Xara Xtreme 5: The Official Guide,9780071625593

Xara Xtreme 5: The Official Guide

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780071625593
ISBN10: 0071625593
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-11-05
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Education
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Summary

The only official guide to the most affordable, user-friendly drawing program available Written by bestselling author and graphic artist Gary Bouton, this full-color book explains how to create vector graphics and animations for print and the Web using the latest version of Xara Xtreme. You will find expert tips and techniques that show how to take full advantage of all the unique features this powerful application has to offer. Using step-by-step demonstrations, Xara Xtreme: TheAnd Official Guide explains how to customize the software, draw shapes, work with text, add color, achieve photorealistic effects, create animations, and edit images. Integration with other programs and utilities is also covered. This hands-on guide brings you from initial concept to full execution of a compelling graphics project using Xara.

Author Biography

Gary David Bouton is the author of more than 20 books on computer graphics, including CorelDRAW X4: The Official Guide.

Table of Contents

Settling In
Examining the Interface
Options and Customizing Xara Xtreme
Getting Down To Business
Working with Strokes
Fills
Creating Basic Web Content
Creating Photorealistic Effects
Building Web Buttons
Logos and Typography
Advanced Web graphics
PDFs
Animation
Image Editing
Basic Photograph Retouching
Advanced Image Editing
Output and 3rd Party Utilities
Inexpensive and Free Helper Programs
Outputting to other applications
Outputting to the Web
Print Output
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