Version 5.1 Launched

**Xhris** · 05 June 2009, 11:31 AM

WD wasn't combined into Xtreme 5, WD was extracted from Xtreme 5 and released earlier when the relevant work was completed. This is clear from the fact that WD/V5 web features are a substantial update to what was already in V4. V5 is a serious upgrade from WD/V4 html features because unlike WD, you can use all of Xara's drawing features. I gave my site a visual revamp to illustrate this.

Content aware scaling has been the source of a lot of talk since Adobe bought out the inventors of the original technology and stuffed it into Photoshop. Xara's implementation is the world's fastest and very slick. Xara's version does lack the ability to force areas to be removed before others however.

Spell checking and multi-stage transparency have been two long asked for features on TG. HTML was given priority because producing websites is more important for most than producing web graphics alone nowadays apparently. So what was done does seem to make sense, even though at first glance it appears somewhat disappointing.

**ankhor** · 05 June 2009, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by Xhris

WD wasn't combined into Xtreme 5, WD was extracted from Xtreme 5 and released earlier when the relevant work was completed. This is clear from the fact that WD/V5 web features are a substantial update to what was already in V4. V5 is a serious upgrade from WD/V4 html features because unlike WD, you can use all of Xara's drawing features. I gave my site a visual revamp to illustrate this.

So let me see if my brain comprehends what you are saying.
If I would have kept the money I used for buying XWD5 in my pocket,
I could have had a far better working XWD5 in XX5?

**kinetica** · 05 June 2009, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by ankhor

So let me see if my brain comprehends what you are saying.

OK, but I have to have dinner at 8.30 tonight and then I'll be watching TV later on, so I can't wait for ever...

**ankhor** · 06 June 2009, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by kinetica

OK, but I have to have dinner at 8.30 tonight and then I'll be watching TV later on, so I can't wait for ever...

Please don`t confuse your brain with mine.

**temeeo** · 06 June 2009, 05:13 PM

I noticed that there is missing an option for an upgrade in the help menu, makes me think how are you gonna perform upgrades? Visit Xara web, download newer version and install manually??

**accessD** · 06 June 2009, 05:16 PM

Great news. Congratulations, Xara team.

Content aware resize - absolutely crazy feature, moreover - it works!

I like new object gallery. White balance control too.

**kinetica** · 06 June 2009, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by ankhor

Please don`t confuse your brain with mine.

Ah too late. I did. Oh well... I'll give you your half back and take back my whole.

**aridzone** · 07 June 2009, 02:02 AM

Lets face it pro designers are jealous and watching over their backs with this product.

I just customized mine.

**Aciden** · 07 June 2009, 06:16 AM

why is there still no support for cmyk that we've be waiting for so long

**masque** · 05 June 2009, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by Xhris

WD wasn't combined into Xtreme 5, WD was extracted from Xtreme 5 and released earlier when the relevant work was completed. This is clear from the fact that WD/V5 web features are a substantial update to what was already in V4. V5 is a serious upgrade from WD/V4 html features because unlike WD, you can use all of Xara's drawing features. I gave my site a visual revamp to illustrate this.

Content aware scaling has been the source of a lot of talk since Adobe bought out the inventors of the original technology and stuffed it into Photoshop. Xara's implementation is the world's fastest and very slick. Xara's version does lack the ability to force areas to be removed before others however.

Spell checking and multi-stage transparency have been two long asked for features on TG. HTML was given priority because producing websites is more important for most than producing web graphics alone nowadays apparently. So what was done does seem to make sense, even though at first glance it appears somewhat disappointing.

So your saying that there was Xtreme5 in development, strapped to an operating table and ready to be winched through a trap door in the laboratory ceiling at the first sign of a thunderstorm when along came someone and extracted, Adams rib like, the bare bones of what was then rapidly moulded into WebDesigner?
Call me cynical and accuse me of surfacing from the wrong side of the bed this morning if you like but isn’t that a bit of a rip off, essentially selling the same thing twice, all be it improved, in a matter of a few months?
I've still bought this and I am very pleased with the new desktop icon, though I still think its only an upgrade of Xtreme and WDesigner, not a new version. Also there is the point that WebDesigner was a strong enough product in its own right to exist on its own and be susequently upgraded and expanded as a seperate application.
Derek