Sneak peak of what's coming from Xara

[Charles Moir]

I think this forum might be interested in the next Xara X.

Well you can now get it. We have made a pre-release, pre-launch version available specifically to Forum users. This is a 15-day trial version you can download now.

This is the product that we will be formally announcing and releasing next week.

Please see Gary's preview of the features here:
http://www.xaraxone.com/webxealot/xpreview/index.htm

Some important points to note:

• This product is ready for release which we hope to do next week. There are some minor updates that will appear in the final release next week:
• The PDF export feature is not 100% complete.
Specifically, some clipviews are not output correctly
All layers are output into the PDF
Stain and Bleach transparency in PDF files requires some more work
• This is a fully working 15-day trial. You can't yet purchase it yet, but you will be able to once we make the official launch.
• There is no website, or any other supporting material. That will appear when we launch.

You can download it from here: download
It's a 21Mbyte download (sorry, but it contains some quite sizeable Live Effect and PDF plug-ins).

This product is tested and should be reliable. However if you do find *serious* problems (like it crashing) please email xtreme@xara.com with the details of how to reproduce the problem. Please do not post bug reports here in this forum.

Finally, the launch next week of this new product is only part of the story. The announcements next week are the most important in the 25-year history of Xara.

Enjoy.