The Xara Trompe L'Oeil Room Page 7
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Center the beveled logo over the puzzle pieces. (Easy step!)

(Remember the image shown here is about one half the size we are working with. If this is confusing for you, imagine how confusing it is to me!)

Select the puzzle piece that is under the ar of Xara and make a duplicate (Ctrl K). Next select the beveled logo and make a duplicate. (Xara places each duplicate on top). And for this next step the logo has to be on top of the puzzle piece.

Select the duplicate logo and the puzzle piece, and from the Arrange pull down menu, select Apply Clip View. This places the logo inside of the puzzle piece. Select the clipped puzzle piece and move it up and to the left as shown.

Unlike Xara's Combine Shapes > Intersect Shapes command, which simply crops the image, Clip View masks the object permitting repositioning, editing or even removal altogether of the clipped object.

Clip View is similar to Illustrator's Mask effect and Corel's PowerClip effect. But unlike these, Xara can move the object inside the container, or move the container around the clipped object.

When you Apply Clip View, two small keyhole icons appear. Click the one on the top left and the mask can be moved around the contents. Click the center icon and the contents can be repositioned inside the container. To remove the contents, select Remove Clip View from the Arrange menu.

Unlike Corel's PowerClip, which requires an additional two steps to edit the clipped contents, when the center keyhole is selected, you can edit the contained objects on the spot. And now back to the tutorial.