xpdx9 splash screen

[pauland]

LOL .. dog's dinner!

[Jimi King]

I'm more of a 3D bling kinda guy. So not into the new splash screen. Not into W8 either. All flat, square and boxey.

[Gare]

A stick of celery is bright, crisp, and clean, too.

And about as appetizing as the New (Flat) Black.

-g

[geoff99]

A stick of celery is bright, crisp, and clean, too.

And about as appetizing as the New (Flat) Black.

-g

Unless you're a BIG fan of celery then its scrummy! - Who really cares what the splash page looks like! - I use the brief moment whilst Xara loads to take a healthy sip of Tea and then its down to work. Now I'm not really a professional "Creative Designer" more of a "gifted amateur" but I have in various positions in my previous life (before retirement) been surrounded by many "creative" types and the one thing I discovered was - put 100 "Professional Designers" in a room and you will get 101 (not a typo) "correct ways to do the job" and they, like programmers will almost never finish the job as they are discovering new things/methods/trends and as a project manager you had to lay down tight deadlines and lots of guidance and to always remember that the most important thing in any web site/leaflet/brochure is Content, Content and Content - with layout and design secondary to that (boy I can feel the flack already!!!) That said for someone who struggles to draw a straight line with a ruler I am in awe of some of the images that people create with Xara.

[steve.ledger]

We've been through this before with splash screens.
If it bothers you for the few seconds it shows, then change it..
Create your own 486x300 pixel image, save it as a .bmp and (re)place it here:
\Xara\Xara Designer Pro X9\bitmaps

[gwpriester]

Cool. Do we need to have a splash screen contest?

[gwpriester]

This will work for now. You have to change the file permissions for the Bitmaps folder to replace the current image.

[steve.ledger]

Cool. Do we need to have a splash screen contest?

I hope not..

You have to change the file permissions for the Bitmaps folder to replace the current image.

Yes, this is a Windows restriction for the Program Files folder.

[Jimi King]

Create your own 486x300 pixel image, save it as a .bmp and (re)place it here:
\Xara\Xara Designer Pro X9\bitmaps

Any chance that you can add a tweak to XaReg2 so that it'll take a PNG?

[steve.ledger]

No, this is not a setting in the registry.
XaReg can only edit the Xara registry settings.