Serif May Newsletter for Mr Indiana Jones

May 2011     Welcome to the Brand New Serif Newsletter!     WebPlus X5 Launches! Our newsletter isn't the only thing that's launched recently... The latest version of our award-winning web design software, WebPlus X5, is here and it's already creating an impression! New navigation bar designs, a Button Studio and a wide range of easily-customizable templates are just a few of the many new features enabling you to produce websites that are more professional than ever… Check out all of the software’s new features and see what they can do for your web design projects. And you can buy or read more about WebPlus X5 too.     PhotoPlus Competition Drawing Day 2011     Win Prizes Worth Over $3000!   If you’re a photography enthusiast or have a passion for photo editing, the Serif PhotoPlus Competition 2011 is for you. 17 runners-up will win a fantastic prize and our grand prize winner will take home over $3000 worth of kit! Simply go to the competition page and send us your photos to enter. All entrants get a $15 voucher to spend at Serif.com and the competition closes Sunday 26th June 2011. Check out 2010's winners and if you think you can do better, we want to see it! Serif Supporting Drawing Day 2011 Celebrate Drawing Day on Saturday 4th June 2011 by sharing your drawings online. This year, the aim is to get one million drawings uploaded over the Drawing Day weekend... Create a design in DrawPlus, or draw free-hand and scan, then upload to DrawPlus.com with the keyword tag ‘Drawing Day’. And don’t worry if you don’t own DrawPlus – simply download DrawPlus Starter Edition for free and get drawing straight away!     How To...     ... Add Lightbboxes to Your Websites in WebPlus X5 This tutorial will show you how to add lightboxes (new to WebPlus X5) to your web designs. A great addition to any site, a lightbox is an effective and attractive way of displaying larger pop-ups of thumbnails or images when they are clicked on. To start, right-click your image and select Hyperlink. In the Hyperlink dialog, go to Picture, expand the Type drop-down menu (under Target Window or Frame) and select Lightbox. You can click Lightbox Options to add the image to a Slideshow (create a Slideshow name so you can scroll through several images in one lightbox) or to add a caption. To edit the appearance of the lightbox, go to File>Site Properties and select Lightbox. In the dialog which appears, you can alter colours, fonts, borders etc. Click OK and preview your site by going to File>Preview Site to see your lightbox in action. We hope you enjoyed this tutorial. To access more support, resources and Serif forums visit the Serif website.     Gallery Winner Tips and Tricks     Futuristic Fusion This month's competition winner is Harry Sargent, who has produced this amazing futuristic illustration in DrawPlus X4. Click on the image to view a larger version and find out more about DrawPlus X4 by clicking here. You can win your favorite Serif software title too! Simply email us designs you've created using any Serif program to enter our monthly contest. Please send your designs in their original Serif file format – you may also need to embed your fonts and images.   CraftArtist Turning photos into stencils is easy in CraftArtist. Simply add a photo to your page then drag a stencil on top of the photo. When it’s positioned correctly, click Lift Stencil. Your photo will be cut to shape of the stencil. DrawPlus X4 There are many ways to copy and paste objects in DrawPlus X4. The quickest and easiest, however, is to simply hold Ctrl while you drag your object. While still holding the Ctrl key, drop the copied object into the desired position.   The information transmitted in this email is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you believe you are not the intended recipient of this email, contact us at Serif Customer Support. Unsubscribe We want you to receive messages that you find informative and useful. However, if you wish to unsubscribe from your ignoble.experiment@arconati.us Serif email subscription, please click here, update your preferences and then click the confirm button. New Customers If you have received this email from a friend and would like to subscribe then please create a new customer account. E&OE Serif, Inc. The Software Center, 17 Hampshire Drive, Suites 1 & 2, Hudson, NH 03051, phone: (800) 489-6720