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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
Light the graphic
Three colored lights create the highlights and shadows on the graphic. You can change the positions and
colors of each light. The fourth light (shown striped) controls the position of the shadow ? see shadows
.
Shadow
Light
Light
Light
To display the lights:
Click the 'light bulb' button
or choose Display lighting on the View menu
To change the color of a light, display the color options
dialog box by:
Double-clicking on the light
or choosing Light color 1, 2, 3 on the View menu.
To move a light just drag it. To move a light from in front of the object to behind it (or from behind to in
front) keep dragging the light left or right.
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