Shades and tints of another colour (video)

[Bob Hahn]

With, YouTube, clips are limited to 10 minutes in length - unless you apply for "director" status, then you don't have that limit. I did just that. The "director" logo appears under my profile icon - but clips are still rejected for being too long (over 10 minutes). So, I don't know when that will be working right.

I had a clip ready, but for now, I have to split it into parts. The entire thing is 20 minutes.

It's really a clip for beginners and a type of clip that only needs to be watched once, I think. So even though it's a bit long, it's not something that you'll need to see over and over.

When I can post longer clips, I'll have this one all in one file. But for now, this will have to do. Maybe it'll be of some help.

-Bob.

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[Tallis]

I havent watched them yet, but I would like to say thank you to your new-found urge to share your talents with everyone!

I would add that google takes time to adjust statuses, just like in your first video still being private for a while after you marked it public. Im sure the status will catch up to your settings in a day or three... Google's kind of big now... :-)

Thanks again

[Odat]

Thanks for another great tutorial, Bob! I'm sure this one will be invaluable to many, as linked and named colors seem to be fairly mysterious to many.

As a side effect, you've also given us some good insight into drawing good looking hair!

Thanks again!

[Bob Hahn]

Thanks

Naming colours and using shades and tints, I didn't do that in the beginning when I started with Xara. Didn't use layers either. Wasn't until I got use to the basic tools and effects in Xara that I figured to take a closer look at these linked colours thing. Then it was like, "holy cow, this is so cool."

I don't know everything about the linked colours feature. I just pretty much use the shades and tints of another colour.

-Bob.

[jyoung]

Thanks Bob. Those videos are fantastic. Now I really understand about naming colors. I really appreciate you and all the other great artists here in Xara land sharing so much information. It makes learning a whole lot easier. Thanks again to all.

Joe

[rpc9943]

More awesome stuff- i really needed that elaboration on the color system... helps so much!

On another note, I just went into my wacom intuos (is that the kind you have?) properties and found that the button on my pen can be assigned to ESC! Yes! I hope your pen has the same functionality... My online friend simply sent me this tablet for free (No idea why, just a cool guy!) and its been wonderful!

Another note as well - layers can also be used for animation- say you wanted to export your face into "anime studio" (formerly moho) for animation, and wanted to use alpha png's... xara is the perfect workflow to do this, using multiple layers for face/mouth/eyes, you simply click on visible/invisible and export what png you want... bob maybe you should delve a bit into animation eh?

RonC

[stratocast]

Thanks Bob. I watched all your vids and learned a lot from them. Despite using Xara since the Corel days, I still haven't investigated shades and tints in any serious way. However, your vid has shown me that the feature can be used in a quick and convenient manner and really doesn't affect workflow.

Also, because of your vids, I remembered that I had a Wacom tablet somewhere. I found it at the back of a cupboard, it's an old serial port Artpad II which is not produced anymore. But, I found XP drivers at the Wacom site and now I'm scribbling about like a madman. Thanks again, I think.

[Bob C.]

This was great Bob..Very helpful!
I have not explored this feature in Xara much either, now I will!
Thanks!

[mightyfun]

Thanks again Bob,


I was really having trouble with this feature.

It really helps me to be able to see it done in a step by step fashion. I even created a drawing to work along with the video. That way I could see it applied to my own work. Great help!


Thanks,


Jen

[jclements]

Bob, really a nice job. Seeing how a tool or process works makes all the difference in the world.

There is one thing that a person can do to speed things up a bit when using named colors.

1- Look at Utilities > Options > General and adjust the "Ask before setting current attributes" check-box to your liking. Let's assume you choose to check that box.

2- After returning to the drawing screen and assuming you've already create your named color, and with NO OBJECT SELECTED, open the Color Editor dialog and right click on your named color in the Color Line (swatch). You will be given a prompt of, "... Do you wish to make the 'line color' attribute a Current Graphics Attribute?" Click on the SET button.

3- Now pick "shade of another color" and close the dialog.

From now on all new lines will automatically be assigned the custom color AND when you open the Color Editor for lines, the "shade of another color" display will appear. This will save time and mouse clicks switching between display modes of the Color Editor.

Also, you can do a File > Save Template and the Color Editor display mode and default line and fill color will be remembered the next time you use your template.

When creating named colors I want to reuse for templates, I often give them names for what they will be USED FOR rather than a color hue they represent. For example: My Hair Color, My Background Color, or My TextHeading Color. This way if I modify the named color for hair from brown to blonde, I don't have to rename the description of the named color.

Regards, John