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For this next step, we will need Sean Sedward's Emboss plug-in. Click here to download the plug-in filter. There is a freeware and a Shareware version. Use the Shareware version. If you like the filter and decide to keep it, please read the terms set out in the ReadMe.txt file.

To install the filter, unzip the file and copy and paste the filter file into the Xara/Plug-ins folder (on your hard drive). Then right click on the Xara screen and select Page Options... > Plug-ins > New... Browse to the Xara X Plug-ins folder and select the folder and press Add. Make sure the Search for Plug-ins box is checked.

Right click on the bitmap and select Bitmap Effects and Plug-ins... Then select Emboss... Grayscale Emboss from the fly out menu. Move the Contrast slider all the way to the right and press OK . This creates a 3D bark-like appearance.

Take the other combined limb and trunk shape (without the fill) and center it over the bitmap. Then Arrange > Combine Shapes... Intersect Shapes. This removes everything except the trunk and limb shapes.

Place the intersected embossed shape over the trunk and limb shapes and apply a Flat, 20% Brightness transparency. (Select the embossed bitmap with the Transparency Tool, select Brightness from the Transparency Type drop down list, and move the slider setting to 20%).

Save your work and take a short break.

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