Quote Originally Posted by Charles Moir View Post
• Photoshop PSD import and export
• PDF/X support and many PDF export improvements
• Color Separations
• Pantone spot and process colors
• Short-cut key configuration utility
WOW! Very welcome PRO additions indeed!

Brief Question: Xara's info webpage for XXPro lists "alpha channel, 16-bit color" for PSD. But on opening even the simplest 16-bit color PSD I only get the error "16-bit not supported". So is 16-bit planned but not implemented yet? Also "round-tripping" of layer alpha channels doesn't really work -- when the XXPro exported PSD is opened again in PS, the alpha channel has been applied and thus erases parts of its layer. Still, just to be able to export a complex, layered PSD from XXPro -- instead of a heap of PNGs! -- is a great, great workflow improvement!

Someone here griped about the $199 price being too high -- that's ridiculous! XXPro is now very close to being a real "pro" product -- and the $199 price is a great, great bargain to any working pro.