Yes it can be installed alongside older versions and does not interfere with them.
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Yes it can be installed alongside older versions and does not interfere with them.
Personaly, as much as I'm thrilled about the new Xara Xtreme, as much I am disappointed.
The speed is so much greater, and the effects are terrific, but Xara Xtreme remains a Drawing program. I suppose such a speedy app can have some layout capabilities like multipages, a better text handling.... a unicode (?) :(
I am positive many designers would give up Indesign, Freehand, Corel Draw in favor of Xara.
The randering is so much faster.... What used to crash freehand takes less than a second in Xara Xtreme... I must say I am owed by that :cool:
P.S. Why are the pantone color names are no longer in the color library? The colors seem to remain the same, but the pantone color names are no longer in the color library.
Here http://www.xaraxone.com/webxealot/xpreview/page_5.htm
it says:
"Xara X1 and Xara 3D-6 users have had the ability to copy and paste vector objects from Xara X1 into Xara 3D-6. Well now, you can go the other way. Once you have edited your image in Xara 3D-6 , you can copy and paste it back into Xara Xtreme."
I did a quick test and saw no difference. Pasting from Xara3D to XaraX resulted in a .png image being inserted. I got the same results with Xtreme. What's the difference???
Steven
Re X3D... I too thought this was going to be more useful than it is. In the Help/What's New it says "(Please note: this worked in Xara X1, but only after the release of Xara3D6)."
Still, lots of other tricks!
It all looks superb although to be fair it is mostly over my head.
Now for my usual silly question. If I wish to create a 5cm double column advert and export it in PDF format, which incidentily is the format for our local newspapers, how do I estimate the size. I tried exporting a PDF of our latest ad and it ended up only exporting the centre portion of the ad.
Regards
AMO
Hi Gary I to was impressed by the file size and the eps exporting to AI the only thing that I had to change was a drop shadow and that included simple mix trans., and gradients. the colours transposed well in flat fills if slightly darker in AI which you would expect and with all layers intact down to the editing capabilities, I think this is great. When using the PDF and eps in PS evrything was as you would want it. fantastic.
I supose I am looking through "rose tinted glasses" but at the moment things in the print area are looking far more attractive for users of XARA, it looks like far, far fewer work arounds. The only thing that I can see on the negative at the the mommnet is the decrepecies in colour and we are use to that. A quick ajustment with your moniter when using Adobe products will sort that out.
Overall for a newbie user or a new user looking at tthe product most of the enhansements seems to be aim at the bit mapped side or Web designs side of this application however do I want to see a 3D application residing in a very fast application I am not sure. I don't think I want the 3D effects like AI I have got Xara 3D to do that. Do i want "live paint" as in AI, well I think nearly I have got that but with much easier control, do I want "live trace" yes for line drawings but not for jpeg's I can manage with a good tracer product. What more could I ask for, well before today a more reliable way to get drawings to the printer. Well I have PDF export now it must be the solution what I was asking for because all that I have to do is to flatten dropprd shadows and be careful with what transparencies that i use and keep the trans. on a separate layer I think. Well I will just need to wait to see if they are problems which there must be but evrything is looking much better and all for $29.
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Your page size shouold be the same size or larger than your ad size.Quote:
If I wish to create a 5cm double column advert and export it in PDF format, which incidentily is the format for our local newspapers, how do I estimate the size. I tried exporting a PDF of our latest ad and it ended up only exporting the centre portion of the ad.
Gary
ADO
Do you mean the measurements are in pixels? If so go to File/Page Options/Units - and set Page Units to cm. (This is the same as in X1).
I got very good pdf results - even with a photo placed in it.
personally I like the live effects... Now that is a tool you can spend hours tweaking and getting totally different things... You can even apply live effects to shapes! so bump map this.... :D
Xtreme is sooo... cool...
I saw this announcement for the first time at work (quiet night shift), so will have to wait for tomorrow afternoon :( -- but it looks fantastic!
Aaargh!.... now you've really got my inquisitive juices going!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Charles Moir