Updated trial versions of Pro 5.1 and Xtreme 5.1 are now on the website at www.xara.com/downloads/xtreme/. This is version 5.1.0.9131 and is close to the version we will use for the CDs in just a few days. So please can everyone update to this version and let us know if you find any new problems. You’ll need to uninstall your current 5.1 trial first, before installing the new trial.

Here’s a brief summary of the changes and fixes included in this update.

Layers & Object Gallery
- Objects on guide layer now browsable (Pro only)
- Compatibility with animation docs improved.
- Pages and Layers buttons now auto select the current page/layer
- More options added to right click context menu
- When the “same layers on all pages” option is selected (Options, Page Size tab), a warning is now shown when deleting layers in multi-page documents to make sure the user realises that layers will be deleted from all pages.
Fixes:
- docking object gallery to the left causes all icons to change to black squares
- AV when closing doc with ObjectGallery open
- Object gallery fails to update when ctrl tabbing between documents
- Empty popup thumbnail in object gallery
- Delay in preview updating in OG when altering objects color

Photo Related
- Mask shapes can now be solid dragged and resized
- Levels tool Auto feature now works on Photo Groups
Fixes:
- Memory leak when moving through photos with Next/Previous buttons
- Photo cropping doesn't update text repelling in all cases
- Levels Auto button unreliable on feathered photos
- Inconsistent behaviour when using 'copy using mask'

Misc Bug-fixes
- Crash xara exporting objects from name gallery with a '.' in their name
- Extruded quickshape renders incorrectly
- LiveEffects cannot be made repelling/non-repelling
- Pasting mask from one instance of xtreme into another can lead to AV
- Error when quitting with shape on clipboard
- Temp files being left behind after import/export
- Many other fixes and minor changes.
- Fails to import PDF files with non-ascii filenames

Thanks for all the feedback on the new versions!

Regards

The Xara Team