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    Re: 3D vectorized

    @Albacore: you remind my another tool that in my opinion should be considered useful. A sort of "simplify" brush to be used on lines turned in shapes: lots of times there are to many points/nodes,...
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    New drawing tools

    [Moderator: I've started a new thread for this subject.]

    Very well done. [Refers to this thread: http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?72166-3D-vectorized] What I'm suggesting, with this and...
  3. Thread: 3D vectorized

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    3D vectorized

    This is an interesting feature of Illustrator: you create a 3d object and then you can transform it in small parts (the non intersecting ones), to convert it in a true and much better110296 vector...
  4. Thread: Mirror tool

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    Re: Mirror tool

    @PhilM: thanks for the tip, but using an old version, I'm not sure I understood the various steps: you talk about mirroring objects, this means I have to create a closed curve first and then edit?...
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    Re: Mirror tool

    @gwpriester: with a toggle button, yes if it's on. It's a tool very often used in 3d sw (symmetry tool) and in 2d painting sw like sketchbook and painter.
    @acorn: obviously there is some alternative...
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    Mirror tool

    And what about this tool? Already requested? If you want to draw a pot, a glass, a bottle, a face, a human beeing, a butterfly, a building, a mechanical part,...
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    Re: Wish List for V12

    Yes, this is a possibilty, but every time you have to create a brush, and to do that you have to create the effect you want, and it's time consuming. The new tool should work as a normal fill option,...
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    Re: Wish List for V12

    @iamtheblues: it's a good idea, but not what I was thinking at: I try to attach a rough exemple, hoping it's enough self-explanatory
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    Re: Wish List for V12

    Thanks to all: the problem was not with the old version of Xara but with the old version of my brain's firmware. I updated it and now should work (the brain, not Xara... :)). Another interesting tool...
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    Re: Wish List for V12

    I'm not sure if someone asked it before me, anyway: I feel frustrated when, after drawing a rectangle or an ellipse, I rotate it, and from this point on I'm not able to change width or lenght, just...
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    Re: pdf exporting text

    Yes, even if gaving me an error message I can open it. And I thing I understood what you did, and opening with PPX5 it's all ok. This the pros. The cons is I have to correct all the lines colours....
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    Re: pdf exporting text

    Thanls again Mike for your help. I attach the .xar file and the resulting pdf. Yes, as you guess, I'm using PPX5 just to check colours.
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    Re: pdf exporting text

    thanks mwenz. I use the pdf version 1.8 (even 1.7) to make text in a separate layer, so the editor can resize or change font whitout affecting shapes. And it's the only that can export choosing...
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    pdf exporting text

    An editor asked me to create some illustrations in only two colours. In Xara all seems ok, but when I exported the images in pdf (the editor asked me this format)8532185322, both graphics filled with...
  15. Thread: We-ired Sailing

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    Re: We-ired Sailing

    I like it very much. This is a sort of concept image I would be able to create. Very appreciated. lupen
  16. Thread: old_phone

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    Re: old_phone

    Many thanks Gray for your comment. Lupen
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    Re: old_phone

    Thanks Hwy101. Yes, I still have it. I bought this model in a flea market, years ago. Lupen
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    Re: Lace Cap Hydrangea

    Your flowers are always very nice. Congratulations. lupen
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    Re: old_phone

    Thanks Wizard509 and Ontos for your comments. lupen
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    Re: old_phone

    Thanks a lot Jim, Guy, Gary, Psaumure, Antspants, Angelize and Evgeny for your positive comments. lupen
  21. Thread: old_phone

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    old_phone

    At a first glance I thought this could have been an interesting and not to difficult subject. Wrong! The old, scratchy and oxidized brass has been very difficult, and I made several attempts to...
  22. Thread: coffee_set

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    Re: coffee_set

    @gwpriester: yes, I use a "standard" illumination, with 4 soft lights. When needed, I add a spotlight from the back to enphasize the objects edges.
    @wizard509: only criticism can help to improve, so...
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    Re: coffee_set

    Thanks again to all for your comments.
    @Jvila: I am glad to hear you again. Thanks a lot.
    @wizard509: I understand what you are saying. I attach a new version with 2 small dark shadows under the...
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    Re: coffee_set

    Thanks to all for the positive comments.
    @wizard509: my works are never perfects, so you are probably right. Anyway, I attach the original photo I shot. It seems to me that even in the photo shadows...
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    coffee_set

    A traditional set for coffee (at least here in Italy) : a coffee maker, a cup and a sugar bowl. Comments are welcome. lupen
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