The Xara Xone Workbook - The best, easy and fun Xara X tutorials

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Edited by Gary W. Priester Number 45 • March 15, 2006

Covered in this month's Workbook:

• Creating a Template
• Casting a Forward Floor Shadow
• A Soft Edged Photo
• The Name Gallery
• Creating a Glass Tube Brush

You asked for it. Your editor (me) is admittedly organization-challenged. You long-suffering readers have for some time complained of the lack of a decent index to find past Workbook articles by subject. Well, hark and rejoice! You can now find all your favorite Workbook articles in alphabetical order in the Workbook Index.

In the March Xara Xone: The March Xara Xtreme tutorial creates a 3D Chrome Studded Sphere using among other things the Live Effects Tool and the Eye Candy 4000 Chrome Filter with a unique bit of help from the Name Gallery (covered in this issue). In the just posted March Guest Tutorial, Scott Knaub shows you how even a child or in this case children (such as his own two, Karina (Age 8) & Kolten (Age 10) can create an easy and fun Animated GIF. RISTO continues Old Home Week back in the Featured Artist Gallery with some of his witty irreverent images. Frantisek Grebebicek has created a fun Java utility Spiro J available for free in the Shareware page. Check it out. If you would like to be considered for a single or one of the upcoming group shows, e-mail me and let me know where I can see a few of your images.

I am accepting your contributions (Tips, Brushes, Templates, stuff like that). I'm starting to run out of ideas and could use your input. If your site has Xara graphics and is not listed, send me your link and a brief description of how you have used Xara on your site.

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