Xara 3D Maker 7

[Acorn]

Xara 3D Maker 7 has been version 7.0.0.442 since 2011.

It amazes me it has not been an apprentice piece for Xara to incorporate into XDPX in all this time.

Acorn

[Gare]

Xara 3D Maker 7 has been version 7.0.0.442 since 2011.

It amazes me it has not been an apprentice piece for Xara to incorporate into XDPX in all this time.

Acorn

Xara Group didn't create, but instead, bought the product and incorporated it somewhat into Xara Designer. I think the 3D animation app came later. In any event, I think it was Charles who told me that it's not part of the monolithic code, and it would not be a great idea to tear apart the code to incorporate it. So it looks as though it's a tool in Xara, but under the hood it's a third party developer.

Yeas, amazing.


My Best,

Gary

[Acorn]

Xara Group didn't create, but instead, bought the product and incorporated it somewhat into Xara Designer. I think the 3D animation app came later. In any event, I think it was Charles who told me that it's not part of the monolithic code, and it would not be a great idea to tear apart the code to incorporate it. So it looks as though it's a tool in Xara, but under the hood it's a third party developer.
Yeas, amazing.
My Best,
Gary

Gare, useful background.
Still why Xara milks punters at £30GBP a pop in selling a product that has not been updated since 2011 beats me.

It should come with a Xara Pro+ subscription as a freebie as Xara does not provide the equivalent of Xara Hosting (only through Magix purchases).
An update to handling WebP and SVG would be noteworthy.

Acorn

[browj2]

Hi Gare and Acorn,

Magix uses Xara 3D Maker 7 with Video Pro X (VPX), Movie Edit Pro and PhotoStory as they contain just over X3D 150 title templates. Inserting or opening an X3D title template in VPX opens 3D Maker 7 where one can completely change everything. In MEP and PhotoStory, one can only change the text unless the full Xara 3D Maker 7 happens to be installed. As a result, I expect that Magix and Xara are still making money selling this.

[gidgit]

I just downloaded the trial, and that new page option continually showing text coming at me is monotonous to say the least. Is there a work around/setting, to make things not so redundant? Or am I simply missing something.. it has been known to happen lol

[Egg Bramhill]

I agree James, as a default template it's more marketing than a useful default template. It takes an eternity to delete to start doing anything practical. I attach a simple animation that's easy to amend. Just open it in Xara 3D and 'Save as Template' which overwrites the 'Star Wars type' default template.