of course, to have an actual model in front of me, but they keep disappearing...

Koolmoves has a good reputation. There are also open source tools.

You made that with several transparent layers, I take it?

Remember one thing, Matt: some days you're hot and some days you're not. Persist and you'll only get better.

Ross: Thank you.
Para: Hope it didn't taste too much like plastic.
Matt: If you're trying to solve shading, you have to answer one question right away: where's your light coming from?

Usually,...

I'm trying to see how well I can finish off this apple. (Better than yesterday, but still working on it.)

Er, excuse me, I'm a little flakey today. Your shoulder has better 360 degree control. Your writst controls a 90 -100 degree arc.

It should work for a lot of things and enable you to draw straighter lines easier. Very fine detail is probably best accomplished working from the wrist. Think of the way your wrist moves: you have...

Suvek:

It is a very powerful image and you've made the effects very nicely. I would make one constructive suggestion, if I might: lighten the shadow below the two subjects a little. What you...

You get that message it you're in Windows and not logged in to the Administrator's account.

Matt: A tip. Try drawing circles from your shoulder, not your wrist. Keep your wrist motionless and make the mark on the paper using the muscles of your upper arm. You get better control.

Thanks for the input, but I don't think that's it. A new--small--file crashes and my cpu goes up to 100%. Seems more like a memory leak to me. I've re-installed as cleanly as I can and will monitor...

New user here. Been using Xara successfully for the last week or so, going over the tutorials, etc. I love layers, but since I started using them this morning, the program keeps throwing fatal errors...

Stance:

I had a similar problem, though not identical. You might try going to Chris Lanier's blog

http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/articles/10919.aspx

to find some great .avi troubleshooting...