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    Default Easy Books with the Extrude Tool

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    If you use named colour for the very first shape, then it's very easy to make the books different colours.
    You do this by copying and pasting the book to another file, then changing the colour, then copying and pasting the book back again and not matching the colours.
    It's easier than you think!

    My Xara file is attached.
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    Featured Artist on Xara Xone . May 2011
    . A Shield . My First Tutorial
    . Bottle Cap . My Second Tutorial on Xara Xone

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    Default Re: Easy Books with the Extrude Tool

    Very well dune Rik. Not at all the way I thought it would have been dune. Very clever. Thank you so much for taking the time to to put a tutorial together. I enjoy your work. Keep them coming.

    Paul

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    Default Re: Easy Books with the Extrude Tool

    a very clever idea Rik!

    A dash of Rik's Extruded Books, A pinch of Paul Saumure's metalic extrusions for the page edges, a touch of angelize's embossing and texturing techniques all combine together to produce...
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    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    My current Xara software: Designer Pro 365 12.6

    Good Morning Sunshine.ca | Good Morning Sunshine Online(a weekly humorous publication created with XDP and exported as a web document) | Angelize Online resource shop | My Video Tutorials | My DropBox |
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    Default Re: Easy Books with the Extrude Tool

    An excellent and enlightening tutorial, Your Rikcellency!
    If someone tried to make me dig my own grave I would say No.
    They're going to kill me anyway and I'd love to die the way I lived:
    Avoiding Manual Labour.

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    Default Re: Easy Books with the Extrude Tool

    My book, holy made in Xara:

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    If someone tried to make me dig my own grave I would say No.
    They're going to kill me anyway and I'd love to die the way I lived:
    Avoiding Manual Labour.

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    Default Re: Easy Books with the Extrude Tool

    Thanks for your kind comments, guys and gals.
    And some beautiful books.

    Quote Originally Posted by Big Frank View Post
    My book, holy made in Xara:
    Now who's joining in with levity, Frank?!

    Featured Artist on Xara Xone . May 2011
    . A Shield . My First Tutorial
    . Bottle Cap . My Second Tutorial on Xara Xone

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    Default Re: Easy Books with the Extrude Tool

    Not me, Rik. I am the Xara High Priest of glumness, sarcasm and profound grumpiness. It says so on the tattoo in my armpit.
    If someone tried to make me dig my own grave I would say No.
    They're going to kill me anyway and I'd love to die the way I lived:
    Avoiding Manual Labour.

 

 

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