MultiExport tool proposition

[amoore]

Sounds awfully complex to me, but maybe I'm just not getting it.

For icon sets, I use Axialis. Set up the first image at the proper size in Xtreme, export bitmap, import into Axialis, click a few buttons to get the additional iterations, and Save. That gives me the whole set, and I don't have to create all the specs myself.

Plus, I can see exactly what I'm getting at each size in Axialis, both in the preview and the editing window, so tweaks are easy when needed. Same goes for replacing an individual image.

The Multi-Export function sounds like a lot more work to achieve less functionality than a dedicated icon app would offer.

[MarkMyWords]

Have you tried a macro recorder? This is a good free one; http://www.freewarehits.de/RemoteKeys.htm

[pixel]

Sounds awfully complex to me, but maybe I'm just not getting it.

i gues so
of course i don't feel it's complex but being honest
what is complex in using standard export window with two extra buttons?

For icon sets, I use Axialis.

but i'd like to pay for xara and have such functionality

amoore, MarkMyWords
for sure i can get the same effect with probably 10 maybe even 20 apps but i love xara...

Set up the first image at the proper size in Xtreme, export bitmap, import into Axialis, click a few buttons to get the additional iterations, and Save. That gives me the whole set, and I don't have to create all the specs myself.

this sound complicated
anyway i see you point
i would say everything is simple and easy when you used to use it

[amoore]

for sure i can get the same effect with probably 10 maybe even 20 apps but i love xara...

So do we. That doesn't mean we want it to do everything under the sun. Then it would turn into bloatware, and we wouldn't love it so much.

There's nothing wrong with using the right tool for the job. Rather, it's the smart thing to do. You can ruin your can opener if you use it to drive nails.

In addition, hunting for the tool that will do what you need has some interesting benefits you may miss if everything you think you want is handed to you.

[MarkMyWords]

I use the Remotekeys macro maker in conjunction with Xtreme, not instead of it. Sure there is a limit to what it can do, but straight-forward repetitive tasks, like the one you mention should be easy enough for it to handle.

[pixel]

There's nothing wrong with using the right tool for the job. Rather, it's the smart thing to do.

sure but...
- buttons can be made in many external apps - but xara has this functionality
- 3D objects...
- animations...
and so on and so on
i think it's not the issue to have everything in one app
the issue is to have everything what is useful and helpful for common tasks

but what i see from this thread
noone wants it

MarkMyWords
i'll try it... thanx

EDIT:
geeeez this is heavy!!!
for sure my idea is much much easier than the app you proposed
i can see it may be useful but not for this task

[Odat]

The real trick with this is that a feature that one person thinks of as essential, there's also someone (or several someone's ) for whom that feature isn't essential, because it's not what they use the application for.

You make icons, I work a lot with Xara mainly for making graphics and gui components for games. In this case exporting can sometimes be tedious as you mention, when you export an image, try it out in context, and decide to tweak.

I can see how a sort of "Batch Exporter" type thing would come in handy, as you could tweak any sprites/images that you want, and then click "Run Batch Export" or whatever and have all of your assets re-generated.

I can also see though how this may not be interesting to a lot of people who use the software for different things.

I'll throw in my vote, though!

Even an option as simple as "Repeat last Export..." which would use the same export settings as the last export you did (though taking into account a different selected object, and optionally asking you for a different filename) would be very helpful.

[pixel]

Odat
probably i made a mistake suggesting that MultiExport is dedicated for icons creating... it's not
it's universal

guys thanks for your votes
i hope you wont be the last on the list

[Odat]

Oh indeed, I didn't mean to suggest that icons (or even what I do) is the only use for such a thing.

I just meant that there may not be a lot of people who do the sort of work that would benefit from something like this. Say people who use Xara for print graphics, posters, general art, or in the latest version to create and export their website in one shot. The sort of thing where the final step is a single export to PDF or something of that nature.

So I can see why some people may not get too excited about such a feature (or consider it to be bloating the application up).

In my own (skewed ) opinion, something like this wouldn't really be bloat, even if I didn't ever use it, because by the same logic 90% of the export formats that already exist would be "bloat" because I never use them, either.

Better ways to get stuff in and out of the software are just that, better.