Just a big THANK YOU for all Xara developers
As always, the new version is amazing! Especially text styles (making Illustrator / Indesign finally completely superfluous) and the select-by-color photo tool (making the crappy Mehdi plugin superfluous).
I've switched from an IN HOUSE developed graphics application (!) to Xara a few years ago, and I haven't looked back once.
When I work for other agencies at their offices where everyone uses Photoshop, I frequently get requests like "Hey Alex, could you just do me a favor in Xara, this takes too long in Photoshop...", and people then sit behind me and watch in awe how I do ridiculously complex tasks (for Photoshop) in a matter of seconds in Xara.
Thank you, Xara.
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instinctive.de
how I do ridiculously complex tasks (for Photoshop) in a matter of seconds in Xara.
So true..
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And from me, the new version is brilliant!
:-)
Grenou
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and from me !
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sledger
So true..
what it does it does very well ;):D
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I also would like to thanks, and somehow the program simply loveable, it is more than just functionalities, I just love it
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instinctive.de
...(making Illustrator / Indesign finally completely superfluous)...
So the new version finally handles all the extras OpenType fonts are capable of? And it can tell you when a color is out of gamut?
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David O'Neil
So the new version finally handles all the extras OpenType fonts are capable of? And it can tell you when a color is out of gamut?
I'm not "professional enough" to need those extras... ;) and all that out-of-gamut and "Preview printer colors" stuff I handle by simply doing a test print before sending it to the shop ;)
Yes, I know, I'm REALLY unprofessional... but I still somehow manage to make my stuff look at least half professional ;)
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New type styles are a great addition and will really help with any design job involving type. Thank you devs.
But there are still some basic text functions missing that stop Xara from being a true DTP package... I'd really like to have a table tool since data layout is currently so cumbersome.
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For Unprofessionals like me, the pragmatic solution is to just create the table in a different program, and then import it as a graphic into Xara. Yes yes, I know, that looks bad in print because it's not vectors, but who takes 3 magnifying glasses and looks at the dots that compose the lines in my table?