Add a little bling! Xara Plus Filter Forge video 1

**Karateed** · 30 October 2012, 12:47 PM

Hi Mark,

That's correct.....I got the explanation this AM from the support team. It has to do with ordering in CDN $.....there is an insurance for fluctuation if ordered in your own currency, thus the discrepency. The way around that of course is to order in US $ then it all works out in the end.

I just wanted to be sure that everything was 'matching' up from web page to form....I'm one who needs to understand the 'why' of things so hopefully this will also clear things up for others that are wondering why.

Thanks very much for your quick response....

**Karateed** · 03 November 2012, 03:39 AM

Well, that's done it, I've gone and gotten version 3 Standard, quite a nice program......

**angelize** · 03 November 2012, 04:09 AM

Congrats Ed

I think you will enjoy it. Now you can do the video tutorials including the newest one I'm just now going to post!

**Karateed** · 04 November 2012, 05:55 PM

Hi Frances,

Those are definitely on my list of to-dos for sure......

**Karateed** · 12 November 2012, 09:25 PM

Well, I got the gem downloaded, got the right font and this is my first effort with those in place. It didn't quite come out as expected I think because I may have flattened something too much, but I like the diamond....I'll have to work on the text some more. Very good tut Frances and I will try it again to get a better result. Just to give you an idea of where I am, you will see my file attached.....Also I noticed in the tutorial your pixel sizes were about 100 more than mine. Is there a setting somewhere to adjust that? It's early on in the tutorial.....tx

**angelize** · 13 November 2012, 12:26 AM

From your image it looks like a good start

I'm not sure what you mean about the pixel sizes, do you mean the ruler settings in Xara? If so you can set the rulers in the options on the grid and rulers panel. If this isn't what you mean could you post a screenshot showing where your settings are different?

**Karateed** · 13 November 2012, 02:09 AM

Ah, I see the setting in FilterForge as the pixels......it depends on what work has been done on the graphic it would seem so no need to worry on that one. I seem to be having trouble having Xara keep the same look as what I get in FilterForge....I'll go through the tutorial again to make sure I'm not missing something. I probably forgot to lock the image and then it most likely went haywire at that point.

Well, at least the diamond looks ok. When I look at it in my FilterForge it doesn't seem to be as 'accurate'. When I use the preset it definitely looks different than yours. Are there basic preferences/options that should be set up first in FF or is it a function of my computer's video drivers? Any idea?

Thanks again......