Welcome to Xara 3D Maker 7 Traditional 3D programs are notoriously difficult to use and understand. Not so Xara 3D Maker 7. Unlike many 3D programs that take an age to learn and understand, Xara 3D Maker 7 has been created to perform one job, and performs that job with style, speed and simplicity. Xara 3D Maker 7 is solely designed to create the highest quality 3D text and graphics , such as headings, logos, titles and buttons.
Purchasing and unlocking Xara 3D Maker When you run the downloaded trial version of Xara 3D Maker, the start screen will present you with three options. Check the option you require and you will be presented with further instructions. Activate with serial number Select this option if you have already purchased your copy of Xara 3D Maker and enter the serial number that you were given in the email confirming your purchase.
What's New in Xara 3D Maker Version 7 Xara 3D Maker now offers: Two new animation types, Scroll and Scroll In/Out, allow you to move letters, words and phrases across the screen in a choice of directions, also giving you control over entrance and exit speed and acceleration/deceleration. Seven new bevel styles add to the huge range of beveled types you can add to your 3D design.
Angle Faced Angle Cornered A new View Options dialog allows you to enter an X & Y position for your image, and you can also specify precise angles for its horizontal and vertical rotation. View options let you rotate precisely around three axes and view your design as wireframe Easier insertion of line and page breaks in the Text Options dialog box enables faster text editing. Instant access to hundreds of pre-built Xara 3D Maker samples via the new Open Sample command in the File menu.
Other Xara products There are trial versions and demo movies for many of these products at http://www.xara.com/products . Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 6 (formerly Xtreme) is quite simply the best value and fastest all-in-one graphics package you'll find. For drawings or photo work, for print or web graphics, it's the perfect choice. See http://www.xara.com/products/designer/ for more information.
Getting Help In this chapter Support About Xara 3D Maker Tooltips Page 6
Support http://support.xara .com The Xara support site above offers a comprehensive FAQ page (frequently asked questions) which is constantly updated and available 24 hours, 7 days a week; always the best source for instant answers.
About Xara 3D Maker Choose "Help" > "About Xara 3D Maker 7 ". This displays general information about the program. If you contact Xara support, you may be asked for this information.
Tooltips When you move over a button, the tooltip tells you the function of the button.
Working with Xara 3D Maker This section describes the basics of using Xara 3D Maker. Later sections provide more details of the various dialog boxes and toolbars and how to perform particular actions.
The Xara 3D Maker window Display of the toolbars and Status Bar is optional. The Window menu lets you select which to display. Standard toolbar: This provides common editing functions such as load and save. For more details see The standard toolbar . Text toolbar:_This provides quick access to the main text editing options such as font and size. For more details see The text toolbar . Time line: (Not displayed by default. Select Time line on the Window menu.) This provides greater control over animations.
View options Option bars: Each bar contains settings for the options listed above. They can be accessed by clicking on the required bar or by clicking the required button on the options toolbar above. For more details see Option bars . You can move and dock the option bars, or remove completely. Design toolbar: Offers shortcuts to the different design types of: text only, button, board, board with holes and border. For more details see Design options .
Getting started Traditional 3D programs are notoriously difficult to use and understand. This is not the case with Xara 3D Maker. Xara 3D Maker is so simple to use, literally anyone can produce high quality still and animated 3D graphics in minutes. We highly recommend viewing the Xara 3D Maker introduction movie. It is the ideal way to get to know Xara 3D Maker and get an overview of its features, allowing you to make the most of the program. View the movie . Creating a 3D heading is easy: 1.
preview is displayed as you click on each file, so you can see the image before you open it. Want to import your own 2D graphic? You can import Windows metafiles (EMF or WMF) or Xara XAR/WEB files. Then you can convert them to extruded 3D graphics. When you're happy with the results, you can export either a static image or an animation or movie in any of the most popular file formats. You can even create an animated screensaver either for use on your own computer or for distribution to other people.
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.
Quick overview Use these pages if you want to find out how to do something in Xara 3D Maker.
Changing the curvature of the corners Changing the size of buttons Animation Creating an animation/movie Creating and editing a multipage animation Previewing an AVI movie Importing animation settings from an existing heading The Time Line Saving Saving for reloading later Saving a graphic Saving screensavers Correcting mistakes Undo & Redo Customizing Xara3D Changing the default document Displaying and moving toolbars Docking dialog boxes Making your own menu items and shortcuts Returning to default se
Open a new document Click New on the File menu. This loads the default graphic. You can replace this default graphic with your own ? see Customizing Xara 3D Maker . Alternatively click Open Sample on the File menu to open one of the hundreds of sample files that come with Xara 3D Maker. A preview of the image is displayed so you can see what it looks like before you open it.
Change the text The easiest way of changing the text is to delete the existing text (using Backspace) and then typing in the wording you want. You can also display the text cursor. Select the show/hide cursor button on the standard toolbar. You can then use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the cursor in the text and to select part of the text ? for more information on this, see select characters .
Rotate and position the graphic The easiest way to rotate the graphic is simply to drag on it in the Xara 3D Maker window or drag on the background if you don't have a background texture (don't drag on the shadow ? this moves the shadow). This lets you rotate the graphic horizontally, vertically or around its center line. Alternatively, use the scroll bars. Status bar The Status bar shows the current angles (horizontal, vertical and rotation around the center line).
If the text cursor is displayed, hold down "Alt" to rotate the text or click the show/hide cursor button to remove the cursor.
Status bar The Status bar shows the current angles (horizontal, vertical and rotation around the center line). Positioning options Normally the graphic is centered in the window. You can move the graphic to your preferred location using View options and changing the X and Y position values. Alternatively you can use these keyboard shortcuts: Alt-drag allows you to move the graphic freely around the screen. To return the graphic to the center of the window press "Alt+Home" (this also cancels any rotation.
Positioning options Normally the graphic is centered in the window. You can move the graphic to your preferred location using View options and changing the X and Y position values. Alternatively you can use these keyboard shortcuts: Alt-drag allows you to move the graphic freely around the screen. To return the graphic to the center of the window press "Alt+Home" (this also cancels any rotation.) "Ctrl + Alt-drag" allows you to move the graphic horizontally on the x axis.
Rotate options You can rotate your graphic by using the keyboard shortcuts below. Alternatively you can use View options to rotate your graphic horizontally, vertically and around its center line by precise increments in degrees.
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.
Color the graphic You can color the graphic either by changing the colors of the graphic or by changing the light colors or both. If you are creating a graphic and you want two or more colors on the text, it is easier to use pale colored lights and to color the text. (The default text of Xara 3D Maker is an example of this: the X3D is pale gray, Version is light blue and version number is dark blue. The light shining on the face of the text is an orange cream color.
Resize the graphic The easiest way to resize larger graphics is to resize the Xara 3D Maker window by dragging the corners or sides. For smaller graphics this can make the Xara 3D Maker window too small and you cannot see all the buttons. To avoid this, choose Display frame on the Window menu or click the display frame button ( Standard Tool Bar ). This displays the graphic in a smaller frame which you can resize independently of the main Xara 3D Maker window.
Add bevels & extrude The bevel is the decorative transition between the faces and the sides of the graphic. The extrude is the depth of the sides. The bevel The extrude Bevel designs range from a simple angled or rounded bevel on the corner to complex rippled bevels that run the length of the sides. Bevels are always applied to the sides of the graphic, not to the faces. The result is to make the graphic larger and, with larger bevel sizes, text characters can merge into each other.
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Select characters Almost all Xara 3D Maker attributes (such as colors, bevels, textures, animation types) can be applied character-by-character. (The exceptions are the shadow, the lighting and some animation types.) Before you can apply an attribute to a character or block of characters, you must first select that character or block. First step is to display the text cursor. Click the show/hide cursor button on the standard toolbar: Then: Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the cursor.
Add shadows A shadow behind the graphic gives an impression of the graphic floating above the surface and adds realism. To create a shadow, open the Shadow options dialog box and check Shadow . To move the shadow, either drag the shadow ? the cursor will look like this when you hover over the shadow and can drag: Or display the lights. A fourth light (shown striped) controls the shadow position?drag that light.
Shadow styles Shadow options have two styles of shadow: Style 1 is a simple offset copy of the graphic. Artistically this is incorrect but looks 'right' for static images. Style 2 is artistically correct and looks best with animations where the eye is more aware of the shadow shape. Shadows and Flash vector format Flash vector format does not support shadows. If you want your graphic to have a shadow, use a different export format such as GIF or bitmap Flash.
Shadows and Flash vector format Flash vector format does not support shadows. If you want your graphic to have a shadow, use a different export format such as GIF or bitmap Flash.
Create animations You can easily create animated graphics using Xara 3D Maker. You have the option of either a single image (single page) or a sequence of images (multi-page). To create a single page animation, just create the image in the regular way then display Animation options and choose the required options. To create a multi-page animations, create the first image. Then press Enter to start a new page and create the image for that page. Alternatively you can use Text options.
animation styles: you cannot apply different settings to a selected area. Tips for creating animations Animations can create large file sizes, which are slow to download over the Internet. To keep animations small we suggest: Make the image as small as possible by selecting the Crop option on export. Select Front face only for Rotate animations. Have no more than about 20 frames per animation. (The fewer the better for keeping the size down.) For multi-page animations avoid having too many pages.
Animation options and file format Xara 3D Maker can save animations in several different formats: AVI, ANI, Flash SWF and animated GIF. Some options in the Animation dialog box are not supported by all file formats. Pause is supported by all formats except AVI movies. Loop is supported only by animated GIF format (other formats play continuously.) To preview an animation Select the start/stop animation button on the standard toolbar.
For Flash animations, Fade or Step animations create much smaller files than the other animation styles. For multi-page Pulsate animations, overlapping the pages creates smaller animations. Don't get carried away! For example using loads of textures can create very large animation files. Turning the shadow off can reduce file size. When exporting select to optimize Per frame. For tips when saving as a Flash SWF file see Tips for creating Flash files.
To preview an animation Select the start/stop animation button on the standard toolbar. To preview the animation in real-time, Xara 3D Maker displays a reduced-quality image. You have greater control over quality when exporting to disk. Editing the text for multi-page animations Unless you have the cursor displayed, new text is added to the page currently displayed in the Xara 3D Maker window. This can make editing slightly tricky. Either stop the animation and edit the text or use Text options .
Editing the text for multi-page animations Unless you have the cursor displayed, new text is added to the page currently displayed in the Xara 3D Maker window. This can make editing slightly tricky. Either stop the animation and edit the text or use Text options . The time line Displaying the Time line lets you step through an animation, frame-by-frame, or pause, stop or run the animation. You can export an individual frame by pausing the animation at the frame you want and using Export on the View menu.
The time line Displaying the Time line lets you step through an animation, frame-by-frame, or pause, stop or run the animation. You can export an individual frame by pausing the animation at the frame you want and using Export on the View menu. Applying animation effects to selected text The animation style applies to all characters (see notes below) but you can apply most attributes of the animation to just a selected character or block of characters.
Applying animation effects to selected text The animation style applies to all characters (see notes below) but you can apply most attributes of the animation to just a selected character or block of characters. For example, for a Rotate animation, you could have some characters rotating in a different plane to the others. Rotate, Swing and Pulsate animation styles have two versions, 1 animates all characters as a group and 2 animates each character individually.
Tips for creating animations Animations can create large file sizes, which are slow to download over the Internet. To keep animations small we suggest: Make the image as small as possible by selecting the Crop option on export. Select Front face only for Rotate animations. Have no more than about 20 frames per animation. (The fewer the better for keeping the size down.) For multi-page animations avoid having too many pages.
Using the animation picker A quick way of creating an animation is to copy the settings from an existing X3D file. Choose Import animation on the File menu. This opens the animations folder, which contains ready-made animations in a wide variety of styles. This short cuts the creation of animations. For each of the ready-made animations, the file name gives you information about the animation type.
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.
Importing 2D objects For use as a board or border design You can import a 2D object for use as a board, board with holes or border design (if you are in text only mode, you will automatically be switched to a button design type when importing). To do this, just click the design picker button under design options or select Import design from the File menu. Supported file formats are WMF, EMF and Xara's WEB and XAR files.
For use as a board or border design You can import a 2D object for use as a board, board with holes or border design (if you are in text only mode, you will automatically be switched to a button design type when importing). To do this, just click the design picker button under design options or select Import design from the File menu. Supported file formats are WMF, EMF and Xara's WEB and XAR files. For use as a text character You can also import 2D objects to use a character in your text.
For use as a text character You can also import 2D objects to use a character in your text. To do this, click Import on the File menu. Supported file formats are WMF, EMF and Xara's WEB and XAR files. Showing the text cursor (Ctrl+E) will allow you to choose the correct place to import the object. As it is then a text object, you can color and animate it as you would with normal text.
Copying from Xara Designer Pro You can design your own shapes in Xara Designer Pro then easily import them into Xara 3D Maker. This is a quick and simple way of importing 2D shapes, and is a combination of both methods outlined above. If you are in text design mode, the shape will be used as a text character. If you are creating a board, board with holes or border design the object will be used as the design's overall shape.
Apply the style of an existing graphic Sometimes you want to create a graphic that is similar to an existing graphic (either one you created or one of the samples supplied with Xara 3D Maker.) For example, you might like the look of one of the samples but are not sure how to create the effect. Xara 3D Maker makes it easy to copy either the animation options or selected options from another graphic. Copy the animation options Use the animation picker (Import animation on the File menu.
Copy the animation options Use the animation picker (Import animation on the File menu.) As you click on file names, the preview shows you how the current graphic looks with the animation settings of the selected file. When you find the animation effect you want, just click Open to update the current graphic. This just changes the animation settings?it does not change options such as wording, bevel, extrusion, and so on. To copy these, see the following section.
Copy selected options Use the style picker (Import style on the File menu.) Like the animation picker, you can browse through files and see how they affect the current graphic. Unlike the animation picker, you can select which options to copy from the selected file. You could for example copy both the lighting and the position (angles) from the selected file. You can copy any combination of options from the file, including the animation settings.
Create buttons, boards, boards + holes and borders There are four different design types: Boards. Sit your heading on a solid board, so the text extrudes from a solid background. Button. Creates a button with the text flat on its surface. Borders. Adds a border around your heading, giving it more impact. Board and holes. As if you'd taken a saw to your board, to give an impression of a cut-out image. You can either use one of Xara 3D Maker's predefined design shapes or import a shape from another X3D file.
You can also use your own drawn design shapes. Import the shape as a metafile (or, if you are using Xara X1 or later, just copy the shape and paste it into Xara 3D Maker) and export in X3D format to the designs folder.
Create screen savers Screen savers protect the monitor screen from being burnt by a static image when the computer is not being used and allow for a unique looking computer. Using Xara 3D Maker you can create a custom screen saver either for use on your own computer or for distribution to other people. Screen savers are always animated (because they need to show a moving image to avoid burning the screen.) We suggest: Use a dark-colored background, not white or other light colors.
Tips To create a smooth screen saver animation it's recommended you create an animation with a fast animation speed (15?20 frames per second) and between 50 and 100 frames in each cycle. Windows stretches the animation to fill the screen. If you want the text to partially fill the screen, in Xara 3D Maker select a point size, such as 72pt from the text size drop down, instead of Fit to width. For ideas on creating screen savers, look in the screensavers folder (in samples).
Previewing a screen saver file 1. Browse to the screen saver (SCR) file. 2. Right-click on the file. This pops-up a menu. 3. Click Test to preview. Using a screen saver file If, in step 4, you installed the new screen saver as the default, everything is already set up for you. No further action is necessary. If you saved the screen saver to the Windows system folder: 1. Click Start on the Taskbar. If you are using Windows XP, go to step 3. 2. Choose Control Panel. Double-click Personalization. 3.
Using a screen saver file If, in step 4, you installed the new screen saver as the default, everything is already set up for you. No further action is necessary. If you saved the screen saver to the Windows system folder: 1. Click Start on the Taskbar. If you are using Windows XP, go to step 3. 2. Choose Control Panel. Double-click Personalization. 3. Click Screen Saver.The Screen Saver Settings dialog lists all screen savers in the system folder. 4. Choose the screen saver you want. 5.
Tips To create a smooth screen saver animation it's recommended you create an animation with a fast animation speed (15?20 frames per second) and between 50 and 100 frames in each cycle. Windows stretches the animation to fill the screen. If you want the text to partially fill the screen, in Xara 3D Maker select a point size, such as 72pt from the text size drop down, instead of Fit to width. For ideas on creating screen savers, look in the screensavers folder (in samples).
Create Flash files Flash format is often used on web pages, especially for animations. There are two formats for Flash files: Bitmap format: the advantage of this is that you can use any Xara 3D Maker options, including shadows. Vector format: the advantage is that you can enlarge vector objects without losing quality. The disadvantage is that some Xara 3D Maker options are not supported by Flash. Select Display as Flash on the View menu to dim or hide unsupported options.
Tips for creating Flash files Flash is not ideal for 3D graphics such as those created in Xara 3D Maker. You will often find that you can create smaller files using other formats such as GIF. This is especially true for animations. If you want to create Flash animations, we suggest: Step or Fade animations produce smaller files than other styles. Avoid bevels. Some bevels are better than others but typically bevels make files five to ten times larger.
Save and export Xara 3D Maker has two basic save and exporting options: Save as an X3D format file. You can reload an X3D file for further editing in the future. Export in another format (see File Formats for a full list of supported formats.) You cannot reload exported files into Xara 3D Maker and edit them. (Although you can load BMP, GIF, ICO, JPEG and PNG format files as textures.
Export options for GIF, PNG or BMP files GIF export is the most common and probably the best format for use on the web. GIF images can have no more than 256 colors, which you might think is a limitation. However, using Xara 3D Maker's advanced dithering and palette optimization features, you can get near perfect quality images using only 256 colors. Indeed you'll be surprised at how good GIFs with just 16 colors can be.
for large bitmaps as the viewer sees the basics of the bitmap more quickly. Progressive - applies only to JPEG. This is similar to Interlaced in that a progressive JPEG displays with increasing detail as more of the file downloads. Quality JPEG only. JPEG format compresses files by discarding unnecessary information. Quality controls how much information is discarded. Default is 80%, which usually gives the best balance of quality and file size.
User defined lets you specify the dimensions of the bitmap. With Fit to width (on the text toolbar) selected, the text and the background scales to suit the values you type in. If you specified a font size, the size of the text does not change but the background scales to the values you type in. This is useful if you want to create several headings, all the same height and width. Export options for AVIs (movies and screen savers) You can also export your Xara 3D Maker design as an AVI video file.
at a lower quality. Lossless is equivalent to 100% quality. You may need to experiment to get the best trade-off between quality and file size. Export options for Flash vector format (SWF) files These options apply to both static and animated SWF files. More information on creating Flash files . Note that Flash vector format does not support some Xara 3D Maker features (such as shadows and textures).
The transparent titles consist of the .cfx file and the associated AVI file which contains the animation movie. The .cfx file contains the background transparency information. All AVI files are stored in Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Xara\Xara3D7\AVI_CFX (WIndows XP) or Users\\AppData\Local\Xara\Xara3D7\AVI_CFX (Windows 7 and Windows Vista). The files must not be deleted or moved from there, otherwise the .cfx files will not work. However, the .
Export options for GIF, PNG or BMP files GIF export is the most common and probably the best format for use on the web. GIF images can have no more than 256 colors, which you might think is a limitation. However, using Xara 3D Maker's advanced dithering and palette optimization features, you can get near perfect quality images using only 256 colors. Indeed you'll be surprised at how good GIFs with just 16 colors can be.
low-resolution image. The quality increases as more of the bitmap downloads. This is particularly useful for large bitmaps as the viewer sees the basics of the bitmap more quickly. Progressive - applies only to JPEG. This is similar to Interlaced in that a progressive JPEG displays with increasing detail as more of the file downloads. Quality JPEG only. JPEG format compresses files by discarding unnecessary information. Quality controls how much information is discarded.
off). User defined lets you specify the dimensions of the bitmap. With Fit to width (on the text toolbar) selected, the text and the background scales to suit the values you type in. If you specified a font size, the size of the text does not change but the background scales to the values you type in. This is useful if you want to create several headings, all the same height and width. Export options for AVIs (movies and screen savers) You can also export your Xara 3D Maker design as an AVI video file.
Lossless and quality (dimmed except for true-color): quality values below 100% give smaller files but at a lower quality. Lossless is equivalent to 100% quality. You may need to experiment to get the best trade-off between quality and file size. Export options for Flash vector format (SWF) files These options apply to both static and animated SWF files. More information on creating Flash files . Note that Flash vector format does not support some Xara 3D Maker features (such as shadows and textures).
Animation" dialog. The transparent titles consist of the .cfx file and the associated AVI file which contains the animation movie. The .cfx file contains the background transparency information. All AVI files are stored in Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Xara\Xara3D7\AVI_CFX (WIndows XP) or Users\\AppData\Local\Xara\Xara3D7\AVI_CFX (Windows 7 and Windows Vista). The files must not be deleted or moved from there, otherwise the .cfx files will not work. However, the .
Export options for JPG JPEG bitmaps are always 24-bit, true color, but the JPEG compression system means that the quality is often not as good as a GIF. The quality setting determines how small the resultant file is?the higher the quality, the larger the file. Quality settings less than 80% usually produce inferior images to those available from using palette optimized GIFs. A progressive JPEG is similar to an interlaced GIF. The JPEG displays first as blurred (low resolution) image.
(on the text toolbar) selected, the text and the background scales to suit the values you type in. If you specified a font size, the size of the text does not change but the background scales to the values you type in. This is useful if you want to create several headings, all the same height and width. AVI options. Clicking this will allow you to choose from any of the AVI codecs on your computer.
(on the text toolbar) selected, the text and the background scales to suit the values you type in. If you specified a font size, the size of the text does not change but the background scales to the values you type in. This is useful if you want to create several headings, all the same height and width. Quality: the higher the quality, the larger the file. You may need to experiment to get the best trade-off between quality and file size.
Export options for animated cursors (ANI) To learn more about creating cursors see creating cursor (CUR & ANI) files. Because animated cursors can be quite large, you may find that a 16 color, optimized palette per frame, produces the best results for the smallest file size. However you might need to experiment. Dithering always makes cursors look better, but also makes them larger. When outputting at 256 colors you may find that there is no need to turn dithering on.
Export options for screen savers (SCR) You can export Xara 3D Maker graphics as a Windows screensaver (SCR) file. See Create screen savers for more details. Export options for Flash bitmap format (SWF) files These options apply to both static and animated SWF files. More information on creating Flash files. To learn more about exporting movies see creating animations . Current window size lets you export just the area surrounding the text (Crop on) or the entire window area (Crop off.
The AVI format (Audio Video Interleaved) isn't actually a proper video format! It's rather a so-called container where very general conventions such as audio and video data can be specified and sent to a program. The exact memory format of the files is specified via the codec (coder/dec oder). A codec compresses audio/video files into its own private format with which only that codec can work and decodes the files again on playback.
Export options for animated GIFs To learn more about exporting animated GIFs see creating animations . Because animated GIFs can be quite large, you may find that a 16 or 32 color, optimized palette per frame, produces the best results for the smallest file size. However you might need to experiment. Dithering always makes GIFs look better, but also makes them larger. When outputting at 256 colors you may find that there is no need to turn dithering on.
specified a font size, the size of the text does not change but the background scales to the values you type in. This is useful if you want to create several headings, all the same height and width. Color depth: the more colors, the larger the file size. For animations where each image appears for only a short period you may find 256 colors gives satisfactory results. Dithering (dimmed except for 256-colors).
Exporting transparent title animations for movies If you plan to export a Xara 3D Maker animation to a MAGIX movie editing program, for example as a title or caption to play on top of a movie, your animation will need a transparent background. The standard AVI export in exports an animation with a solid background, covering the movie behind it. To play it on top of a movie, you'll need a video effect (called chroma keying or blue screen) to remove the background.
Export options for AVIs (movies and screen savers) You can also export your Xara 3D Maker design as an AVI video file. You can configure AVI options when exporting your file as an animation or screen saver. Color depth. Choose between the different amount of colors in your video. True color will give more accurate results, but may create a large file. Try exporting at both color depths to se what results work best.
Export options for Flash vector format (SWF) files These options apply to both static and animated SWF files. More information on creating Flash files . Note that Flash vector format does not support some Xara 3D Maker features (such as shadows and textures). You can use Xara 3D Maker features not supported in vector format except shadows but these get exported as bitmaps within the Flash file and can make the file much larger.
The files must not be deleted or moved from there, otherwise the .cfx files will not work. However, the .cfx files can be stored in the video project folder or anywhere else. Note: Substitute your own user name for in the above file paths. In the MAGIX slide show or video editing programs, the .cfx file has to be loaded via the Media Pool. The Timeline Mode has to be active. Then you can drag the files into the timeline and they will be placed on the title track automatically. To use .
Export options for screen savers (SCR) You can export Xara 3D Maker graphics as a Windows screensaver (SCR) file. See Create screen savers for more details. Export options for Flash bitmap format (SWF) files These options apply to both static and animated SWF files. More information on creating Flash files. To learn more about exporting movies see creating animations . Current window size lets you export just the area surrounding the text (Crop on) or the entire window area (Crop off.
General info on AVI videos The AVI format (Audio Video Interleaved) isn't actually a proper video format! It's rather a so-called container where very general conventions such as audio and video data can be specified and sent to a program. The exact memory format of the files is specified via the codec (coder/dec oder). A codec compresses audio/video files into its own private format with which only that codec can work and decodes the files again on playback.
Export options for Flash bitmap format (SWF) files These options apply to both static and animated SWF files. More information on creating Flash files. To learn more about exporting movies see creating animations . Current window size lets you export just the area surrounding the text (Crop on) or the entire window area (Crop off.) User defined lets you specify the dimensions of the bitmap. With Fit to width (on the text toolbar) selected, the text and the background scales to suit the values you type in.
This means that an AVI file created on your computer can only be loaded/played on computer B if this computer has the same codec installed. Many codecs (for example, Intel Indeo  video) have now become standard components of the Windows installation. Others, such as the popular DivX codec, are not. If you create an AVI file with such a codec and you wish to use it on other computers, install the corresponding codec on them as well.
Export options for Flash vector format (SWF) files These options apply to both static and animated SWF files. More information on creating Flash files . Note that Flash vector format does not support some Xara 3D Maker features (such as shadows and textures). You can use Xara 3D Maker features not supported in vector format except shadows but these get exported as bitmaps within the Flash file and can make the file much larger.
XP) or Users\\AppData\Local\Xara\Xara3D7\AVI_CFX (Windows 7 and Windows Vista). The files must not be deleted or moved from there, otherwise the .cfx files will not work. However, the .cfx files can be stored in the video project folder or anywhere else. Note: Substitute your own user name for in the above file paths. In the MAGIX slide show or video editing programs, the .cfx file has to be loaded via the Media Pool. The Timeline Mode has to be active.
General info on AVI videos The AVI format (Audio Video Interleaved) isn't actually a proper video format! It's rather a so-called container where very general conventions such as audio and video data can be specified and sent to a program. The exact memory format of the files is specified via the codec (coder/dec oder). A codec compresses audio/video files into its own private format with which only that codec can work and decodes the files again on playback.
Exporting transparent title animations for movies If you plan to export a Xara 3D Maker animation to a MAGIX movie editing program, for example as a title or caption to play on top of a movie, your animation will need a transparent background. The standard AVI export in exports an animation with a solid background, covering the movie behind it. To play it on top of a movie, you'll need a video effect (called chroma keying or blue screen) to remove the background.
Customize Xara 3D Maker You can customize Xara 3D Maker by either changing the default graphic or by docking or undocking dialog boxes or toolbars. With the Window menu item Customize you can add icons to a menu or the standard toolbar, customize the right-click menus available in the main working area and even create your own custom menu. You can also change the keyboard shortcuts there.
Screen quality controls the quality of the on-screen display. Increasing the quality setting means that the preview takes longer to redraw on screen. Static and moving images have separate controls: animations can use a lower setting. Anti-aliasing is a technique of blurring the edges between color transitions. Turning anti-aliasing on gives better results but takes longer to redraw. True perspective displays the heading with slightly non-parallel sides (as if drawn from a distant vanishing point.
Docking and undocking dialog boxes and toolbars To give you freedom in how you use the program, you can undock and move toolbars and windows and position them where you wish. This is particularly useful if you have two monitors, so you could for example put your windows on one screen and keep the other monitor dedicated to the Xara 3D Maker workspace.
Advanced customization 's customization options are recommended only for advanced users. They can be accessed by clicking Customize from the Window menu, or by right clicking on a toolbar and selecting Customize . Note: If you experience a problem with your windows or toolbars at any time, or wish to return them to their standard layout, click Reset user interface on the Window menu.
screen and add or remove commands as described in the Commands section above. Please note: The Application Frame menu is not used in this version of Xara 3D Maker. Options These options are mostly self explanatory. Show ScreenTips on toolbars : These are the little informational tool tips that appear when you hover your mouse over an icon. Show shortcut keys in ScreenTips : Grayed out if you turn off the Screentips option above. Large icons: Icons lose quality, but are bigger to see.
Changing the default document If you want Xara 3D Maker to start up showing a different image: 1. Create the image you want to use as the starting (default) image. 2. Choose Save as default on the File menu. This creates a file called Default.x3d, which appears in one of the following directories: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Xara\Xara3D7 (if you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7) C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\xara\xara3D7 (if you are using Windows XP) Note: Replac
graphics in shadow or highlight areas. The drawback is that graphics may take longer to display on screen. Animation quality controls images exported as animated GIFs and AVIs. As the viewer sees each frame only briefly, the quality is less important than for static bitmaps. Note that increasing the quality too much can cause jerky animation on slow computers. If you are using Windows 7, by default rarely used fonts are hidden.
Option bars The option bars can be found to the right of the screen when you first start Xara 3D Maker. Rather than opening and closing endless windows, most of Xara 3D Maker's settings are contained here. You can easily switch between the tabs to access the different features. You can turn this entire panel off or on via the Window menu. You can also tailor how you use the option bars as follows: To undock an option bar.
Toolbars Another way of choosing which toolbars and options to display. It is quicker to use the Window menu to achieve the same results. If you select the standard toolbar, text options or time line, clicking Show text labels will show descriptive text below each button. Note: The Design toolbar's text will only show if the toolbar is docked horizontally across the page or is undocked completely. The text will not display when it is in its default position at the bottom right of your screen.
displayed when you create a new file. See Changing the default template for details on how to delete a default document that you have created.
Changing quality settings Th Settings option on the Window menu lets you alter the quality settings for display and export (keyboard short cut Alt+Q). Usually the default settings give excellent results, but you may wish to try different settings to fine-tune Xara 3D Maker to your requirements. Screen quality controls the quality of the on-screen display. Increasing the quality setting means that the preview takes longer to redraw on screen.
2. Add the comment to the pop-up dialog box and click OK. 3. Save the file to save your comment. The next time you choose Open from the File menu, click the file in the Open dialog box. The file's comments are displayed below the preview window. Docking and undocking dialog boxes and toolbars To give you freedom in how you use the program, you can undock and move toolbars and windows and position them where you wish.
Removing or reopening an option bar. Once undocked, you can click the X icon in the top right hand corner of that window to close it. Note: If you experience a problem with your windows or toolbars at any time, or wish to return them to their standard layout, click Reset user interface on the Window menu. Advanced customization 's customization options are recommended only for advanced users.
Menu This allows you to customize the right click menus available in the main working area. These are currently set to be relevant to the work in progress., i.e., if you right click a shadow, you get options relating to shadow control. If you wish to change these, select the relevant menu from the Context Menus list, then go back to the Commands screen and add or remove commands as described in the Commands section above. Please note: The Application Frame menu is not used in this version of Xara 3D Maker.
Adding comments You can add comments to your own images or Xara 3D Maker sample files so that you and others can see extra information or helpful hints on a file before you open it. To add a comment to an image: 1. Open the image and choose Edit Comment from the Edit menu, or press "Ctrl + M". 2. Add the comment to the pop-up dialog box and click OK. 3. Save the file to save your comment. The next time you choose Open from the File menu, click the file in the Open dialog box.
Just drag the window back to the panel options bar at the right of your screen, and the window will redock. Pinning an option bar open. After undocking a window, by default it will minimize once you move your mouse away from it. As soon as you move your mouse back, it will expand. To get the window to remain open, just click the little pin icon at the top right of the window. Click again to return to the auto-hide format. Removing or reopening an option bar.
click it and select Remove to remove that shortcut entirely. To add a new shortcut, just click in the Press New Shortcut Key box and type the shortcut. Press the actual keys, do not type it, i.e., do not type the word "Alt", press the Alt button as if you were using the shortcut. Menu This allows you to customize the right click menus available in the main working area. These are currently set to be relevant to the work in progress., i.e.
Docking and undocking dialog boxes and toolbars To give you freedom in how you use the program, you can undock and move toolbars and windows and position them where you wish. This is particularly useful if you have two monitors, so you could for example put your windows on one screen and keep the other monitor dedicated to the Xara 3D Maker workspace.
Advanced customization 's customization options are recommended only for advanced users. They can be accessed by clicking Customize from the Window menu, or by right clicking on a toolbar and selecting Customize . Note: If you experience a problem with your windows or toolbars at any time, or wish to return them to their standard layout, click Reset user interface on the Window menu.
Commands screen and add or remove commands as described in the Commands section above. Please note: The Application Frame menu is not used in this version of Xara 3D Maker. Options These options are mostly self explanatory. Show ScreenTips on toolbars : These are the little informational tool tips that appear when you hover your mouse over an icon. Show shortcut keys in ScreenTips : Grayed out if you turn off the Screentips option above. Large icons: Icons lose quality, but are bigger to see.
Moving toolbars There are five toolbars: standard, design, options, text and time line. You can turn these on and off via the Window menu. You can drag them around the screen by clicking and holding them (see the image above) and dragging. If you drag a toolbar to an edge of the program it will dock there. You can also just drag the toolbar out elsewhere on the screen, and it will undock entirely and become free-floating.
Commands Here you can add icons to a menu or the standard toolbar, and even create you own custom menu. Click a category to see related commands to its right. You can drag any of the commands to the standard toolbar where they will be added to allow easy access to that tool or feature in the future. To remove a button, just right click it and select delete. Commands can also be dragged to any of the menus. Or you can create your own menu.
: Grayed out if you turn off the Screentips option above. Large icons: Icons lose quality, but are bigger to see. If using this option you will probably need to rearrange your toolbars (see Docking and undocking dialog boxes and toolbars ). Reset settings To return all display settings to their default value (for example, windows, toolbars, time line and option bars): 1. Click the Window menu then select Reset user interface. 2. Exit and reopen Xara 3D Maker.
Option bars The option bars can be found to the right of the screen when you first start Xara 3D Maker. Rather than opening and closing endless windows, most of Xara 3D Maker's settings are contained here. You can easily switch between the tabs to access the different features. You can turn this entire panel off or on via the Window menu. You can also tailor how you use the option bars as follows: To undock an option bar.
Toolbars Another way of choosing which toolbars and options to display. It is quicker to use the Window menu to achieve the same results. If you select the standard toolbar, text options or time line, clicking Show text labels will show descriptive text below each button. Note: The Design toolbar's text will only show if the toolbar is docked horizontally across the page or is undocked completely. The text will not display when it is in its default position at the bottom right of your screen.
displayed when you create a new file. See Changing the default template for details on how to delete a default document that you have created.
Advanced customization 's customization options are recommended only for advanced users. They can be accessed by clicking Customize from the Window menu, or by right clicking on a toolbar and selecting Customize . Note: If you experience a problem with your windows or toolbars at any time, or wish to return them to their standard layout, click Reset user interface on the Window menu.
Commands screen and add or remove commands as described in the Commands section above. Please note: The Application Frame menu is not used in this version of Xara 3D Maker. Options These options are mostly self explanatory. Show ScreenTips on toolbars : These are the little informational tool tips that appear when you hover your mouse over an icon. Show shortcut keys in ScreenTips : Grayed out if you turn off the Screentips option above. Large icons: Icons lose quality, but are bigger to see.
Reset settings To return all display settings to their default value (for example, windows, toolbars, time line and option bars): 1. Click the Window menu then select Reset user interface. 2. Exit and reopen Xara 3D Maker. Your display settings will have returned to their standard layout. To return all settings to their default value: 1. Click the Window menu then select Reset all settings. 2. Exit and reopen Xara 3D Maker.
Reference Section This section provides details of the toolbars and windows in Xara 3D Maker in their default state, and describes the function of each option. It is possible to customize the toolbars, for example, by adding extra buttons. See Customize Xara 3D Maker for details on customizing. The previous section, How to... , describes how to use these options to create 3D graphics.
The toolbars The standard toolbar Many of these are standard Windows options such as load and save. To display or hide this toolbar, use Standard toolbar on the Window menu. Options New ?open a new graphic, displaying the default Xara 3D Maker graphic ready for customizing. Open ?open an existing X3D file. Or import a drawn shape in EMF, WEB, WMF or XAR format and extrude the shape. Save ?save the graphic in X3D format. Xara 3D Maker can reload X3D files for future editing.
if the graphic has a shadow, a fourth, striped light that creates the shadow is also shown. Display as Flash ?Flash vector format does not support all Xara 3D Maker features (such as shadows and some bevel types). Selecting Display as Flash shows only options compatible with Flash vector format. Show/Hide Frame ?this displays the graphic in a small window (the Frame) within the main Xara 3D Maker window. The advantage of the Frame is that Xara 3D Maker remembers its size when you save the file.
Back ?display the previous frame in the animation. Forward ?display the next frame in the animation. Fast forward ?display the last frame in the animation Time line ?when the animation is playing, this displays progress through the animation. Or you can drag the slider to move to a particular point in the animation. Tip: You can display labels for the time line by choosing Customize from the Window menu, clicking the Toolbars tab and clicking the Time line button off then on.
The standard toolbar Many of these are standard Windows options such as load and save. To display or hide this toolbar, use Standard toolbar on the Window menu. Options New ?open a new graphic, displaying the default Xara 3D Maker graphic ready for customizing. Open ?open an existing X3D file. Or import a drawn shape in EMF, WEB, WMF or XAR format and extrude the shape. Save ?save the graphic in X3D format. Xara 3D Maker can reload X3D files for future editing. (Xara 3D Maker cannot edit exported files.
?Flash vector format does not support all Xara 3D Maker features (such as shadows and some bevel types). Selecting Display as Flash shows only options compatible with Flash vector format. Show/Hide Frame ?this displays the graphic in a small window (the Frame) within the main Xara 3D Maker window. The advantage of the Frame is that Xara 3D Maker remembers its size when you save the file. Opening the file in the future displays the frame at that same size.
?display the next frame in the animation. Fast forward ?display the last frame in the animation Time line ?when the animation is playing, this displays progress through the animation. Or you can drag the slider to move to a particular point in the animation. Tip: You can display labels for the time line by choosing Customize from the Window menu, clicking the Toolbars tab and clicking the Time line button off then on. Click the Show Text Labels box and click Close .
The options toolbar This gives short cuts for the main editing dialog boxes in Xara 3D Maker. The Option bars section describes these dialog boxes in detail. To display or hide this toolbar, use Options toolbar on the Window menu. The text toolbar These options duplicate options in the Text options dialog box. To display or hide this toolbar, use Text toolbar on the Window menu.
The status bar This gives you information about the graphic and currently available options. When the window isn't maximized you can click and drag the bottom right hand corner to resize the window. To display or hide the status bar, use Status bar on the Window menu. Options The left-hand section gives you information about editing options (when the mouse is over the editing window) or button functions (when the mouse is over a button). This section shows the size in pixels of the editing window.
The text toolbar These options duplicate options in the Text options dialog box. To display or hide this toolbar, use Text toolbar on the Window menu. Note: If you are using Windows 7 and have previously hidden rarely-used fonts in your Control Panel, these fonts will not be displayed in the Xara 3D Maker text toolbar. The time line These options let you step through or play animations. You can also pause the animation at any intermediate frame and then export that frame as a static image.
menu. Options The left-hand section gives you information about editing options (when the mouse is over the editing window) or button functions (when the mouse is over a button). This section shows the size in pixels of the editing window. This section shows the rotation angles (vertical window axis, horizontal window axis and horizontal text axis). For more information on rotation see Rotate and position the graphic . (Only shown when the Xara 3D Maker isn't maximized.
The time line These options let you step through or play animations. You can also pause the animation at any intermediate frame and then export that frame as a static image. To display or hide the time line, use Time line on the Window menu or press "Alt + L". Options Play?preview the animation in the Xara 3D Maker window. This is the same as clicking Start/Stop animation on the Standard Toolbar. Pause ?pause the animation at the current frame. Click again to restart the animation at the next frame.
For more information on rotation see Rotate and position the graphic . (Only shown when the Xara 3D Maker isn't maximized.) Click and drag this to resize the Xara 3D Maker window.
The status bar This gives you information about the graphic and currently available options. When the window isn't maximized you can click and drag the bottom right hand corner to resize the window. To display or hide the status bar, use Status bar on the Window menu. Options The left-hand section gives you information about editing options (when the mouse is over the editing window) or button functions (when the mouse is over a button). This section shows the size in pixels of the editing window.
The Option Bars Choose Options toolbar from the Window menu to display or hide the option bars. These bars, which as standard are on the right hand side of the Xara 3D Maker window, provide the main editing functions (except rotating the graphic). Just click the relevant bar to bring up its options. You can also click the buttons on the Options toolbar or use keyboard short cuts to open and close these options (except Text options).
Animation options You can create Animated GIFs and Flash and AVI movies using Xara 3D Maker. See creating animations for more details. You can also display animation options by clicking this button in the options toolbar. You can preview the effect of the current animation settings by clicking the start/stop animation button or pressing Ctrl-Space. Press again to stop the animation. Frames per cycle For single-page animations, this is the number of frames in the animation.
Scroll and Scroll In/Out: These two animations are similar in that they animate the text by scrolling it in either an X (horizontal), Y (vertical), or Z (into or out of the screen) direction. Scroll is simpler and best if you want the text to move continuously in one direction throughout the animation. While Scroll In/Out gives you more control and allows you to scroll text in different directions on approach and departure from the center.
both the front and back of the text. Checking Front face only produces smaller animations because you never see the back of the text. Select whether you want the text to rotate or the lights or both. Swing: gives a pendulum effect with the text swinging to and fro. You can select amount of swing (the Angle?default 180s) and the rotation plane and direction. Angle mainly applies to multipage animations.
Bevel options The bevel is the join between the sides and face of the graphic or button. You can also display bevel options by clicking this button in the options toolbar. For quick interactive bevels on your design just hover your cursor over the side of your object and hold the shift key so that your mouse pointer changes to the bevel tool (see left). You can then just click and drag the bevels on the object.
You can apply a different bevel to just part of the text. Select the characters you want and then change the bevel.
Color options Here you can alter the colors of the faces and sides of the graphic, the lights, the shadow and the background. If you use a texture, you can tint the texture. For more information see Color the graphic . You can also display color options by clicking this button in the options toolbar. Color list This drop-down lists which parts of the graphic you can recolor. Each item can be a separate color; the front and back faces of a graphic can be a different color to the sides, for example.
dims the Texture checkbox and removes Shadow from the color list.
Design options You can also display design options by clicking this button in the options toolbar. You can make a text message or shape into an instant design using these options. See Create buttons, boards, boards + holes and borders for more information on creating designs. Design type (left drop-down list) Choose from a number of different designs: Text Creates the text only. Button Creates a button with the text flat on its surface.
button shape. See Importing 2D objects . Flash file format does not support buttons. Selecting Display as Flash on the View menu dims all button options.
Extrusion options You can also display extrusion options by clicking this button in the options toolbar. The extrude is the depth of the sides - the more extrude, the deeper the object. An object with a high level of extrude will have a very large 3D effect. You can change the extrude by clicking and dragging on the side of the text or board/border.
Shadow options This gives you control over the optional shadow displayed behind the graphic. The position of the shadow is controlled by one of the arrows in the lighting control. The shadow blur and darkness is controlled from the shadow options. You can even control the color of the shadow for special effects. See Add shadows for more details on using shadows. You can also display shadow options by clicking this button in the options toolbar. Shadow Check this Shadow option if you want a shadow.
Text options This duplicates many of the controls on the text toolbar . If there is a selected area of text, any changes apply only to the selected characters. You can also display text options by clicking this button in the options toolbar. Options at the top of this dialog box (left?right) Bold: Make the text Bold. Italic: Make the text Italic. Outline: This duplicates outline in the Extrude options (described earlier.) Font size: Dimmed unless there is a selected area of text.
values raise the selected characters above other characters. Negative values lower the selected characters. Kerning: Dimmed when there is a selected area of text. This controls the spacing between the pair of characters either side of the cursor. This is similar to tracking except that kerning applies to a pair of characters. Tracking applies to either all characters or the characters in the selected area.
depends on information contained in the font?this is not always accurate.) Checking U lists the different types of character (such as Arrows) in the font. Again > shows available character types. You can also add accented characters and symbols using a range of shortcuts. Right-click menu Right-clicking on the text preview pops-up a menu: Zoom to fit ?scale the text to fit in the window Zoom in ?enlarge your view of the text Zoom out ?show more of the text These options change your view of the text.
Texture options You can also display texture options by clicking this button in the options toolbar. This dialog box lets you apply and change textures applied to any part of the graphic or used as a background behind the graphic. You can use textures to give an interesting effect to objects and/or the background. You can easily drag a bitmap on to the background, text face or text sides. You can use any BMP, ICO, PNG, JPEG or GIF file.
View options You can also display view options by clicking this button in the options toolbar. These settings allow you to move and rotate your design in small increments. You can also make it seem closer or farther away, and display it in a simplified wireframe style. Tip: You can move your design freely around the screen by holding down "Alt" and dragging across the screen. This can help you position your design so it starts exactly where you want it.
animation in a simplified way. The wireframe display can also be exported as both a static and animated image. Tip : You can also press "Ctrl + Shift + W" to view your design in wireframe.
File Formats Xara 3D Maker can load and save/export in a variety of formats. This section describes the different formats and where you would use them. See How To ... for details on loading and saving files. ANI ?Export only (animated cursors) Animated cursors are usually 16x16, 32x32 or 48x48 pixels although custom sizes are allowed. Using ANI files requires some programming knowledge as they are used internally in programs.
(Flash?bitmap format, static or animations) -? Flash is often on web sites, especially for animations. Bitmap format lets you use all Xara 3D Maker features, including shadows. (Flash?vector format, static or animations) ? the advantage of vector format is that you can scale up a graphic without losing quality. However not all Xara 3D Maker features are supported by Flash vector format. For the smallest file size select Display as Flash on the View menu. This disables all unsupported features.
Keyboard Shortcuts *?options disabled when Display as Flash selected Up/down arrow keys Rotates around the horizontal (x) axis in 1-second increments Left/right arrow keys Rotates around the vertical (y) axis in 1-second increments Up/down/left/right Moves the text cursor in all 4 directions arrow keys when text cursor is displayed Up/down arrow keys Increase/decrease value by small amount when cursor is in an edit box Back key Deletes to the left of the text cursor PageUp/Down Moves to first/last page Page
Ctrl+A Ctrl+B Ctrl+C Ctrl+E Ctrl+F Ctrl+H * Ctrl+I Ctrl+L Ctrl+M Select entire heading Bold text Copy Display/hide cursor Display as Flash Display/hide hotspot (for cursors) Italic Select line Edit comment-comments are saved in X3D files and let you add notes to files Ctrl+N New document Ctrl+O Open existing X3D file Ctrl+P Select entire page (for multi-page animations) Ctrl+R Display/hide frame Ctrl+S Save in X3D format Ctrl+T Display/hide text toolbar Ctrl+U (When cursor displayed) force character to rig
n/left/right arrow keys 15-second increments Ctrl+Shift+Up/down/left Rotates around the horizontal (x) axis in / 15-second increments right arrow keys Ctrl+Shift+Up/down/left Selects text / right arrow keys when text cursor is displayed Ctrl+Shift+Alt+up/dow Rotates the graphic around its center line in n arrow keys when text 15-second increments cursor is displayed Ctrl+Alt+up/down Rotates around the horizontal (x) axis in arrow keys when text 15-second increments cursor is displayed Ctrl+Alt+left/right ar
Ctrl+Shift+A Ctrl+Shift+B * Ctrl+Shift+C * Ctrl+Shift+D * Ctrl+Shift+E Ctrl+Shift+F Ctrl+Shift+G * Ctrl+Shift+I Ctrl+Shift+O Ctrl+Shift+S * Ctrl+Shift+U Ctrl+Shift+V Ctrl+Shift+W Ctrl+Shift+X Ctrl+Shift+Y Ctrl+Shift+Home Ctrl+Shift+End Alt+1 Alt+2 Alt+3 Alt+A Alt+B Alt+C Alt+D Alt+E Alt+F Alt+G Alt+L Alt+O Alt+Q Alt+R Alt+S Alt+T Alt+U Open animation picker Open design picker Open texture picker to choose a text (faces & sides) texture Open texture picker to choose a side texture Open export image dialog
Alt+V Alt+X Alt-drag Alt+Home Open view options Open texture options Moves the design up, down, left and right Resets position and rotation to default (graphic is face-on and centered). Alt+Shift+drag Moves the design up and down Alt+Insert Redo.
Text Options Dialog Shortcuts There are also a selection of shortcuts that you can use to edit text in the Text Options dialog.
Delete back Undo Delete Cut Copy Redo Paste Small cursor move Large cursor move Text selection Kerning Zoom in Zoom out Zoom reset Move to previous page Move to first page Move to next page Move to last page Kern left Large kern left Kern right Large kern right Kern up Large kern up Kern down Large kern down Back Back Delete Delete Insert Insert Insert Cursor Cursor Cursor Cursor Cursor Add Subtract Multiply Page up Page up Page down Page down F5 F5 F6 F6 F7 F7 F8 F8 Page 161
Accented characters and symbols To produce the following characters and symbols in, press Ctrl and the keyboard key shown below, then type your character. Pressing Ctrl and the accent key followed by a space gives the accent alone. Some accents can be combined by following one accent by another.
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