Xara Xone Broken Link: Ivan Louette

[Abigeus]

hey ivan,

your links on xara xone for the mini tutorials don't work at the moment, gary asked me to get you to let him know if you have moved the server again so he can change the links to fix them.

cheers,

Abigeus

[The Alien]

You mean the links on http://home.tiscali.be/ivan.louette/resource.htm ? Yeah, noticed that too.
Shame, cause those mini tutes were really handy

[Daniel]

Those broken links are not Ivan's fault - they point to talkgraphics.com to pages from the Infopop forum which have all been retired to make way for this vBulletin forum.

If, when doing the transfer, someone mapped old topic IDs to new ones, old links could probably be fixed with a redirect script - but I suspect that wasn't possible/done. Rebuilding so many links as Ivan has there by re-finding the old pages they linked to will be a not-unsubstantial job! Perhaps we could take a couple each to dig out and re-link to?

[The Alien]

Digging up old info is my speciality
I've found quite some of those tutes with their links below. But it's best if others here could confirm these linkages, just to be sure.

How to draw spirals :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=1663

Flowing text inside shapes :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=1004

Engraving effects for drawing banknotes :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=7118

Eroded bevels technique :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=6003
(http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=9898
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=14110)

Brightness and shadows inside brushes :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=10597
Not sure about this!

Contour filling, an alternative to the contour tool :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=15627
Not sure about this!

Blobs technique based on feathering :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=10773
(http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=17325
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=7295)

How to build "Pointillist" Brushes (spiro-engraving) :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=5289

Texture effects on text with brushes :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=12048

Using brushes to simulate extrusions :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=16847

Bitmap warping using brushes (including cat fur brush) :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=14725
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=11972
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=13542

Brushes made of beveled blends (Fish Brush tutorial) :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=5827

How to do frosted effects (Frosted Rose) :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=17397

Fibrous bitmap brushes (another kind of wool) :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=8360

How to share bitmap brushes without their weight :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=989

Managing color separation with bleach transparency ?
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=5821

Brushes animations: Wool Bobbin and Earth at the Origins :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=2756
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=1841

3D fillings with bitmap brushes :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=2289

How to do Velvet Roses (and some jewellry) :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=2119

How could I know the value of an angle ? :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=2723

Wool brush effects with blends :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=664

Blends on curves with an offset :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=844

Plantstudio :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=2175

Using Navbar tool to create vector fills :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=373

Filling unclosed shapes :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=904

Metallic effects with bevel tool :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=1567

Simulating transparency with halo shadow :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=1913

Warping and texturizing shadows :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=319

Resizing bitmap brushes :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=401

Pasting correctly a mold :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=4211

Brushes made of blends :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=3108

Combining Blends and Contours :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=1554

Resizing feathered and shadowed objects for extreme blur :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=1740

Depth of field effect :
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=2754


[edit]found these ones too:
Using blends for spirograph effects (in Ross's Spirograph Revival) :
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=9019

Bevel and transparency effects added to bitmaps :
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=464

Collage and underpainting techniques :
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=4520
Not sure about this one

Introducing 3D images in brushes (trees and hedgerows) with their alpha channel, or using Xara X images in 3D programs :
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=16707

Highly customizable brushes based on named objects :
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=15817

Fire and Pearl Brushes Tutorials in the XaraXone :
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=5431

Experimenting .Xar files conversion to PDF with Illustrator 10 :
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=17631

Brushes effects on joined lines :
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=5345

Flipping and tiling correctly objects with line widths :
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=8896
Not sure about this one.

Bitmap selection areas in Xara X /X1
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=1279
Not sure about this one.

Some Xchanges between Xara X and other programs :
-Flash :
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=13259
-Auto FX Dream Suite Gel Serie :
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=4754
-Expression 3 :
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=14852

Oh and it's weird to receive "http://talkgraphics" one time and "http://www.talkgraphics" the next. What's up with that?

Topics not found:
Blends between one line and the same converted to shapes; special effects and animation

Overlay effects on brushes :

-Spiralizer :

3D modeling with ZBrush and Lightwave :

Sharp edges in Lightwave Metanurbs :

Modelizing 3D heads in Silo :

Exemples of cell shadings in Lightwave

Silo 3D character from a sketch

[/edit]



I found these threads suspicious, but couldn't directly link them to any of the titles given on http://home.tiscali.be/ivan.louette/resource.htm.
So if anyone can review these...
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=5527
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=14586
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=13001
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=14886
http://talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=8978

[AntonyF]

Abigeus,

Please use private messaging to contact specific members. If the user has it enabled, you can also email them from their profile page.

Thank you.
Antony

[Daniel]

Well done The Alien - looks like you've helped Abigeus and Ivan there, good work!

I think Anthony might have meant to congratulate you too

Hopefully Ivan will be able to update his page, or maybe this topic find its way somewhere a bit more permanant.

[The Alien]

Well, you're welcome. It wasn't that hard. Only 2 and a half hours work
(I've had tougher challenges googling for info)

The list isn't complete though, but searching for the remaining topics should probably be more practical now seeing one can use specific search terms

[ivan louette]

WOW !!! A very big Thanks Alien !!! I only saw the problem some days ago and because I am currently working on big professionnal changes I didn't find the time to do this search. However I will correct all at the beginning of November after a little holiday trip.

Thanks again and friendly,
ivan

[The Alien]

Glad to have helped

[gwpriester]

Ivan

When you make your changes please e-mail me gary@gwpriester.com and I will change the link on the Xara Xone site.

Gary