Xara Webster Movies - Color

Coloring Objects - Color Gallery (22 seconds)
AVI Format (265K)
This movie shows applying colors from the Color Gallery. First it shows dragging a color from the Web Browser Colors section of the Gallery onto the center of the rectangle (the fill color) . (You can use any color that's in the Gallery, even those in other documents.) Notice the white rectangle to the right of the mouse pointer when over the center of the rectangle. This tells you that dropping the color will apply it as the fill color. Then the movie shows changing the line color. The color used is one already used in the document. The vertical bar to the right of the mouse pointer tells you when you are over the line.

Coloring Objects - Color Editor (37 seconds)
AVI Format (475K)
This movie shows using the Color Editor to change an object's fill and line colors.

  1. The basic color (the hue) of the fill is selected from the horizontal strip on the bottom of the Color Editor. The movie shows green being selected.
  2. Clicking on the color square or dragging the white cross lets you select the exact shade you want. Notice how the color of the rectangle updates as you make changes in the Color Editor.
  3. Clicking the "216 Only" button selects the nearest color on the 216 color Netscape Navigator palette. Using colors from this palette improves the look of your graphics when viewed on-screen. You can see the improvement in the color of the rectangle.
  4. Clicking the "No Color" button makes the center of the rectangle totally transparent so you can see the red rectangle underneath.
  5. Clicking the "Edit line" button lets you edit the line color in the same way as the fill.

For more details, see Color Editor

Copying Color Between Objects (16 seconds)
AVI Format (255K)
This movie shows using the Color Editor to copy a color between objects. Selecting the green rectangle displays its color in the Color Editor. You can then drag-and-drop from either color panel on the Color Editor onto another object (the red rectangle).

For more details, see Copying Color

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