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Hi Egg,
Thanks so much for your help !
The trick is to convert and export the image to a bitmap - that makes it much better.

PS: You do need a new headset!

What's the best way to take a Xara mockup for a phone app, which can be exported to a png and paste that on a photo of a phone.

For example, here's a nice photo of a phone, from...

That's just what I needed - Thanks!

With many other drawing packages, I am able to select a number of objects, group them and create either a symbol or component. You can then name that component and it's available for inserting into a...

I don't build websites, or design for a living, but run an IT consulting business.
I just wanted to share some of my experiences with the community.
We are a couple of years into building an...

Well, I certainly like the software, but it could be so much better, with just some more open communication.
I am still running X11, as I haven't felt comfortable about upgrading. Normally, I...

Good point - I didn't think about using a non-rectangle shape or combined shapes.
Well I did learn something new - the Apply Clipview command, so thanks!

Thanks - that seems to have the same effect as using the photo clip tool.
What I ended up doing is copying the same bitmap in from the gallery and then using the clip tool to cut what I need out and...

This has got me stumped!
I have searched help, online and here, and I can't work out how to do this.

With a tool like SnagIt, you can simply use a region editor to copy or cut an area and paste...

what's the easiest way to make a paper curl shadow?
seems like it is common on Mac's and when using Keynote on the Mac
I was thinking of using the mould tool to create a shadow and then put that...

One hot new trend for the web is a responsive single page site.
Generally, there is a header with navigation that using CSS is fixed to the top.
Now, I expect that xara won't do the Responsive and...

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I have just purchased a new notebook and when I went to activate the message was that I had exceeded my limit.
I contacted Xara support and within one minute the problem was resolved.

Just...

I know that camtasia is designed for creating screen cams and has some really ggod features like call outs and smart zooms.
But movie edit pro seems just as powerful, but harder to use. It is a lot...

I like using Xara, but I need to create some icons for our applications.
I thought it would be easy, but when you need to create a 16x16 icon, it seems that it can't be done.
I have had to revert...

I have been reviewing different marketing automation systems and many of them work on the basis of having a list of prospects in a database and then mapping those to your website using analytics....

How do you do that?

I am having the exact same problem with my 3 tabs text area.
I have three tabs and would like one of the tabs to be automatically selected on page load, but I just can't seem...

I got this working OK on my new site. On the homepage, the three tabs, Features, Advantages, Benefits works OK on a MacBook or PC, but not on an iPad. See: My Homepage
But on the features page,...

My daughter is big on this Lomo photo processing look.
I did a search and found that someone claims it can be done with Xara.
Can anyone explain how to do it?
Also, do I need a RAW picture image,...

I was looking for a set of buttons / layers which would allow me to create a set of tabs that when the user clicked, it would show a layer.
I couldn't find one, so I built a pretty rough one....

It does remind me of Sketch Up, easy to grasp and quite powerful.
However, SketchUP runs out of steam real quick, Xara doesn't seem to have as many limitations.
I only wish there was the magic...

I have two IT businesses and have been building both sites with Xara. Neither are finished, but I am really happy with the sites so far.
I have used many different types of CMS from Mambo, Joomla,...

I get an error if I double click on a template it says: 'An error occurred (file does not exist) when opening the file: template_name.xar

Hi Gary,
Thanks for that.
I was trying to avoid flash as it doesn't work on the iPad.
I found that you can do it with Dreamweaver.
But for now, I will just live without it.
Would have been nice.

I have seen some stuff on websites that look pretty cool like when you click on a text area a layer slides in.
Is there anyway to do this with Xara? Or should I give up on the dream ;) ?

Doesn't static page widths seem a bit old fashioned and limiting?
Have a look at point 9 on the page of Top 10 Web Design Mistakes.
I would have to agree that having a fixed width allows you to...