Thanks Pauland - your advice is well taken.
I should have explained that I don't want to spend a lot of time going back to first principles and becoming a graphics guru - I simply want to do this once.
The problem with translating Photoshop tutorials into Xara are the different functions, control and settings that may in combination achieve similar effects but do not make for a rapid one-off result.
But thanks again for your suppost.
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