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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
Creating cursor (CUR & ANI) files
You can use Xara 3D Maker to create static cursors (CUR files) and animated cursors (ANI files) for
use within other programs (please refer to Windows Help for using icons, we cannot help in the use of
icon files).
Generally cursor files are small, standard sizes are 16x16, 32x32 and 48x48 pixels although you can
create custom sizes. Some programs have a maximum size of 256x256 pixels.
A cursor shows you exactly where in the window you are clicking (for example which menu item).
However, a cursor often covers two menu items. To determine which item to select, the cursor has a
'hotspot'. The item under the hotspot is the one you click on. Display hotspot on the view menu displays
a cross showing you where the hotspot is for that graphic. Drag the cross to move the hotspot?by default
the hotspot is in the center of the graphic.
Export options for ANI files
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