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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. 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. |
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Using the Ellipse Tool, and holding down the Ctrl key to constrain the ellipse to a circle, create 4 circles to the sizes shown above. (I have given the circles different color fills to help you identify the individual circles). Drag a vertical and horizontal guideline through the center of the circles from the screen rulers (Ctrl L to display screen rulers).
Add 3 75 pixel circles and position the new circles as shown.
Select the 2 largest circles and from the Arrange menu, Combine Shapes... Subtract Shapes. This will produce an O shape.
Add a new 330 pixel circle and send it to the back. (The new circle is blue and shows through the opening we created in the last step.
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