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A nice 35% discout new purchase offer, with no incentive for those with earlier versions that had been considering an upgrade.
Ah well,
Acorn
i don't have facebook
ah well
Hi Frank, try this link http://www.xara.com/us/outsider/
Ciao
Roly
+1 Definitely a pity Acorn.
Stygg
+2 they put their money on acquiring new customers and little on retaining current ones, this will comeback to haunt them one day.
Roly
they have to dance to magix's tune so who knows what their strategy is
but 35 years is a long time for any software company
thats like 100 years for a car maker
pretty impressive however you look at it
Man, this joint has been one hotbed of commuinty activity since I left.
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Attached is a six-pack of all new seamless tiling textures.
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Because Artistic Vacuum.
My Best,
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Great tiles, Gare, thank you!
You're more than welcome, boy.
I'd noticed that new posts and tutorials and monthy giveaways are similar to the number zero in the past year since I've hit the bricks.
Should I post other content, it will probably be right here, and it will be a gift from a fellow member to the comnmunity.
My Best,
Gary
P.S. Here's another six-pack. Because you need more than a few over Labor Day weekend!
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It came from the ØzONE, not just any zone. :)
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Gare thanks very much for these tiles, great looking ones
Thanks Gary, Your contributions to the Xara Xone are very much missed, these are a nice treat!
Here is a quick example of the wood tile molded and layed over an extrusion using the new overlay blending mode (transparency) to create a wood plank. Then I used another layer of the molded tile and some text to create the carved message background (this time using a multiply transparency. some shading created by clipping off parts of a duplicate of this layer added a bit of depth.
Thanks for the tiles Gary, much appreciated.
@Frances - nicely done.
Stygg.
He is back, stronger than ever and created the ØzONE! :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gare
Thanks for the new set, Gare, great stuff again!
I truly hope that nobody takes any unwarranted offence at a classic comedy quote.
It's not just the freebies, Gare, I'm sure I speak for many when I say that we miss all the fun and learning since your departure from the Xone.
Font used, Ayita Pro Fat.
Bob.
Well, I thank you all for thanking me, how about that?
You might notice that the link to Exclamat!ons is no longer in my signature. It just didn't happen this year, and it would be far too negative to say it's on my Bucket List.
I just had to seize an opportunity to write a new book, which takes not only a lot of time, but a lot of time with very few breaks to meet marketing schedules and printing.
I'm not being coquettish in telling you I can't say a lot about my future plans. Honestly? I don't see me teaching as I used to do, and to be dis-invited begs the corollary that any unapproved attempt to revive the Xone here is similarly not welcome.
However, once I'm done teaching via a book, I intend to go back to video education, or whatever it is you'd consider that I do in videos. Some called it stand-up comedy that's not awfully funny.
Whenever I cxreate neat stuff in the future that I can share, I'll do so right here...or wherever. Attachment 114144
My Best,
Gary
+1 for your book and video education Gary, look forward to both, please keep us updated about the book.
Stygg
Bouton's Books on amazonQuote:
Originally Posted by stygg2003
This is where it will be turning up in late October, Stygg. I'll drop a note as soon as I get my own free copy. Attachment 114151
My Best,
Gary
I knew it but scrolling through that list saying - Gare you wrote really a lot of books! :)
Hey, Csehz!Quote:
Originally Posted by csehz
Well, it's what I've been primarily doing to earn a living for 24 years! I moved from creating artwork as a primary source of income, to teaching what I do. It's worked out okay until Lynda.com, YouTube, and other entrepreneurs turned the web into a tutorial store.
That's why the timing was perfect ot bring videos to the Xara Xone. You know, I used to write almost 2 books a year, and the books were priced at about $25 US. Today, I write about one book every 2 years. Paper prices went through the roof when Third World nations got into Desktop Publishing, which put a severe squeeze on Europe and the US for paper. People get a break on Amazon and the eBook version of my work are a little cheaper than the Dead Tree version.
But I will not fight a trend. After this book is out which I'm finishing, I'm going back to video tutorials and downloadable tutorial files...more or less like I did on Xone, but my subjects will be more inclusive of other popular software in addition to Xara. And this is why the site for my future work will be independent of tg. No hard feelings on my part. I'm just trying to survive using my head...because my back and other body parts are good for writing, but not for paving highways or building building for a living!
If you want a cheap laugh when you are bored, got back to Amazon, and do the "Look Inside" thing to see examples of my writing about other software.
Hopefully, you'll find that the "Author's Voice" is the same for all types of creative software.
And that was something that took quite a while to learn how to do!
Oh, stay tuned here. Bob gave me an idea; I'll post some shapes you can fill with these textures, and point you to a tutorial (as a refresher) on how to skew and shade pieces of these textures to create easy 3D shapes. Frances did a great job with the textures, as well as Bob with his Monty Python flying rodent urine piece.
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Agreed folks?
ØZONE...it's Ø the Zone. Attachment 114212
Gare
Here's something to do with the textures. In the file there's a completed design, and at the right is what I started with. I made a copy of the design to put on top of the textured drawing and then used Multiply transparency to shade the design.
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Anyone want to try this? I skewed the textures in an attempt to make the texture look compatible with the angles of the design.
I'll bet anyone can do better, and if this is of interest to you, I have about 19 other different designs based on an isometric view of a cube.
Heck, these might even make good icons, no?
My Best,
Gary
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