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Duplicate the bitmap using Ctrl K (Clone) which places the duplicate exactly on top of the original.

Select the Transparency Tool and apply a Flat, Stained Glass transparency (select Stained Glass from the drop down list of Transparency Types). When we duplicate the bitmap, Xara automatically places it on top. When we add the Stained Glass transparency, it creates the illusion that the text is transparent.

Select the white highlights (the Contoured shape) and bring it to the front. (Ctrl F)

NOTE: The highlight is beneath the bitmap. To dig down through the layers, hold down the Alt key on your keyboard and click over the highlight. The status bar, at the bottom left of the screen, will first show Bitmap and then 1 Shape.

Duplicate the highlight (Ctrl K) and change the Transparency Type to Luminosity. This makes the highlight a little bit brighter.

Here is the final effect. I placed a white marble fill (from Xara's Fill images on the CD) behind the objects. This enhances the transparency effect.

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