Printing Seperations in Xtreme?

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As mentioned before, but just because we removed CMYK print separations from Xara Xtreme does not mean it's missing forever for all versions..

Understood. Anxiously awaiting the Xtreme Pro Release. Timeline? A year(more, less?)

(We removed it partly because it's not an appropriate feature for a more mass-market, easier-to-use, lower cost product that Xara Xtreme is. Few professionals understand the complexities of colour separations, let alone the mass majority of normal users. It was one of our most costly features in terms of customer support, because of the complexity of concepts.).

Is CMYK going to be upgraded & revitalized or put back in as it was? We can start a CMYK "print option upgrade request" thread if needed. Hopefully it won't be needed as most ideas will have been logged. Yes?

In the meantime Xara X1 can accept most Xara X files and will separate them. Also Xara Xtreme can create separated CMYK files (practically the same thing as producing separated print files) by exporting as TIFF with the CMYK option selected.

I could seperate Vectors in Xtreme as well. But I'd have to use the layer technique, 1 for each color. Which works but isn't be needed with every sep. I don't recall Xtreme giving any dot size print control (default of 120 line perhaps - not sure the default angle). So each layer would have be cut & paste back into X1 for printing. It's easier to stay in X1 if ya have to go thru that. Plus the lack of Dot size, Dot choice & or angle. The Xtreme print dialog is good for basic printing only.
Yes Bitmaps can be exported as CMYK. In X1 I've used this in conjunction with RGB for help with pulling channels in PhotoShop.

Thanks for popping in Charles. It's re-assuring knowing that your here.