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After the last section I think you need a short one! This section simply adds the background to make the whole thing look a lot closer to the final version, and give us our canvas on which to overlay other objects. The first thing you need to do is to download the 3 pieces of the tree image.
You may ask why this section wasn't done in one piece. Sensible question, so here's the answer. You can't right click over an object and get the popup menu. If this was one object a large proportion of the screen would be unable for the right click, so by cutting it into 3 sections we get the maximum area available. Go ahead and make a new object, for the top part of the tree, name it and position it in the top left corner of the screen. |
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We basically want this object to sit in place and do nothing so there are a couple of settings we can change to do this. Open up the properties for this object and go to the 'Relation' section. Set the movement to locked. This means that to move the object you have to hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the object. 'Activation' is how you make the object perform it's function as defined in it's 'class'. These objects should still be set to a class of 'layer' which means they don't actually do anything, but we can be extra safe by setting their activation to 'None'. This object should now be done. There is an easy way to create the other parts of the tree. Simply right-click on the object and select 'Clone object'. You will now have another top part of the tree. All you need to do now is change it's source graphic to represent the left part of the tree, give it name and position it. Do this once more for the bottom part of the tree and you're done. |
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You should now have a desktop which looks like the screenshot on the left. As you can see we are already making huge progress towards the final look. Good work ! |
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