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Table Of Contents
Quick overview
Use these pages if you want to find out how to do something in Xara 3D Maker.
The basics
Text & 2D objects
Positioning & rotating
Changing the size
Changing the wording
Changing text spacing
Changing the font
Changing the color
Changing the bevel (edges)
Changing the 3D extrude (depth)
Changing the effects applied to selected characters
Changing the lighting
Creating hollow text
Shiny & matt surfaces
Selecting text
Typing international (accented) characters
Importing styles from an existing heading
Importing animation settings from an existing heading
Importing 2D objects
Creating 3D buttons, boards and border designs
Colors
Changing the text and background color
Changing the colors of the lights
Changing the shadow color
Changing the texture color (tint)
Creating and moving shadows
Changing the shadow color and type
Changing the shadow transparency and blur
Textures
and text
and the background
Changing the texture color (tint)
The lights
Changing their color and position
Buttons, boards and borders
Creating buttons, boards and border designs
Making the designs wider or narrower
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