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Hi Folks,
I'v had a problem with the internal photo editor of Xara Xtreme Pro 4.0.4966 crashing when I try to edit a photo.....I'm using the internal editor versus Magix or PhotoShop CS3.
I'm on an ASUS MN2E motherboard with an Athlon 3600 chip and 2gigs of Corsair memory.
Xara Extreme Pro 3.2 worked fine and dandy on the machine prior to the 4.0.
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated......Thanks,
Jack
Hi
Apart from a bit of a red eye fix the photoeditor is redundant and all operations can be performed in Xtreme. I would imagine (hope) that it will disappear completely by the time of the next upgrade. Much of what majix photo does can be performed directly in Xtreme as well.
Find the camera icon on the tool bar to access all photo editing functions
Derek
There was a change with xtreme 4
all the functions [almost] that were done with XPE are now done with the photo tool [camera icon], the functions are on the info bar and crop has now been renamed clip [as it is now non-destructive - a mixed blessing]
XPE no longer works well - Xara have admitted this and advise not using it from this version on [4]
There are threads about this - a search for XPE should find them :)
Welcome to TG
Thanks guys.....I used the XPE for simple things like changing the brightness and contrast quickly....in 3.2 I'd just doubleclick the photo and do whatever it was I wanted.
Normally, if major work is required I'd do that in PhotoShop and then import.
Thanks for the info....I'll just abandon the XPE....I thought I had a glitch in the program that wasn't suppose to be there.....obviously Xara fell off with the photo editing capabilities.
Just for the record....you guys answered in less than an hour what I've been trying to get out of Xara "Support" for 3 weeks.....Thanks and All the best,
Jack :)
one additional point - if you set the options to use an external editor but leave the field blank and click apply, xtreme will no longer try to open the editor if you accidentally double click - takes one time to reset and then it does nothing
:)
As far as falling off with the photo-editing capabilities you will see that they are all still there and now easier to use (get at) I spend a reasonable amount of time working with photos for one use or another and find photoshop, which has always been annoyingly over the top for most users, to be largely redundant.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackbp
Derek
Maybe I'm missing something here but if you just want to do basic changes to brightness and contrast, click on the plug-in icon and the first option in the list is enchance, which on my none pro version works just fine.
However, as Derek and Steve are saying, click on the camera icon, much, much better. Everthing is there and best of all you have thebrightness levels icon which is the best by far. Oh, oh, best by far, squirrel peanut butter, I think I feel a song coming on. Sorry, gotta go cause I'm starting to sing that stupid song ............frank
oh rats, can't get it out of my head now................
Xtreme has enhanced photo editing capabilities (as has been mentioned, to access most of them simply click the camera icon on the tools palette).Quote:
Originally Posted by jackbp
Xara have actually improved on the internal raster handling features rather than any 'falling off'.. There's even a dedicated template for photo work (New>>Blank Photo) which has no real page size, it expands to whatever photo size you happen to be working with.
I think Gary did a workbook lately on the new photo tool. It is very nice. Here is a few examples of what the photo editing tool can do...
full moon part #3
diner for 2?
Welcome Jack,
To avoid future crashes from when you accidentally double click either set your choice of another bitmap editor or leave the "Edit bitmaps with this program" Blank under Utilities / Options / Effects & Plugins.
It's probably best to "save template" to ensure it sticks.
thanks for putting up the screen shot Egg - makes it clearer - I hadn't time :)
Steve, I must apologies, I skimmed through the posts and completely missed your :o
No problem Egg - it makes the point all that much clearer :)
Correct me if I'm wrong though, but the only way to get to use the plugin filters is still through XPE, right?
Yep Jimi, you're right that's wrong :)
The plugin filters are available via the plug icon on the main tools palette (Ctrl+F5).
Same as previous versions actually.
No need for XPE to be involved here either.
Coo, so it is. I learn something new every day!
Thanks guys...
See what happens when you give a crayon to an engineer?
1stly....I stand corrected on my statement about "Xara Photo Editor falling off." Obviously, I didn't do my homework.
2ndly....Yes, Photoshop in largely redundant....and difficult....and pretty much overbloated for an amateur like me......I guess I've been trying to recover some usage out a rather poor financial decision where PS CS3 is concerned......actually, I haven't found anything I can't do in Xara faster and more intuitively than I can in PS.
In any event, Thanks again for all your suggestions and educational insights.
I'm afraid I've been guilty of the proverbial "Forrest for the Trees"....
All the best,
Jack
Photoshop's brushes are infinitely superior to Xtreme's brushes for painting-style pictures, and allow you to do fine shading and texturing much more rapidly than you can in Xtreme. PS's digital painting tools give a much better approximation of physical painting than do the tools in our favorite vector app. If you play with PS that way, you may find that your investment was not for naught, so to speak! There is a reason it is number one.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackbp
David, I'm sure you are absolutely correct.
Unfortunately I haven't progressed far enough with PS to avail myself of it's superior capabilities.
I guess for the purposes at hand XXP4 is my choice for right now, as time moves ahead I'll hopefully be able to spend more time with PS CS3.....or I guess I should say CS4. It's supposed to be out very shortly.
In any event, Thanks to all of you folks for your input and help.
All the best,
Jack