vector principles you learn techniques such as drawing, composition, and others - an important art and then apply your skills to create, website animations, logos, photography, manipulated and more. Learn Xara Xtreme 5: The Official Guide shows you how to customize the software, QuickShapes used, draw a vector path, use the fill for photorealistic effects, and develop professional desktop publishing documents. This hands-on resource will take you from concept to completion with examples that span various styles of art - using a vector drawing program that thinks it is a bitmap editor. With the tutorial that applies to Xara Xtreme, Xtreme Pro, and Magix Xtreme Photo & Graphic Designer, you will: Work with vector paths that look like paint strokes Tag color to change images in seconds Build complex multi-page, graphic-rich web site within a few hours Convert bitmap to vector graphics web resizable form of art design in a few minutes that seem to need a day Create original Flash animations and export for the web in a short time Create 3D text and apply special effects to imported photographs and vector shapes unseen photo retouch with feathers, fractal fills, multi-step gradients, and transparency Inside you'll find inspiration Xara Gallery grandmaster award-winning works of art from around the world.