Victorian Frames
by Gary Bouton (Gare online)
July’s Giveaway of the Month is practical, useful, and beautiful—Victorian frames. Download just the one that suits your fancy or all three.
Do you need a fast and elegant way to dress up a photo or drawing? Do you always answer rhetorical questions? If the answer to at least one of the above is “yes”, treat yourself to one, or all three of this month’s Giveaways: Victorian frames with alpha channels you can drag right into Xara to complete a fancy idea.
Great for cards, inkjet prints, and web use, Gary created these frames for members and for himself because he got sick of shelling out serious clams for overpriced knockoffs at those stores that sell scented candles for $45, and wicker ashtrays for $79.95.
You’ll soon discover that fake frames and digital art are naturals for one another! Get a fake hammer and nails handy!
Discuss this giveaway in the Xara Xone forum on TalkGraphics.com
Exclamations. You can send him some email, visit his personal website, or better yet drop on over to the Xara Xone Forum on TalkGraphics and talk to Gary and the rest of the Xara community.
has been drawing with traditional tools for almost 40 years, and with digital tools such as Xara for close to 20. As large a fan as he is a practitioner, Gary encourages others to express themselves artistically through his writing, the over 25 books on graphics he’s had published, through the videos and tutorials he creates for The Xara Xone, and through his online school,