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October 2005 Xara Xone Tutorial ©2005 Gary W. Priester

We are down to the short strokes. Select the background bitmap then open the Xara Picture Editor. Press Ctrl e to open the Enhance dialog. In the Brightness text entry box (top left) enter -75 and press Enter.

In the Color Saturation text entry box, enter -30 and press Enter to apply the change.

Position the ray over the eye. If the shape extends beyond the right side of the background image, use a vertical line to Slice Shapes (Ctrl 4) and delete the end portion of the ray.

The wheels still do not look like they are in the grass. To remedy this, select the entire eye pod shape and Arrange > Create Bitmap Copy... Use the True Color + Alpha setting to create a shape with a transparent background and set the resolution to 300dpi. Move all the non bitmap eye-pod shapes off to the side and replace them with the bitmap.

Using the Transparency Tool, click down towards the bottom of the wheels and drag straight down a small distance. This makes the wheels appear to sink down into the grass.

 

October 2005 Xara Xone Tutorial ©2005 Gary W. Priester

And here is the final image. You can see how taking the time to make these changes and additions has really improved the original image.

 

October 2005 Xara Xone Tutorial ©2005 Gary W. Priester

And never being content with what I have, I took the eye-pod into another world. But this is another story and one we'll save for another day.

Your comments and questions are most always welcome. Please use the form on the next page to send me your feedback.

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