Xara Designer Pro X10 Released

[Odat]

If it's true, as some have suggested, that you're following the money and focusing on the majority of your user base (that don't seem to be represented in this thread) by providing static web publishing features, prefab graphics/templates and hobbyist (for lack of a better term) functionality... It may not be what I want but fair enough - that's you're prerogative. But as a $300 Designer PRO package? It just doesn't fit. Pros have different requirements which haven't been getting needed attention.

Back when the first versions of Xara Pro came out, it really seemed like it was meant for Design Professionals, what with having Pantone support and such. I don't think that's really the focus any longer, and maybe that's where the disconnect is for everyone.

Now Xara has the Web designer, the Graphics software, the Page designer, and the Pro package that just combines all three of them together. The name Pro may just be attached because that's what it was originally referred to when it was primarily about drawing.

In such a case, the Pro version isn't really for people that are making a living doing anything so much as it is for people that do enough of A, B and C that it is cheaper and easier to purchase a version of the software that has the capabilities of all of them.

[Petar_MK]

There is another interesting piece of software named PhotoLine (www.pl32.com). Mainly, it is Photo editor, but...
It is 32/64 bit, run from USB, supports PS plug-ins, multipage docs, barcode generator, DTP, RGB, CMYK, Grayscale...
The price is 59 EUR, it is abot 79 USD.

[mwenz]

There is another interesting piece of software named PhotoLine (www.pl32.com). Mainly, it is Photo editor, but...
It is 32/64 bit, run from USB, supports PS plug-ins, multipage docs, barcode generator, DTP, RGB, CMYK, Grayscale...
The price is 59 EUR, it is abot 79 USD.

I have used PhotoLine as my normal photo editor for years. And for bitmap handling, I think it is a really good photo editor. I just downloaded and installed the latest beta, which is actually the full application install. The D/L weighs in at a petite 20 megs, the full installation takes up 66 or so megs on disk. PL has been around nearly forever in computer years.

I have seen some great vector work done in it as well. I would rather use anything else for vector though. And for the duotones that I need often enough, I still have to use another editor, though in the current beta (betas are not secret) the brothers are adding spot color support...notice I didn't say Pantone support. Small distinction that can make all the difference in the world. Spot colors do hit their own plates.

I went ahead and registered on the Affinity forum. I'll let y'all know the answer re OTF support.

Mike