Now I am Chef!

<:-PHi everybody, I have good news for Xara Xtreme users, I am launching a website for Xara Xtreme Users, this website is Graphic Recipes.

I worked hard making this website, in a future I will add some products as video tutorials, guides and dome step by step tutorials for advanced illustrations.

Come and visit the website, if you find a mistake or you have a suggestion contact me.

Thanks a lot!

I don’t Know If I should post this here, but I don’t want to post this in the off-topic area.

:point www.graphicrecipes.com :-O

Hi Jose,

Great idea ! Well done.. :)

Maybe the wrong forum, perhaps Xara Xtreme forum is best.
Jose I'm afraid your Joomla site is a bit of a mess when viewed in IE8, Opera, Chrome and Safari. It sems fine in FireFox though.

A little more work maybe ?

thank you, its a css error, i add a div for the messages i will fix this now.

Hi Jose' went into your great site and became a member and will try to log in as frequently as I can. Would urge more people to do the same!

At the moment I am using Chrome as my browser and I notice that the first 2/3 of the header and menu bar is not viewing properly but it is still usable.

Plae use firefox untill i solve the error, it was working fine in ie8 i change smething, im looking for the error.

Fixed. I always use firefox, so i can´t see the error but is fixed now.:)

Yep, looks good now.

You have a malformed URL on this page

The Website URL:

Check it ;)

Thanks a lot i need to add the website as http://www instead www.

(:| It´s late for me im going to sleep, hope to see some registered user in the morning. in two days i will release a tutorial for the drawing category.

Great site Jose! Congratulations~
JimM

Congratulations, Josè! I am impressed. You are off to a great start and if you keep adding fresh material I'm sure Graphic Recipes will become another valuable resource for Xara Xtreme enthusiasts everywhere.

Just to show that your efforts have not been wasted I've completed the Carton Text tutorial already. My take on it is shown in the attachment below. Nice one!

BTW, all of the XAR attachments in the 'Home » vectors » Resources » Illustrations' section are reported as 'File does not exist'.

I look forward to more visits to Graphics Recipes,
Harry

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Hi Jose,

Very impressive start. I expect to be a regular visitor to your site and to enjoy your tutorials and other graphics there.

Thanks so much for doing this, there can never be enough great sites that demonstrate the power of Xara.....

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BTW, all of the XAR attachments in the 'Home » vectors » Resources » Illustrations' section are reported as 'File does not exist'.


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I reupload the files and now are working.

THANKS A LOT!

Y'elcome. And thank you!

I really like the rendering and interpretation in your drawing of 'Mechanical Life'.

I'll be checking your new website frequently,
Harry

Hi All.

When I try to open any .xar file from the graphicrecipes web site, I get an error message.

Please see the picture attached.

I am using Xtreme Pro 5 and I have tried two different OS.
Windows XP Pro and Windows 7.
Same result.

Any ideas please?

I will reupload all the .xar files as .zip files I dont know why xara xtreme show the error, i can download the .xar files and i can see it without any problem

Greetings Rik. Are you saving the XAR files to your local hard drive first or just trying to open them straight from Graphics Recipes? I've opened several of the files after downloading and saving them to my local hard drive without any errors. I'm using XXP5 on my computer running WinXP Pro, not that it should make any difference.

???,
Harry

Hi Harry.

I have tried both methods.

I normally try a few things before posting!!!

I get the same result, no matter what I try.

VERY frustrating.

I am dead keen to see what Jose has done.

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Originally Posted by Rik

Hi All.

When I try to open any .xar file from the graphicrecipes web site, I get an error message.

Please see the picture attached.

I am using Xtreme Pro 5 and I have tried two different OS.
Windows XP Pro and Windows 7.
Same result.

Any ideas please?

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I found the problem and is called INTERNET EXPLORER, dont know why I have a warning message and i cant open the file correctly.

anyway i will upload the files as .Zip

Rik, can you give me a specific file you're having trouble opening? I just picked a couple of files at random to open, but I'd like to make sure I'm trying at least one of the files that you're attempting to open.

Hi Harry.

The first one I tried was the Chalkboard.

But I get the same error with any that I try.
And I have tried two different PCs and two different OSs.

Jose reckons that it might be IE?
That's strange because I have never ever had that with any .xar file that many attach on this wonderful site.

Yep! Chalkboard.XAR opens without an error on my PC. Then again, Josè might be on to something with MS Internet Explorer. I downloaded the files using Firefox v3.6.4 and don't seem to be having an issue.

FWIW, it's been 7-8 years (!) since I've used IE for web browsing. I bounce around between Firefox, Opera, and Google Chrome depending on my mood and what I'm doing.

Hi Jose.

What ever you've done, it's fixed the problem.

I can now open your .xar files.

I, in particular, would like to thank you for making your .xar files available.
I learn a lot from looking at how others do things.

I registered myself onto the site earlier and I will certainly be a regular visitor to the site.

Nice to see yet another expert sharing his knowledge with everyone else.

I am looking forward to trying some of your tutorials in the morning, as it's getting rather late in the UK now.

Many thanks indeed.
:cool:

Thank you for all, I appreciate you taking the time to post here the errors in the website. now its working fine.

I upload manually the .Xar files the problem was with a script.

Hi Jose,
Great site thank you. Just small typo, take the h out of weather...

Ted

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Originally Posted by Ted Eggs

Hi Jose,
Great site thank you. Just small typo, take the h out of weather...

Ted

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Thank you!.

Hi Jose

This is absolutely fantastic! It's a great looking site and just what I was after.

I'm working my way through the 'XX5 The Official Guide' and was considering posting a thread to Gary Bouton asking him if he'd ever considered doing a follow up Xara recipe book, but it looks like I won't need to now.

Great work.

All the best
Grant

Hi Jose.

Followed the carton text tutorial.

Not sure how well I did but I had fun!
:cool:

That looks good Rik, and you had fun, too. What more could you ask for? A simple, eye-catching, effective effect. Thanks again to Josè for the tutorial.

I texturized my entire image so it looked more cardboard like.

BTW Rik, I like you're 'Rik' signature/logo. :cool:

Nice job,
Harry

This is great Jose. I logged into your site and I'll be checking regularly, This will be a fine addition to all the other help and inspiration available to Xara mavens. Good for you and good luck with your new site.

Hi Jose.

As I enjoyed your box text effect so much on your graphicrecipes web site, I thought I would try and put that effect on to a carton.

Apologies. I don't have the correct font for Graphic Recipes.

Well, this is what I have come up with.

I'm sure the Xara Xperts could tell me how I could improve the carton (and that would be most welcome, believe me) well, this is what I have achieved so far!
:)

Gaawd!

There was a spelling mistake.

Oops!

It was great site and very helpful but now It asks me user name and password, and there is no where I can see that I can register a new user name.

Thank you for great website buddy.

Hi Jose
A great concept for your web site. It got my attention as I am currently attending culinary school. But as Ghol said now one can not see the web site or register? I'll check on it later.

Hurray!

Graphic Recipes seems to be back on line again.

Well done Jose.
:thx

Looking forward to more new recipes.

Cheers.

Excellent site. Thank You Jose.