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XARA X AND OTHER GRAPHICS
MINI-TUTORIALS RESOURCE

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( See also : The Swap Shop Brushes )

Depth of field effect : 1 2

Bevel and transparency effects added to bitmaps : 1

Flowing text inside shapes : 1

Resizing feathered and shadowed objects for extreme blur : 1

Combining Blends and Contours : 1

Brushes made of blends : 1

Pasting correctly a mold : 1

Resizing bitmap brushes : 1 2

Warping and texturizing shadows : 1

Simulating transparency with halo shadow : 1

Metallic effects with bevel tool : 1

Filling unclosed shapes : 1

Using Navbar tool to create vector fills : 1

Blends on curves with an offset : 1

Wool brush effects with blends : 1

How could I know the value of an angle ? : 1

How to do Velvet Roses (and some jewellry) : 1

3D fillings with bitmap brushes : 1

Brushes animations: Christmas tree, Wool Bobbin and Earth at the Origins : 1 2 3

How to share bitmap brushes without their weight : 1

Managing color separation with bleach transparency ? : 1

Fibrous bitmap brushes (another kind of wool) : 1

Collage and underpainting techniques : 1

How to do frosted effects (Frosted Rose) : 1

Brushes made of beveled blends (Fish Brush tutorial) : 1

Bitmap warping using brushes (including cat fur brush) : 1 2 3

Using brushes to simulate extrusions : 1

Using blends for spirograph effects (in Ross's Spirograph Revival) : 1

Brightness and shadows inside brushes : 1 2 3 4 xxx

Texture effects on text with brushes : 1

How to build "Pointillist" Brushes (spiro-engraving) : 1

Introducing 3D images in brushes (trees and hedgerows) with their alpha channel, or using Xara X images in 3D programs : 1

Blends between one line and the same converted to shapes; special effects and animation : 1

How to draw spirals : 1

Blobs technique based on feathering : 1 2 3 4

Eroded bevels technique : 1 2 3

Contour filling, an alternative to the contour tool : 1

Highly customizable brushes based on named objects : 1 2 3

Fire and Pearl Brushes Tutorials in the XaraXone : 1

Experimenting .Xar files conversion to PDF with Illustrator 10 : 1

Engraving effects for drawing banknotes : 1

Brushes effects on joined lines : 1

Overlay effects on brushes : 1 2

Flipping and tiling correctly objects with line widths : 1

Bitmap selection areas in Xara X /X1 1

Some Xchanges between Xara X and other programs :

-Flash : 1 2
-Auto FX Dream Suite Gel Serie : 1
-Expression 3 : 1 2
-Plantstudio : 1