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4 example; when eclipse or rectangle is made and a color is 'left clicked' a fill, from the fill gallery, is inserted. Don't want the fill gallery insertion, just solid color. I know it's probably a simple switch but it's eluding me silly. I have been left clicking for solid fills now for long time and this hasn't happened. Please help!
Select a color on the color bar and, while holding down the mouse button, drag the color onto the object you want to give a color fill.
Hi wannabee, I'm not entirely sure what it is you are asking, but if you click on the colour editor icon (bottom left of your workspace), you can use it to pick whatever colour you want.
Saludos,
Bob.
Hi wannabee and welcome to the Forum!Quote:
Originally Posted by wannabee
Do you mean that you just want an empty shape filled, or that you want to quickly switch from a bitmap fill to a flat fill?
Welcome Wannabee, sounds to me like you've got the the give new objects most recent attributes ticked ? Worth a try.
Thanx welcome wagon for such great response.
either/&. Tried both ways and all I get is bit map 'color change' or bit map fill (the fill is consistent). I now copy and paste older images for new projects:rolleyes:Quote:
Do you mean that you just want an empty shape filled, or that you want to quickly switch from a bitmap fill to a flat fill?
I was optimistic with this option but it was not ticked. Is it possible I'm under virus attack? I had another issue with Xara a week or so ago and I ignored it, seems like Xara has become un-stable.Quote:
Welcome Wannabee, sounds to me like you've got the the give new objects most recent attributes ticked ? Worth a try.
Again, thanks for all the help.
Sounds like you may have managed to default new objects to a bitmap fill. To get a bitmap fill out of an object, you have to select the object and explicitly assign a flat fill.
Just left-clicking a color on a bitmap-filled object won't do it. Applying a fill color to a bitmap-filled object turns the fill into a contone instead of replacing the fill.
An empty object (one with no fill color assigned) should take the fill color when you select the object and leftclick a color on the color line. If it doesn't, it may actually be a bitmap-filled object. Select the object and the Fill tool, and look at the fill type in the Property bar.
If it says "Bitmap" and the object still looks empty, drag the fill arrows onto the object and see if the fill shows up. Or select "repeating tile" from the dropdown menu beside the fill type.
If that resolves your problem, we can go on to how to default fills (and other attributes).
I made sure object started empty and then applied flat fill with same result - bitmap fill (and there were no bitmap arrows). This was done before your post amoore. Now, even if I try a flat fill it just wont werk fer me. Dang it this is maddening. Is there some evil default switch I don't no about or is Xara going psycho on me?Quote:
Sounds like you may have managed to default new objects to a bitmap fill. To get a bitmap fill out of an object, you have to select the object and explicitly assign a flat fill.
Just left-clicking a color on a bitmap-filled object won't do it. Applying a fill color to a bitmap-filled object turns the fill into a contone instead of replacing the fill.
An empty object (one with no fill color assigned) should take the fill color when you select the object and leftclick a color on the color line. If it doesn't, it may actually be a bitmap-filled object. Select the object and the Fill tool, and look at the fill type in the Property bar.
If it says "Bitmap" and the object still looks empty, drag the fill arrows onto the object and see if the fill shows up. Or select "repeating tile" from the dropdown menu beside the fill type.
If that resolves your problem, we can go on to how to default fills (and other attributes).
Download XaReg, close Xtreme and use the 'Reset to defaults' button
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=39110
Steve XaReg would not help in this case. Only the settings XaReg works with are reset to default.
Open a new document, preferably using your desired default template.
Turn on the option "Give new objects most recent attributes" (Options | General tab).
Draw an ellipse or a rectangle.
Select the object, access the Fill tool, and select Flat fill. If there's a fill color you'd prefer as default, assign that fill color.
Draw another shape, and verify that it has the same flat fill. If so, you can delete that object.
Save the file as a template (File | Save Template). If you want this template to be your default, check the Use As Your Default Template box under the preview window on the right in the Save Template dialog.
Start a new file based on the template. Draw another shape and verify that the object has the flat fill.
If it's working, you should be able to delete any shapes from the template and save it as a template again.
If it's still giving you bitmap fills from that template, let us know and we'll continue to work on it. You might have to reinstall, but let's try the template route first.
I'm leaving off pursuing this (for now) as it's just not time worthy, thanks for all the help. Just one more bit of info on this deal is that when I export a drawing to pdf all objects are bitmap filled in the pdf, but not in the original drawing.
I purchased the cd for this program but never recieved it or I would re-install Xara. Do we get mail state side from Great Britan:rolleyes: I guess I could try again (tried several times already) to get cd.
I do believe it worked amoore. It's stuck in bad dog mode with the old drawing but I can live with that. Would still be nice to get that cd from Xara, any idea's? Maybe persistence is the key.
Xara will not have the CDs to send out until sometime in July. I would guess that August will be about the earliest anyone can expect to receive their CD.
The new release just yesterday with bug fixes and some new bugs reported may delay the pressing of the CDs until a later date. Just my guess.
Thanx for the info. My Xara is at least 2 years old, so not sure what will happen. By the way, where do I look to find the version?
Click on the Help menu and then click About. The popup will show the version. Close the About popup and then open it again to see how it changes. :)
Thanx. Looked in properties but didn't think about the about:)
Version 2.Oe CD Dec 1 2005
Your version number appears to indicate that you installed Xtreme from the CD.Quote:
Originally Posted by wannabee
Download versions are identified with letters 'DL'.
Until the Xtreme 5 CD's are mailed out, Xtreme 5 will also show as 'DL'
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Maybe you can try this.
Click anywhere on the page to unselect your shape or shapes and then go to fill and see if bitmap is selected. If it is then with nothing selected fill/flat then make a new shape and see what happens. It may then default to a linear fill, if so, then flat fill. Hopefully that will fix your problem.
When I was messing around trying to recreate your problem, I made a shape and fill'/bitmap, then clicked on the white page area to deselect and then deleted the shape. Thereafter every time I made a new shape it filled with the bitmap and no fill arrows, unless I clicked on the shape while in the fill tool.
So I clicked on the page to unselect and then fill/flat to set the default, created a new shape and it was back to normal except for some reason it wants to default to a linear fill. If that happens flat fill and then unselect and set flat fill again. Now all should be back like you want it.
I really, really, really hope this helps.