Xara Xtreme 5: The Official Guide / Edition 1

by Gary David Bouton

Overview

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Learn the principles of vector drawing as you learn technique, composition, and other art essentials—then apply your skills to creating websites, animations, logos, photographic retouches, and more. Xara Xtreme 5: The Official Guide shows you how to customize the software, use QuickShapes, draw vector paths, use fills for photorealistic effects, and compose professional desktop publishing documents. This hands-on resource brings you from concept to completion with examples that span a range of art styles—using the vector drawing program that thinks it's a bitmap editor. With these tutorials that apply to Xara Xtreme, Xtreme Pro, and Magix Xtreme Photo & Graphic Designer, you'll:

• Work with vector paths that look like paint strokes
• Tag colors to dramatically change complex drawings in seconds
• Build multi-page, graphically rich websites in a few hours
• Convert bitmap web graphics to resizable vector shapes
• Design artwork in minutes that looks like it took days
• Create and export original Flash animations for the web in no time
• Create 3D text and apply special effects to imported photos and vector shapes
• Invisibly retouch photographs with feathering, fractal fills, multi-step gradients, and transparencies

Inside you'll find an inspirational Xara GrandMasters Gallery of award-winning artwork from around the world. Get started today by downloading free trial software from www.xara.com!

Download lesson files from www.mhprofessional.com/computingdownload and www.theboutons.com.

Gary David Bouton, an international award-winning illustrator, has authored 25 books on graphics software, including CorelDRAW X4: The Official Guide. He practices what he teaches: his work can be seen on Graphics.com, TalkGraphics, The CG Society, and YouTube.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071625593
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	10/15/2009
Series:	The Official Guide
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Gary David Bouton is the author of more than 20 books on computer graphics, including CorelDRAW X4: The Official Guide.

Table of Contents

0 Navigating the Interface
1 Blah Blah
2 Options and Customizing Xara Xtreme
3 Working with Paths
4 Transforming Shapes
5 Working with Fills
6 Basic Magic: Blends, Contours, and Moulds
7 Creating Photorealistic Effects
8 Logos and Typography
9 Desktop Publishing with Xara Xtreme
10 Creating Web Animations
11 Building Interactive Web sites
12 Tracing for Commerce and Fine Art
13 Changing and Creating Photographic Elements
14 Photographic Retouching
15 Gallery of Contest Winners