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Marquee select the 5 sets of triangles and press Ctrl d 4 times to add 4 duplicates below the first 5 sets. Set the duplication distances back to their original settings of 20 and -20 and press OK to save the changes and close the Page Options dialog. Select all the triangles shown above in yellow and left click on the Yellow square on the screen palette to apply yellow as their fill color. Color the other triangles as shown using the colors shown above. TIP: Marquee select the top row of triangles, then hold down the Shift key and marquee select the other rows of triangles to be colored yellow and apply the fill one time. Make a copy of one square (yellow, orange, red and purple triangles) and set it to one side. You will need it later on in the tutorial. Add a vertical line parallel to the left set of triangles. Press the left arrow key 30 times to move the line to the left 30 pixels. TIP: Hold down the Shift key when you click and you will only need to click 3 times instead of 30. The Shift key moves the selection 10 pixels at a time. TIP: To draw a vertical, horizontal, or angled line in Xtreme, click the Shape Editor Tool (F4) once on the page, hold down the Ctrl key, then click and drag the end of the line in the direction you want it to go. Add a duplicate line to the right also spaced 30 pixels. TIP: Drag the line to the right holding down the Ctrl key to constrain the movement to horizontal. When you reach the other side of the colored squares , click the right mouse button to drop a duplicate line. This is called drag and duplicate. Select the Blend Tool (F7). Click on the top of the left line and drag the cursor to the top of the right line to create a 5-step blend. With the blend selected, from the Arrange menu, select Convert to Editable Shapes. Then from the Arrange menu, select Ungroup or press Ctrl u.
Delete the first and last lines. Move the lines to the distances shown above using the arrow keys. If you set your Nudge distance to 1pix in the Page Options dialog, the lines will move one pixel per click.
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