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  1. Horrid zombie update messages, how to turn off?

    I'm using Designer Pro X17, and it pops up all these really stupid messages trying to get me to turn on some sort of Magix update program, begging me to update the software. Really stupid amateurish...
  2. Re: How to reset image 'handles' to older, simpler version?

    Back again on this. The pain continues. Got Photo and Graphic Designer a month ago, and can't reset the image handles as I was able to do before with your help, see fixes below. Doesn't seem to be a...
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    Re: Anything like Xara Designer for iPad?

    Thanks Handdrawn — I'm going with Illustrator for the iPad... it's not Xara, but will do for the simple stuff. Has text, layers, shapes... could be worse. See pic below... this is the kind of social...
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    Anything like Xara Designer for iPad?

    Making a lot of 1080x1080 images for Instagram lately. Would love to have an all-iPad workflow. Anything like Xara out there for iOS?
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    Jon Discovers Instagram

    After bouncing off Facebook (clunky horrible user interface), found myself greatly enjoying Instagram. I love making ads, and had no trouble adjusting to the Insta 1080x1080 square format.
    See...
  6. Re: Won't buy Xara 18 until popup ads stop on my Xara 17!

    Acorn -- yes, if you could remove my email address, thanks! Good call!
  7. Won't buy Xara 18 until popup ads stop on my Xara 17!

    I'd like to upgrade to new Xara Designer Pro 18.
    But I'm not going to, since my version 17 won't stop popping ads for version 18.
    Even after I've checked the box "Don't show this again."

    It's...
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    Re: Can I get rid of the blue lines?

    Thanks all! The blue lines are GONE! You know, I was THIS CLOSE to uninstalling Xara and going back to an older version.
    Next, we'll worry about popup ads -- but I'll find that on another thread,...
  9. Thread: Restoration

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    Re: Restoration

    I'm 77 now. Saw the Mona Lisa back at the Worlds Fair in New York in what, 1964? It had just been cleaned, and I still remember how blue the sky was, without the old yellowed layers of varnish....
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    Can I get rid of the blue lines?

    When I select a photo, Xara puts blue-and-white dashed lines around it.
    Is there a way to get rid of the dashed lines, and just have the little corner and mid-line boxes showing, like Xara used to...
  11. Re: how to make selector tool have the blue cropping markers like the rectangle tool

    Yes! Yes! A thousand thanks, you guys. And beer on me at the Crystal if you ever go west to Tombstone, Arizona.
    Wow. Life just became AMAZINGLY BETTER!
  12. How to reset image 'handles' to older, simpler version?

    Help -- the image 'handles' on newer versions of Xara are driving me nuts, like the resize handle only on the lower-right corner, and the 'rotate' handle at top-right.
    Is there a way to revert the...
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    Evil Photo&Graphic Designer Update popup!

    For about a month, my Xara Photo & Graphic Designer -- latest version. on a Windows Surface Pro -- has put up these annoying 'wanna update?' messages when I close down the program.
    Are times that...
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    Re: An excellent mass email program

    Good to see your replies!
    First: Gary, Tombstone is alive and well. Even though the Millennials don't know who Wyatt Earp was... since 1881, several other American cities have had far more memorable...
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    An excellent mass email program

    Retired now, I do tourism development for the City of Tombstone, Arizona... and also fundraising for my church.
    Found an absolutely excellent mass email program called ActiveCampaign... easy to use...
  16. Simple one-size for printing, emailing, social media

    First, good to see this forum still going. Retired now, doing tourism development in Tombstone Arizona.
    Discovered that if I make a 200 dpi JPG from a standard 8.5x11 letter page, the resulting...
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    Re: Is your job safe?

    Water, they say, is the only thing on earth that runs uphill towards money. In the USA, we have spent unbelievable amounts of money on huge dams on every river out West. In the past, not for water to...
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    Re: Is your job safe?

    San Diego -- we are close to opening a very large desalination plant up at Carlsbad. On line this November. 50 miilion gallons of fresh water per day, or 7% of the SD region water needs. See...
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    Re: Client Charge..... wot would you do

    I'm with Cloud on this. Here in San Diego, I charge US $45 per half-hour, $90/hr. But -- and very important -- I try to never bill by the hour... prefer instead to charge a flat fee per job wherever...
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    Re: supersite newb question

    Thanks Acorn -- after I import a picture onto the page, and then open the Names dialog, could you give me an actual example of what you would put in the Apply Name: box? Imagine it's a JPG of a...
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    Re: Gary Broke His Leg

    Sounds very serious... sort of the same thing I think John Kerry is going through.
    [Inappropriate comment, considering this is a family site]
    Hope it's getting better, Gare... and hope the...
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    Re: Is your job safe?

    So Egg, is there any way to get back to the max prosperity of, say, 1967 without greatly reducing the advanced countries' populations... back to 1967 levels? I watched the increase in weekly...
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    Re: Is your job safe?

    @ gamerprinter -- after looking at my son's Grand Theft Auto 5, I think you're safe! From robotic replacement, anyway.
    Offshoring is another story, since those guys in Bangalore and Hyderabad can...
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    Re: Gary Broke His Leg

    Just noticed this thread -- Gare, I hope this finds you out of pain and enjoying the spring weather, and healing up OK. Although as long as you are in a cast, you can make up wild stories about...
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    Re: cloud.xara discussion thread

    @ Angelize -- you know, it just might let you change the newspaper paradigm. Right now, if you want to pick up a syndicated column, you have to pay somebody to get the material. This could reverse...
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