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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
How To ...
This section describes using Xara 3D Maker to create quality 3D headings or buttons and then exporting
static or animated files. In these descriptions we use 'graphic' as shorthand for the text or shape shown in
the Xara 3D Maker window.
In this chapter
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
Customize Xara 3D Maker
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