The Xara Trompe L'Oeil Room Page 9
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Using the Rectangle Tool, hold down the Ctrl key and construct a 100 pixel square.

Using the Pen Tool, draw a straight line between two opposing corners. Flop a duplicate so both lines form an X though the center.

Select one of the lines and the square and Arrange > Combine Shapes > Subtract Shapes. Select the remaining line, and the square and Combine Shapes > Subtract Shapes.

From the Arrange menu, select Break Shapes. You have just divided the square into 4 equal parts.

TIP: To make a 45 degree diagonal line that extends beyond the square, enable Snap to Objects. Draw a line from one corner to the other. Select the line, hold down the Shift key (to constrain resizing from the center) and drag any of the corner handles.

Using the colors shown on the left, color the four triangles.

Construct a smaller square and place it over the four triangles.

Select the background image and Copy it (Ctrl C). Select the small square and Paste Attributes (Shift Ctrl A).

Duplicate the smaller square using Ctrl K . Change the fill color to black. With the square selected, select the Fill Tool and select Diamond from the Fill Types drop down list.

Select the square and apply a Stained Glass Transparency, Flat , 100%.

Create two 1.5 point lines, group them and make three duplicates. Use the Horizontal Align Distribute Equi-spaced setting in the Align menu (Arrange) to evenly space the lines. Ungroup the lines and change the line colors using the same four colors specified above.

Rotate the lines and position them as shown. Group all the elements and reduce the size to 50 pixels.

Make three duplicates and position the four squares as shown here.