book ???!!

[mags]

i am horribly new to all the graphic stuff, nevermind xara (and am having problems moving my brain from 'photo' based to the capabilities of xara but thats another story!)

i was just wondering, i dont suppose anyone knows, or indeed any of you guys out there have written, a book/manual for xara???

(i know the best way to learn is hands on but im getting lost at the stupidiest of things ie. the bevel tool, webxealot, when i join > arrange two circles, they both change to the same colour and i cant for the life of me figure out how to keep the colour of each circle seperate)

[mags]

i am horribly new to all the graphic stuff, nevermind xara (and am having problems moving my brain from 'photo' based to the capabilities of xara but thats another story!)

i was just wondering, i dont suppose anyone knows, or indeed any of you guys out there have written, a book/manual for xara???

(i know the best way to learn is hands on but im getting lost at the stupidiest of things ie. the bevel tool, webxealot, when i join > arrange two circles, they both change to the same colour and i cant for the life of me figure out how to keep the colour of each circle seperate)

[gwpriester]

Welcome to the world of Xara, Mags.

Head on over to the XaraXone.

There you will find over five years of Xara tutorials, the WebXealot, a monthly newsletter, issues 16-28 (and continuing) are an on-line manual.

And of course, ask as many questions as you want here. You'll usually get an answer so fast it will make your head spin :-)

Gary

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[Egg Bramhill]

***when i join > arrange two circles, they both change to the same colour and i cant for the life of me figure out how to keep the colour of each circle seperate***

On this specific point I'm not quite sure what your trying to achieve. As you wish each circle to remain their own seperate colour, I can only guess that your trying to "group" them, rather that "Arrange / Join Shapes" which converts 2 or more shapes into one and "knocks-out" any overlapping parts of the shape, and because this new shape is now one single shape it can only therefore have one flat fill colour.

If you can explain a bit more what the end result your trying to achieve, I'm sure you will be overwhelmed with solutions.

Egg

[mags]

i was trying to follow the bevel tool in the webxealot (how to creaate two linked bevel circles).. i was literally "arrange > join" the two circles to be linked whereas i think i have totally misunderstood as the "arrange > join" the two circles was to make one of the circles for linking and this step had to be repeated to make the other circle for linking, at least i think anyway. dont know if this makes sense or not but i have, at last, got it sussed and can now link two circles - yipee!! 1 down, xxxxx to go!!

[Egg Bramhill]

Just stick with it mags, it's fun
Egg