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Select the lightbulb shape with the Fill Tool (F5) and apply a Circular fill using the 3 colors shown above. Center the fill over the circular portion of the bulb shape and drag the fill path arrow to the right as shown. Add a 3rd color as shown. Double click on the fill path arrow with the Fill Tool to add a new color then edit the color in the Color Editor (Ctrl e ).

Duplicate the bulb shape (Ctrl d). Change the fill from Circular to Flat 60% Black.

Select the shape with the Contour Tool (Ctrl F7) and drag any of the red arrow control handles towards the center to apply an Inner Contour.

On the Contour Tool Infobar change the Contour Width to 80pix and press Enter to apply the change. Change the number of Contour Steps to 150 and press Enter to apply this change.

Press the Position Profile arrow icon on the Infobar and select Profile 1 from the drop down list.

Right click on the contour and from the pop up menu, select Create Bitmap Copy... Select the True Color + Alpha option and press Create. You can delete the contour or set it to one side in case we need it later.

NOTE: Sometimes when you try to apply a contour, you get a result that looks like the one shown in the above top example. This is frequently caused by an extra, hidden control point. Select the control point and then press the Tab key once. It may look like nothing happened but you have selected the hidden point. Delete this point and with any luck, your contour will look like the bottom example.

Select the bitmap and change the fill and outline colors shown above using the Color Editor (Ctrl e). The darker color is the outline color and the pale yellow is the fill color.

NOTE: This bitmap coloring of an Alpha transparency bitmap can only be done in Xara Xtreme. In older versions create the bitmap using the True Color option and change the colors as shown. Then center a duplicate of the vector lightbulb shape over the bitmap and Arrange > Combine Shapes > Intersect Shapes (Ctrl 3).

Select the bitmap with the Transparency Tool (F6) and apply a Circular, Stained Glass transparency. Center the Circular transparency over the circular portion of the lightbulb shape and extend the fill path arrow as shown.

Switch the start and end Transparency slider settings on the Infobar as shown. 100% is totally transparent while 0% is totally non-transparent.

Save your drawing and take a short break.

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