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As always, we will be using Pixels as our units of measure. Right click on the screen and select Page Options... from the pop up menu. In the Units tabbed section, select Pixels for the Units and 0-255 for the Color Units. In the Grid and Ruler tabbed section set the Major Spacing to 100pix (key it in exactly like this please) and the Number of Subdivisions to 10. Press OK to close the dialog and apply the changes. To see a tutorial on Xara Basics visit Workbook 20. NOTE: You will notice from time to time I apply arbitrary colors to objects. I do this to make the objects easier to see. If I do not specify a fill for an object, you do not have to apply a fill or outline color. When I show an ellipse or rectangle that has just been created, that has no fill, it is because I have set the fill to none before I exported the illustration. By default, all ellipses, rectangles and Quick Shapes have a black outline and a black fill. There is nothing wrong with your copy of Xara. Naming Conventions. I use bold face to indicate the names of tools, galleries, keyboard shortcuts, and dialogs. Items such as unnamed icons and drop down lists, which have names when you let your cursor rest over them for a moment, are displayed in italics. The Infobar is the context sensitive menu at the top of the screen and changes to reflect the options for the selected tool. |
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I found the perfect set of wings for my flying eyeball. Attached to a bat. We can use the wings for a template and create a new set of wings for the eyeball to fly with. The file is in the folder and is called wings_template.jpg. Or click here to download the image. Select the Shape Editor Tool. Make sure the Make Line icon on the Infobar at the top of the screen is selected. Draw a rough outline around each wing by clicking a series of control points. Place the last control point on top of the first. The shape will fill in black. Set the fill to none by clicking the crosshatched box to the left of the screen colors. Modify the outline for the right wing to eliminate some of the skin and to end closer to the arm. Place the control points, where possible, at the start and end point of a curve.
Select one of the outline wing shapes with the Selector Tool (the arrow pointer) and then switch to the Shape Editor Tool. Drag a selection rectangle around all the control points and press the Cusp Join icon on the Infobar. Drag the individual line segments into graceful curves to match the shape of the wings. If you need to add more control points, just click on the outline with the Shape Editor Tool . When you finish one wing, repeat this step on the other wing.
Clone the bitmap (Ctrl k). Bring the right wing outline to the front. Actually the best way to do this is to first cut the right wing outline to the clipboard (Ctrl x ) then Clone the bitmap, then paste the outline on top using Shift Ctrl v (hold down the Shift and Ctrl keys and press v). Select the wing outline and the cloned bitmap and Arrange > Combine Shapes... Intersect Shapes. The intersected shape will be right on top of the other bitmap. I have moved it to the left so you can see the results.
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