Xara DPX update available - 15.1

[Acorn]

holy cannoli.... TABLES!

Not as you know them Jim.

No data import!

Acorn

[browj2]

I'm pleased with the new features, Tables except for the inability to import data, and Text flow within shapes, and that they did not break anything that I use. However, I still cannot get plugins like FilterForge 7, Athentec Perfectly Clear, or even Red Giant LooksBuilder (came with a previous version of Xara - there is an exe but no plugin so maybe my installation is wrong or something) to work. I opened a thread about this and no one commented.

[Acorn]

Kate, thank you for your reply. You really need to try this to understand. Draw a small shape on the page switch to the fill tool and select a fill type (the fill handles show) now go to the zoom percentage and select zoom to selected. If your not aware of this bug you won't believe what happens without seeing it.

Also, with a small Zoom under 20% and the Select Tool used, you are sometimes unable to move the Shape; you get an outline but on release, it jumps back.

Acorn

[browj2]

I confirm the problem that Christine mentioned; quite bizarre. Acorn, I can't repeat the problem that you mention, maybe it's because of "sometimes" and there must be something that causes this.

I'm curious, are users happy with the zoom in/out in steps when using Ctrl+mouse wheel (20 - 25 - 32 - 40 - 50 - 64 - 80 - 100 etc? I would have thought that 1% increments would be the norm with the mouse wheel. I often want to zoom out or in just a bit, but I get a bigger step.

[Fred vanderZee]

Any news on my (reported) bug that I cannot load my v12 images in v15?

[ernie-f]

The whole V15 update and now the bugfix is an insult to all Xara users.
I am annoyed that they try to trick us into believing that bug fixes are innovative features.
All posts that go to Dear Xara are ignored, the communication between Xara and the users is so pathetic that it hurts to read it.
I am no longer willing to pay 129,-€ per year for content I can create for myself.
It will turn out that I will deal with alternatives and then turn my back on Xara.
Another loyal customer less.

[rpc9943]

hey thanks for the update wow that took a long time! So I can stretch images now! This is great! Everything works! Except - you guys forgot to fix the vertical skew. Simply get a photo, and drag the vertical skew (clicking inward from either middle side handle) up and down and you can easily see what I mean.... Not sure how it took this long to implement the update and that they missed this significant bug.

[ss-kalm]

Seem to work fine for me. What appears to be the problem?

[rpc9943]

Get a photo, drag inside the side handles up and down and youll see the image is not skewing, something in the math is wrong. Horizontally it works fine, and you can try that too. Very simple.

[rpc9943]

whoa weird suddenly its working.... i will continue to test but I swear it didn't skew properly!