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Table Of Contents
- Welcome to Xara 3D Maker 7
- Purchasing and unlocking Xara 3D Maker
- What's New in Xara 3D Maker Version 7
- Other Xara products
- Getting Help
- Working with Xara 3D Maker
- How To ...
- Quick overview
- Open a new document
- Change the text
- Rotate and position the graphic
- Light the graphic
- Color the graphic
- Resize the graphic
- Add bevels & extrude
- Select characters
- Add shadows
- Create animations
- Creating cursor (CUR & ANI) files
- Importing 2D objects
- Apply the style of an existing graphic
- Create buttons, boards, boards + holes and borders
- Create screen savers
- Create Flash files
- Save and export
- Export options for GIF, PNG or BMP files
- Export options for JPG
- Export options for animated cursors (ANI)
- Export options for animated GIFs
- Export options for AVIs (movies and screen savers)
- Export options for screen savers (SCR)
- Export options for Flash bitmap format (SWF) files
- Export options for Flash vector format (SWF) files
- General info on AVI videos
- Exporting transparent title animations for movies
- Customize Xara 3D Maker
- Reference Section
- Legal
View options
Option bars: Each bar contains settings for the options listed above.
They can be accessed by clicking on the required bar or by clicking the
required button on the options toolbar above. For more details see
Option bars
. You can move and dock the option bars, or remove completely.
Design toolbar: Offers shortcuts to the different design types of: text
only, button, board, board with holes and border. For more details see
Design options
.
Status bar: This provides feedback on available editing options and also
shows you the current size and rotation angles of the 3D graphic. For
more details see The status bar
.
Note:
Right click anywhere in the preview area (main window) to bring up a menu with options relating to that
item. For example, right-clicking the background gives you the opportunity to change the background
color and texture.
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