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New to Xara
So far really like the programs.
Trying to learn.:confused:
I need to create a logo. I have a few ideas I sketched out in Paint before buying Xara. I am not sure if I should draw it in Xara or use the Paint graphic. I watched several videos, still downloading the rest, and waiting for CD so I have no fills or other stuff. I cannot seem to edit the Paint graphic.
Is there a specific way to bring a bmp/jpg or other image into Xara Extreme or into Xara3D. I bought the graphics package with Pro, Xara3d and Webstyle4.
When I pasted it, the white background showed up surrounding the graphic and would not let me do anything with it. Do I need to make it a transparent background?
Thanks for a great program.:D
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Hi
For logos, drawing them afresh in Xtreme is the best way to go; you can resize elements easily and with Named Colours change, say, 10 different logo ideas on the same page. I'm in the middle of one of those jobs right now,
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Welcome to the Xtreme Conference John
Check out the Xara Xone Workbook Index under Logos. There are a bunch of articles on logos including a few on creating simple logos in Xara that should get you pointed in the right direction.
Gary
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I have tried to draw it in Xara Extreme, but I am unable to duplicate it. I used Paint and started with a square. I created a circular cutout from the square by adding a circle of a different color on the edges of the square and then changing the color to the background color. I then skewed the "star" shape until I liked it.
In drawing in Xara, moving the lines creates a similar look, but uneven like a child drew it with a crayon and not symmetrical.
So, I guess I will experiment with Xara based techniques the way I did with Paint.
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Well let's have a look at your logo and we will give help how to do it.
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Okay, what I did is I went with whatever came up, played around with buttons and viola got he enclosed xara3d file.
Originally I had intended to have it filled in and using some form of metallic texture or something. After looking at what I ended up with however, I am now thinking to put something in the space in the middle. Unknown what at this point.
I do not know how to draw a shape and then fill it in. I can do it with the automatic shapes like squares and circles, but how do you make an arc once, then copy it three times, rotating it around and then form a complete filled in shape from it. All I got was the outline and tried to use several menu options, but none seem to give me what I wanted.
Thank you.
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one way to make a filled shape from three separate lines [there will be others]
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Thank you. Good to know.
I did figure out how to use the same basic procedure that I used in Paint. I used the command <ctrl>+<2> to subtract the circle from the square.
Now I just need to figure out filling and texturing it. I hope I get the CD soon.
Thank you.:D
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To add fill, simply open the fill gallery and drag the required fill onto your shape. Add shadows and bevels to suit.
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Thank you Handrawn I learned some new from that .
Welcome to the forum JBaradale. You will find some very helpful and friendly people here.
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I was more thinking on the lines of texturing, like a metal look or wood, or whatever. I have a symbol with a graduated fill, and even have one with fractal clouds and messed with moving that around. I do not have the CD, so I do not have fills and clip art and such. So, I have the movies and look at tutorials, but sometimes they mention doing something that I can't seem to manage.
I have improved and found out a lot, but it is frustrating to try to come up with ideas when I am not sure I can do it or not.
I hope to create a planet for one of my backgrounds and that is the next project.
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sorry if you already know this - but in the clip and fill galleries there is an option 'get fills/clipart' which will download these for you - there will be more on the disk as I recall, but this will be a start
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Actually I did not. I had read that this is how it reads the fills on CD. I did not know there were any for downloading. I will have to try that.
Thank you.
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'get' for downloading
'disc' for CD - or elsewhere on your computer
:)
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Don't know if this has been mentioned before -- it's an elaboration of the method described by handrawn in #7 above.
It's good for drawing cartoons or organic shapes using partial contours -- without being left with extraneous lines inside or outside the shape.
Also useful for coloring behind sketch lines.