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That is funny - I hope people won't be offended :)
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noticed the frame gallery is reversed, this seems to me to be illogical
Yep it might seem illogical to existing users, but to new users one of the first bits of feedback got was 'why do our animations proceed from the bottom up' And actually that's rather more illogical. The only reason it was bottom up is becuase frames are sort of fake layers, but when creating animations layers don't really come into it, much. So we thought it would be a lot more intuitive to new users that animation frames proceed top down.
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Great news!! Downloading the Beta now!
Thanks Charles and the entire staff.
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Intbel
The test animation worked okay and now I'm bouncing with Joy.
Er ... meet Joy:
Nice to meet both of you. :p
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Charles Moir
That is funny - I hope people won't be offended :)
Yep it might seem illogical to existing users, but to new users one of the first bits of feedback got was 'why do our animations proceed from the bottom up' And actually that's rather more illogical. The only reason it was bottom up is becuase frames are sort of fake layers, but when creating animations layers don't really come into it, much. So we thought it would be a lot more intuitive to new users that animation frames proceed top down.
IMO it might have been better to simply give users the option with a little arrow button as we have with some other featurettes.
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I don't normaly get excited as I had my enthusiasm taken out when younger, but the improvements to text handling are worth the upgrade price alone. I've yet to explore the other goodies but its great so far.
Derek
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Big Frank
IMO it might have been better to simply give users the option with a little arrow button as we have with some other featurettes.
Hmmm ... when I make an anim, I make a frame, then another on top of that, then another on top of that ... so having the first frame on top does not seem logical to me.
However, if it was good enough for Walt Disney, who am I to complain?
Now, about that reverse button ... that is a long-time request and not just a frivolrous extra - sometimes one makes an animation by starting at the end and working backwards ...
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Just saw the notice of the new release, downloaded and installed and am ready to roll! This is terrific! The BEST just keeps getting BETTER! Hats off to Charles and the team for continuing to strive for excellence!
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Just a little comment about the linked text boxes:
You can only see the inter-box link when boxes have overflowing text.
The omission of underlined text is going to be more obvious with text that flows.
Just minor gripes..
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Great news!
I'll check it out when I get more time :)
But the added animation feature is definately a major reason for me to finally upgrade from X1. I just gotta check it out
Will Xtreme Pro also be available as an educational version like it's always been with its predecessors?
Might I also ask in which future version(s) we can expect svg export? (Just Pro, or also in the regular version?)
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Availor
Now this is not fair :( It's expensive! That's more than 250$ for me!
I thought the whole advantage of Xara was a small nifty and cheap product, 250$ (maybe even more) is more or less like Adobe packages.
Maybe it's just me whinning for nothing and maybe I will change my mind after seeing the actualy product, but the price stings my pocket! Can't we be little more reasonable here? Please? :o
The price you quoted is the full price. Don't you qualify for the $120 upgrade for current Xtreme owners?