New Movies... Complex Fills

[raynerj]

Has anybody checked out the new movie yet?

Complex fills (advanced) NEW! Demonstrates overlaid fills and transparencies to create a realistic complex fill

It is a technique Charles discovered during beta testing. I have never seen it done, or described. Even here or in the forums. It brings xara to a new level. Even the "masters" might benefit from watching this movie.

[masque]

I have been trying to find this fabled 'complex fills movie' but Xara isn't offering to download it as it did with all the others so can anyone tell me where I can find it. If I don't see the movie how can I tell if I already know how to do it or not.
derek

[RAMWolff44]

To add to Glens post make sure you have this folder backed up, if you ever need to reinstall the program I'm quite sure that these movies will go away too!! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

Unless you are planning on buying the boxed version or just the disks then once they are gone a re-download is not going to be fun for those of us with a 56K modem like me!!

[raynerj]

Hi Derek,

Do you have a file called complexfills_large.avi in your xarax1/HelpAndSupport/enu/ directory? If so, than that is it. The largest file, about 20 meg. If not run Help=>movies.

[RTK]

I have been dragging my feet with this one... However, tonight I'm downloading all the goodies. My expectations are high on that movie now... It's like "Return of the King" - all over again. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[masque]

Or this damp leaf. Thus proving that Xara, in whatever guise, put all other bits of software to shame. Buying X1 now.

derek

[RAMWolff44]

Ooo, that's just as pretty as it was the first time I saw it. Looks totally realistic!! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Soquili]

Hi John,

Thanks for letting us know the new movie was available.

It was a 2 hour download on my dial up connection, but well worth the time. I've watched it twice now, I love listening to the lady's voice http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

I've also used similar technique in some of my drawings.

A minor edit of the index.xml file made the movie available within XaraX1.

[Charles Moir]

Yes I wouldn't say 'discovered' so much as 'described' the technique.

This particular movie is one of the new style of more detailed movies we'd like, and hope, to do more of in the future.

It all follows from earlier posts on this forum about movies and the power they bring. Along with our automatic update and movie download mechanism we hope this will considerably help new and experienced users alike.

[masque]

No I don't, the largest is about 2mb, and I've done the help=>movies though that produced nothing, but there again I can't get on the xara homepage either at the moment so maybe later, though I did try it yesterday and I got nothing although my yesterday might be your tomorrow or the day before tomorrow because of the time difference.
I'm sure it will turn up eventually.
derek