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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
?Flash vector format does not support all Xara 3D Maker
features (such as shadows and some bevel types). Selecting
Display as Flash shows only options compatible with Flash
vector format.
Show/Hide Frame
?this displays the graphic in a small window (the Frame) within
the main Xara 3D Maker window. The advantage of the Frame
is that Xara 3D Maker remembers its size when you save the
file. Opening the file in the future displays the frame at that same
size. It is also useful for small graphics because you do not have
to make the main window tiny.
The options toolbar
This gives short cuts for the main editing dialog boxes in Xara 3D Maker. The Option bars
section describes these dialog boxes in detail.
To display or hide this toolbar, use Options toolbar on the Window
menu.
The text toolbar
These options duplicate options in the Text options
dialog box.
To display or hide this toolbar, use Text toolbar on the Window
menu.
Note: If you are using Windows 7 and have previously hidden rarely-used fonts in your Control Panel,
these fonts will not be displayed in the Xara 3D Maker text toolbar.
The time line
These options let you step through or play animations. You can also pause the animation at any
intermediate frame and then export that frame as a static image.
To display or hide the time line, use Time line on the Window
menu or press "Alt + L".
Options
Play?preview the animation in the Xara 3D Maker window.
This is the same as clicking Start/Stop animation
on the Standard Toolbar.
Pause
?pause the animation at the current frame. Click again to restart
the animation at the next frame.
Stop
?halts the animation. This is the same as clicking Start/Stop
animation on the standard Toolbar.
Rewind
?display the first frame (frame 1) in the animation.
Back
?display the previous frame in the animation.
Forward
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