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New Users Please Read Before Starting the Tutorial 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. Some of the tool icons have changed in Xara X1, and this may cause some confusion for new users. If you are using an older version of Xara, click here to see my Rosetta Stone for translating the old buttons into the new. New Users? I have created some quick start mini-tutorials to get you though the basics. Workbook 20, Workbook 30, and Workbook 31 cover the main things you need to know to get started. While you should be able to create all the steps in previous versions of Xara, some of the tool icons have changed, and this may cause some confusion for new users. If you are using an older version of Xara, click here to see my Rosetta Stone for translating the old buttons into the new. |
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This tutorial is pretty long, about 39 steps and some knowledge of Xara will help a lot as I have not fully explained each step. Select the QuickShape Tool (Shift F2). Check the Create Polygons icon on the Infobar and from the Number of Sides drop down list, select 10. Click and drag until the Size amount is about 320 pixels. Size is not critical in this tutorial. With the polygon selected, from the Arrange menu, select Convert to Editable Shapes.
With the polygon still selected, switch to the Shape Editor Tool (F4). Using the Shape Editor Tool cursor, drag each of the sides outward as shown above. Clone this shape (Ctrl k) and set the clone to one side for the moment.
Drag two guidelines from the screen rulers through the shape as shown above (Ctrl L to display rulers). The guidelines should be to the top and left of center. Using the Shape Editor Tool (F4), create a U-shaped path as shown above by clicking on the page to add each line segment. The starting and ending side should pass between where the curved sides meet as indicated inside the red circles.
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