I went to Check for Updates in the menu and there was one.
Updated to 15.1.0.53605 DL x64 May 3 2018
No indication as to what was updated, just about to start testing.
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I went to Check for Updates in the menu and there was one.
Updated to 15.1.0.53605 DL x64 May 3 2018
No indication as to what was updated, just about to start testing.
Let us know what you discover. :)
I don't want to post the same thing twice, but have a look at this post https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...910#post593910
holy cannoli.... TABLES!
Keith,
I replied to the linked post. The Alt key now works to squash a photo when the normal handles are on.
I'm looking for the post that has info on what was supposed to be new, to check out those features. Can someone point me there?
@cmpan1
Yes, tables! Under Insert, Tables, opens Online Content Catalogue to Tables under Components, Print & Web Components.
Ahh ... The trick was to switch to the NORMAL handles. Obviously ... Didn't think about changing the handles.
Yes, that's right, we've updated Designer Pro, Photo & Graphic Designer and Web Designer. You'll find the links to Release Notes with all the details in the post I've just made here.
Kate
Don't want to be a partypooper (once again);
But is that all you could deliver within this year?
Javascript objects,
Tables ??who needs tables??
Other prefab-content?
I pitty you Kate, to have us bring this message.
And that you cannot make them see the true need for features like perpective mesh/colour mesh, a real bitmap-tracer,
Real pantone support,better ligature and text handling.
To name a few requests made in the dear xara sub forum.(sigh)
Yeah that seems for $129.00 per year
Sorry if the new features are not good for you Haakoo, and your feedback will be noted as it always is - but if I remember rightly Tables were top of the request list in the last survey, certainly high up. And text inside shapes has been a long standing request. You're right, there is also some new content, which I forgot to mention: new web stories, presentations, and social media headings, mentioned at the bottom of the May 2018 section of the Release Notes @ http://releasenotes.xara.hosting/designer-pro/
This update has been delayed, and we're certainly sorry about that - not good for us or for you! But note that if you are considering the last year then you need to also consider the November 2017 and July 2017 updates, which are described in the release notes at http://releasenotes.xara.hosting/designer-pro/ and http://releasenotes.xara.hosting/pro365/
Kate
This isn't (like always) an update,simply a fix what you altered which didn't need a fix in the first place.
Which request list do you use,the one from 1990 for tables??
Come on this isn't a feature but an addon to have working with your online designer.
And the javascript objects and the content that can be found all around the web are just what it is,content.
So xara,once again,didn't deliver anything worth mentioning apart from being dissed even more in the graphics community.(don't you know appearance is everything nowadays)
At least you don't count anymore on desktop level.
But I hope your online venture brings you the money you think it will bring.
I for one and I think many here at TG are not interested in this venture.
Google,Microsoft and Apple already have beaten you to the punch to have teams collaborate in the cloud.
In Dutch we have a saying;
"Schoenmaker blijf bij je leest" it translates to "stick to what you know best."
I think you have lost a big part of loyal customers by now and will,when they get note of this so called update.
Getting customers is easy,keeping them is hard and make them loyal is even harder.
In this day and age it will boil down to just that,loyal customers,they pay the bills,not the once in a while,average Joe or Suzie
Yes the development of the desktop version is died.
Just the illogical and irrational strange old lovers like me pays the 129$ for such updates.
Which in rational math is 129$ / 299$ (that is the price buying the Designer Pro X as new) = 43%. So paying each year the 43% of the total price as loyal customer for the yearly updates.
It would be better to be not loyal and not lover, then buying this whole thing as new when really needed
I didn't even mention the pricing but there are free or cheap programs which have features that make xara have nightmares to even try to implement.
Is "snap to object" work to these blue handle ? Without the "snap to object" it is impossible to use productively!!!
However, this is not written releasenotes ... most likely not working(((. "Snap to ..." are the basics of working with vector images! How much can you expect to do ...
No, no, with this update I again "flew past"(. I will not give money for it.
To Xara developers:
You know, you anger those who told others about your program. Were talking about what she's as good as it's nice and convenient to operate. But as time goes on. But in that moment you lose yours most appreciative audience.
Last year I organized courses about Xara Designer. This year will definitely not. Can't tell so well excitedly about Xara as before(. I'm afraid that in the future I will be ashamed of what i led people in the wrong direction. And i now - on the forum many people with the same feelings.
And - support and promotion for XDPX in Russia ... Yes, it is not at all! Zero! Big zero! The program was promoted and promoted ONLY by committed people. However perhaps this market is not interesting to you).
Sorry to say but still no fix for the zoom to object bug which has been known about for at least 3 years.
I do however like the text in a shape, is it worth the subscription cost, I don't think so.
Like maksimon I used to be proud to have this hidden gem that could create fast and easy graphics and vectors as opposed to the bloated Adobe-suite.
Now I won't even mention I used xara.
Lately here on TG there's nothing going on but us complaining about the lack of development simply because we haven't had a decent new feature/tool in years
Maybe we're hanging on to the past but the Nottingham crowd has more flow, I wonder why.
And we don't have to upgrade because in the near future the desktop version will be a discount product and be available for a buck or 20.
...New content = web stories, presentations, and social media headings... just what has any of this got to do with the business of drawing vector graphics? More to the point, what have any of these "new features" got to do with a design program? We are being sold eye candy as something substantial. It is just smoke & mirrors. Nothing that has been suggested in Dear Xara for improvements to existing features such as the bitmap tracer, true vector 3D and extrusion and Open Type handling and new features such as smart guides, real vector brushes and vector mesh. All have been ignored in Dear Xara and various other threads that have been initiated as a result of the total inaction on the part of Magix/Xara in making real improvements.
We Xara enthusiasts are losing our enthusiasm as may be witnessed by the general tenor of the postings hereabouts.
You have let us down and are trying to fob us off with little gew-gaws that are of little or no use, just to try and justify an outrageous fee for the non-delivery of real improvements.
You all ought to be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves for trying to extort money from loyal customers.
Bob.
I hope you're listening, Xara,it isn't about the upgrade pricing and what you're offering to even upgrade.
It's about not delivering anymore,period
i have not problem to pay money for new features,
but paying for bug fixes´
is a pita.
BTW, the decision what looks poor and what not is done by me and my customers.
And i would like to override your error.
When stretching text or images using the Selector Tool top, bottom and side handles, Designer will try to avoid distorting them, because usually distorted text and images look poor. However you can now override this and stretch or squash the image/text by holding down the Alt key as you drag."
update: sorry i did delete some wrong quoting
so asymmetric change to aspect ratio is automatically 'distortion' is it ? :rolleyes:Quote:
"Other New Content
When stretching text or images using the Selector Tool top, bottom and side handles, Designer will try to avoid distorting them, because usually distorted text and images look poor. However you can now override this and stretch or squash the image/text by holding down the Alt key as you drag."
I think I'd better step in to avoid any further confusion on this - this quote about changes to the Selector Tool is from the 'Other Improvements' section of the Release Notes, but if you are interested in finding out what the new content is, you'll find it under Other New Content, page 8 @ http://releasenotes.xara.hosting/designer-pro/
Kate, thank you for your reply. You really need to try this to understand. Draw a small shape on the page switch to the fill tool and select a fill type (the fill handles show) now go to the zoom percentage and select zoom to selected. If your not aware of this bug you won't believe what happens without seeing it.
Not only that, the ZOOM FACTOR - SELECTED and the Toolbar Icon ZOOM TO SELECTION work very bizarrely, as they seem to zoom in multiple stages. I'd expect them both to zoom to a fixed area (i.e the selected object) but if you use either multiple times, they change the zoom factor each time they are used - they should zoom to the same position every time.
Although interesting for occasional situations, this will not improve my daily work.
What would really help :
Art brushes are amazing, but without proper control of stroke offset, pressure profiles they kind of fall short.
It’s like if 90% pecent of the heavy lifting is done and the rest is abandoned at the finish line.
Mould tool is in need of improvement, bitmap warping is a must.
Warp deform brush should also work on bitmaps.
I love Designer and its my everyday workhorse, the productivity details still makes it the most efficient tool for my work.
I just hope the developpers also puts some love in the creation tools.
Thanks
it depends what the creative focus is
if in ver 15 xara didn't initially understand/facilitate creative warping of bitmaps - bearing in mind that not all bitmaps are photographs [and even then...] - I would guess the creative focus must have been on 'photo gallery' websites and page design by 'fixed asset'
I do hope the true creativity focus returns
I'm pleased with the new features, Tables except for the inability to import data, and Text flow within shapes, and that they did not break anything that I use. However, I still cannot get plugins like FilterForge 7, Athentec Perfectly Clear, or even Red Giant LooksBuilder (came with a previous version of Xara - there is an exe but no plugin so maybe my installation is wrong or something) to work. I opened a thread about this and no one commented.
I confirm the problem that Christine mentioned; quite bizarre. Acorn, I can't repeat the problem that you mention, maybe it's because of "sometimes" and there must be something that causes this.
I'm curious, are users happy with the zoom in/out in steps when using Ctrl+mouse wheel (20 - 25 - 32 - 40 - 50 - 64 - 80 - 100 etc? I would have thought that 1% increments would be the norm with the mouse wheel. I often want to zoom out or in just a bit, but I get a bigger step.
Any news on my (reported) bug that I cannot load my v12 images in v15?
The whole V15 update and now the bugfix is an insult to all Xara users.
I am annoyed that they try to trick us into believing that bug fixes are innovative features.
All posts that go to Dear Xara are ignored, the communication between Xara and the users is so pathetic that it hurts to read it.
I am no longer willing to pay 129,-€ per year for content I can create for myself.
It will turn out that I will deal with alternatives and then turn my back on Xara.
Another loyal customer less.
hey thanks for the update wow that took a long time! So I can stretch images now! This is great! Everything works! Except - you guys forgot to fix the vertical skew. Simply get a photo, and drag the vertical skew (clicking inward from either middle side handle) up and down and you can easily see what I mean.... Not sure how it took this long to implement the update and that they missed this significant bug.
Seem to work fine for me. What appears to be the problem?
Get a photo, drag inside the side handles up and down and youll see the image is not skewing, something in the math is wrong. Horizontally it works fine, and you can try that too. Very simple.
whoa weird suddenly its working.... i will continue to test but I swear it didn't skew properly!