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Recreating
Apple's Aqua Gel Effect with Xara X
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Draw another
rectangle, this time exactly the width of your rectangle and
2 pixels in height. The easiest way to specify this is in
the W and H (Width and Height)
text entry boxes on the Infobar. To apply changes that are
not linked to one another, press the tiny lock icon button
on the Infobar so it is in the raised (non-proportional scaling)
position.
Make a
duplicate (Ctrl K or Edit > Duplicate)
and position it at the very bottom of the page. Position the
first rectangle at the exact top of the page.
Apply
a 20% black fill to both rectangles and set the line width
to none by right clicking on the cross hatched square to the
left of the screen palette.
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In this
step we will create a blend between the top and bottom rectangles.
Select
the Blend Tool. Click on the top rectangle and drag
down to the bottom rectangle. Release the mouse button.
You should
have a 5-step blend. Change the number of Blend Steps
on the Infobar to 18 and press Enter on your
keyboard to apply the changes.
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Select
the blended rectangles and the background and press Ctrl
B (as in Back) to send them to the back, or select Send
to Back from the Edit menu.
NOTE:
To multiple select objects,
hold down the Shift key on your keyboard while you
click on multiple objects.
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Select
the blended rectangles and the background and group them (Ctrl
G or Arrange > Group).
Select
the capsule, and the background and line group, and make a
duplicate. Edit > Clone or Ctrl K.
Select
the capsule, then the Shadow Tool , and click the left
square shadow icon on the Infobar to turn the shadow off.
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The lines
behind the blue capsule would be distorted due to the roundness
of the capsule.
Center
the duplicate capsule over the duplicate lines and background.
Select the lines and background, select the Mould Tool,
then click the Elliptical Envelope button on the Infobar.
The enveloped shape can be seen over the original background.
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Gary Priester's
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Designer.com,
Unleash.com and
Xaraxone.com
as well as in Communication Arts Magazine. His monthly Web column/tutorial,
"Logos
for the Design Challenged," can be seen at Unleashed Productions.
Priester is co-author with Dave Huss of CorelDRAW Studio Techniques
(Osborne CorelPress) and the author of Looking Good in Color (Ventana
Press). He can be reached at garypriester@earthlink.net.
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Gary W. Priester Tutorials are for private use only. No text
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