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  1. Re: The November 2020 update to Xara Designer Pro X 17 available.

    Anyone else finding the new selection blobs very slow to redraw?
  2. Does anyone want old boxed versions of Xara X/X1/Xtreme?

    Hi All,

    It seems a shame to bin these old versions of Xara, but they're not really worth anything second hand and they're just taking up space on the shelf.


    Xara X (2001) [CD case]
    Xara X1...
  3. Thread: Multi-core

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    Re: Multi-core

    XaraDrawLog.txt:

    Processor brand : "AMD Phenom(tm) 9950 Quad-Core Processor"
    Multi-threading supported : 1
    Logical processors : 4
    Is AMD : 0
    Cores per processor : 1
    APIC_ID32 supported: 0
    ID...
  4. Thread: Multi-core

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    Re: Multi-core

    It's clearly using all cores on the Core i5 in work (MacBook Pro, running a Windows 7 through VMware with two cores available), but on the quad core Phenom at home I only ever see a single core being...
  5. Thread: Multi-core

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    Re: Multi-core

    From http://www.xara.com/uk/products/designer/advanced/



    I'll have to try it on my work quad core box, which is a Core i5.
  6. Thread: Multi-core

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    Multi-core

    Hi All,

    I've just upgraded my PC to a quad-core Phenom CPU.

    Xara Designer Pro 7 doesn't ever use more than one of the CPU cores.

    Does it need explicitly enabling?

    Dave
  7. Thread: Hamster

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    Hamster

    Another nice cute character tutorial for Illustrator here. Perhaps a little bit trickier to adapt for Xtreme than the similar octopus one I posted back in April.

    68053
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    Re: Bug: .xar files which cause v5 to crash.

    Strange. They repeatably crash on my home machine, but I've just tried them on my work machine and they load without a problem. Identical versions of Xtreme 5 are installed on both machines.

    I've...
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    Bug: .xar files which cause v5 to crash.

    Hi,

    Using:

    Xara Xtreme 4.0.4966 CD, and
    Xara Xtreme 5.1.1.9166 CD

    I've found that the following files will load into the v4 version of Xtreme, but v5 will crash either with a Data Execution...
  10. Thread: Chunky 3D effect

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    Re: Chunky 3D effect

    Thanks for the feedback guys.

    I could extrude then convert to editable shapes, but that gives me a polygonal path entirely composed of line segments.

    Similarly, extruding then tracing often...
  11. Thread: Chunky 3D effect

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    Chunky 3D effect

    Here's an effect I've been playing about with.

    Any suggestions on how to do it more efficiently/elegantly gratefully received...
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    Re: Exact placement of objects??

    This is an anti-aliasing artefact. There's no actual gap inbetween the objects.

    Each object is individually rasterised and anti-aliased onto its background. This piecemeal rendering results in the...
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    Oddity with page background

    Xara Xtreme 5.1.0.9131 DL

    Start with a blank document.
    Add a page background colour.
    Unlock the Page background layer.
    You can now drag the background rectangle off the page.
    Add a new page...
  14. Re: Embedding Fonts in Xar Files Questions and Discussions

    It has some very clever multiple master technology which synthesises a font to fit from a specification of the original.
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    Re: Do you use a Tablet?

    Bought a Graphire 5.
    Lovely.
    Expensive.
    Turned out it doesn't magically bestow you with drawing skills. :-|

    Luckily they hold their value enough to flog them second hand on the ebays.
  16. Re: Bug: Icons in the Page Options window being greyed out when a page is deleted.

    "Icons" in this case means the window controls / gadgets / widgets, not any graphical icons.

    Here's a screenshot.
  17. Bug: Icons in the Page Options window being greyed out when a page is deleted.

    Xtreme 5.1.0.9131

    Right click on the page and open 'Page Options...'
    Select the 'Page Size' tab
    With the Options dialogue still open...
    Edit>Pages>New page
    Edit>Pages>Delete current page

    I...
  18. Thread: Speech Bubbles?

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    Re: Speech Bubbles?

    BlamBot have some good quality free balloon and sound effect EPS files: http://www.blambot.com/resources.shtml
  19. Thread: Octopus

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    Octopus

    Nice tutorial here, easy enough to work through and adapt to Xtreme.

    http://vector.tutsplus.com/illustration/create-a-super-happy-octopus-character/
  20. Thread: Stamps

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    Re: Stamps

    Alright then...
  21. Thread: Stamps

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    Stamps

    Postage stamps.
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    Nested grouped contours

    Here's an idea I've been toying with about nested grouped contours.
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    Ctrl+A in toolbar fields

    I'd like Ctrl+A to work in the toolbar writable fields, selecting the text.

    It's much quicker to Ctrl+A then type away than to double-click, or hold down backspace.

    Regards,
    Dave
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    Paste Attributes with a bitmap fill

    Paste Attributes doesn't seem to work for me if the bitmap fill is set to _not_ repeat.

    I create an object and give it a plain fill.
    I then clone that object and give it the default bitmap fill....
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    Re: "The nudge distance you entered is invalid"

    Using Sysinternals' RegMon application I can see that Opera is continually querying and resetting the "HKCU\Control Panel\International\iDigits" registry key while loading a page. A quick test of...
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