Bizarro Flower Challenge

**Egg Bramhill** · 12 February 2006, 01:18 AM

My Effort - Egg

**Kman** · 12 February 2006, 01:10 PM

I really like that one, Egg.

Ken

**-=Drifter=-** · 12 February 2006, 03:22 PM

**TimS** · 12 February 2006, 03:37 PM

here's mine, guess it's as bizarro as i get

**Judi A** · 12 February 2006, 06:24 PM

Here is one I did a few years ago.

**-=Drifter=-** · 12 February 2006, 07:55 PM

**fyip** · 13 February 2006, 03:59 AM

Hello! I'm brand new to Xara (been playing for only a couple of weeks), and in fact, I'm entirely new to graphics.

There so much amazing work posted here - thanks for all the art, tips, advice, tutorials, etc!

I thought I'd be brave and post a newbie-attempt at this challenge. Don't laugh - it's abstract!

Well, go ahead, laugh if necessary - constructive criticism is the best way to learn, right?

**fyip** · 13 February 2006, 04:12 AM

Oops - I meant to attach the image to the body of my text and not as a link.
Since I'm also new to forums, basic question: how do you attach an image so that it'll show up in the body of the text as the previous "bizarro flower" images have? I went to manage attachments, browsed and uploaded, but it appeared as the link in my previous post.

Thanks for helping!

**GroWeb** · 13 February 2006, 05:23 AM

Originally Posted by fyip

Oops - I meant to attach the image to the body of my text and not as a link.
Since I'm also new to forums, basic question: how do you attach an image so that it'll show up in the body of the text as the previous "bizarro flower" images have? I went to manage attachments, browsed and uploaded, but it appeared as the link in my previous post.

Thanks for helping!

You did everything right except the first step, which is to export the image in a web-compatible format, such as .jpg, .gif, or .png.

With your image open in Xara, select Export from the File menu. In the "Export File" dialogue box, choose .jpg (or .gif or .png) from the "Save As Type" drop down list. Choose where you want to save your image file, give your file a name, then select "Export". If you select .jpg -- which is usually the best choice -- you will get a new dialogue box in which you can set the size and quality of the output image. Once you have done this, again select "Export".

Use the same "Manage Attachments" procedure as before with your new (.jpg) image file, and it will show up in the body of your post.

Welcome to Xara and to the TalkGraphics forum.

Glen

**fyip** · 13 February 2006, 05:42 AM

Thank you for the kind welcome and the help.

Funny, I had exported it as .jpg, but didn't think attaching that would make a difference!

Let's see what happens and wheter my beginners addition to this challenge shows up in the body of this text.

(Should it not appear in the message after attaching it? Or previewing the post? Or does it only appear after submitting the post? I guess I'll find out ...)