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Me at Tintagel, Cornwall in 1975.
The good old days. Part of my workspace. I’ve still got that long Phillips screwdriver and the oscilloscope.
Drawn using Xara Photo & Graphic Designer.
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I love that first picture,mart, haven’t a clue how you did it though.
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It’s made using a program called ‘Xara 3D’. Primarily used to make 3D animated text but crafty use of it makes it possible to produce other animations.
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Great pictures Mart
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Interesting animation.
What were you doing with your scope in 1975?
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Thanks 
- These are pictures that were in the albums on the old forum. We need to use a thread as an album now, so I thought I’d pay a visit to the old forum and start saving the pictures from there to put in this thread. Add to it gradually.
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Not so much needed for TV repairs, so I didn’t use one very much in 1975. I’m trying to remember the year I started repairing video recorders. Perhaps it was the late 70s early 80s. The one in the photo was bought in 1985 when I went self-employed. Pretty essential in my opinion for looking at waveforms, especially the FM envelope shape when adjusting video head tape guides.
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Making pictures with cubes. Some photographic content but mostly drawn using Xara Photo & Graphic Designer (see vector graphics)
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Fantastic, you are getting better and better at Xara.
I was just thinking I hadn’t seen you Mart and was going to give you a message telling you to get on over her then I saw this post, so glad you came over, I love seeing your Xara work. Xara is the best! I’m nowhere on a level as you are but I enjoy what it has to offer.
Keep 'em coming Mart.
Good looking guy stood on that bridge, loving the specs, you remind me a bit of a young John Lennon
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Nice photos Mart - and you look very fit and healthy in your Tintagel pic 
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Yes, still around Lion Queen and I’m pleased to see you are too.
I was pretty fit and healthy back then Azz. Must have been all that humping about of those big old colour TVs.
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Great pics Mart, I’m glad you recovered them from the old forum.
I find them intriguing… 
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A few more pastime pictures…
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I enjoyed this thread and the pictures Mart… (no idea how I found it though 
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oh Mart, these are brilliant, I especially love the four flowers. Did you do that in Xara?
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Brilliant Mart 
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Thanks. 
They were done in Xara using the thermal filter. It’s sometimes hard to remember exactly how an image was produced but I think I added more using a program called Painnt.
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Interlocking patterned rings drawn in RealDraw Pro (a vector drawing program)
A shield drawn in RealDraw Pro
A geese photo stitched together in Xara Photo & Graphics Designer (just two geese in original photo). 3D effect added.
Geometric towers drawn using Xara Photo & Graphics Designer.
Budgie photo processed in Xara Photo & Graphics Designer.
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