February 2015 Video Tutorial -- Creating a Casino Poster Part 1

[Egg Bramhill]

Okay and thanks for the info Gary. Staying off topic then, here's the water droplet from your xar file with some adjustments

[Rik]

Here's my effort on Part 1, of the tutorial.

I did the roulette wheel, as per the instructions.
Because, what I've never really used before is the 'Fit Blend to curve' and 'Rotate along curve'.
So, that was a new skill.

[Gare]

It looks perfect, Rik, and I'm glad you tried out the blend, which can be used to make any number of slices on a circle, as long as you use the math I figured out and showed.

You're all set for next month where I show how to build a brush out of 3D card suits (spades, diamond and so on).

To go 2% off-topic, now that some of you know the formula for making glass, if you watched the March 2013 Tutorial on making neon, youcould make a shickwave or GIF file of a neon sigh off (showing glass) and then going on (showing neon), like this:



Cheap trikc, huh? The Xara file is a mess and attached.

-g

[Rik]

Here's my effort!

Click the image to see!

[Egg Bramhill]

The reflection of the text on the "on" part of the animation is very effective Rik. I like that a lot.

[Rik]

The reflection of the text on the "on" part of the animation is very effective Rik. I like that a lot.

Thanks very much for saying that, Egg.

[Gare]

Lovely, Rik.

See how all this stuff we review has a ceretain convergence? I hesitate to say, "Like, oh, man, it's a synergy", but putting the puzzle piecesin Xara together definitely results in a complex, beautiful product if you think about it and approach it at a moderate pace.

My Best,

Gary