DESIGNER PRO 16 !

[xtom]

As of this morning [11.15 BST] when I login and try the upgrade path it only shows my ver 12 serial number, not the HB ver 15.1

If I try the upgrade path without logging in but entering the HB ver 15.1 serial number it wants £89 for the upgrade

Am I doing something wrong ?

I couldn't find a way either. When adding the upgrade to shopping cart the key sets to the Xara Designer Pro X365 version 12 key listed on my Magix account and ignores the Xara Designer Pro X (15.1) humble key which is also listed in my Magix account. Doesn't seem to be any way to change it. Maybe we just wait a day or so.

Anyway, thanks for looking into it Rob.

[handrawn]

patience is a virtue...

at least I have a laptop I am running it on as trial

[Fred vanderZee]

Hi Everyone, sorry for the delay, spent most of last week with a cold and then come back to the hectic release of V16!

<nipperdesnip>
We will only offer Xara in 64 bit from now on also. I'm afraid we will no longer be offering 32 bit versions of Xara.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Kind Regards
Rob

I have two questions: since you only offer 64-bit versions from now on, will the width/height limit of 16.000 pixels for an exported image be removed as well? And will the colour channels be upgraded from 8bit/channel to 16 bit/channel?

[Fred C]

What Fred said...+1 Please!
Other Fred

[Fred vanderZee]

I have two questions: since you only offer 64-bit versions from now on, will the width/height limit of 16.000 pixels for an exported image be removed as well? And will the colour channels be upgraded from 8bit/channel to 16 bit/channel?

The maximum export size of an image is exactly 16.383 pixels.
So I had a little fun with numbers: taking a signed 16 bit integer and turning it into binary you get [0]111 1111 1111 1111 (the [0] is the sign bit, decimal number is 32.767).
Now use the second leftmost bit as a signal bit as well, so you don't use it in calculating integers: you get [00]11 1111 1111 1111. The decimal value is (drum roll)... 16.383! Coincidence? I think not.

So doing this for a 64 bit number, we would get [00]11 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111, which is 4.611.686.018.427.387.904 pixels.
To be honest, I would settle for the 32 bit version with the 2 signal bits. 2^30 = 1.073.741.824 pixels/height for an image would be quite OK for me. In 16bit/channel of course

[Rob-Xar]

I believe the image size is a limitation with gdraw but unfortunately I don't know the specifics of it. I can definitely put it in as a improvement request to developers though.

Thanks
Rob

[gwpriester]

And 16-bit color support, Rob.

[cadudesun]

Some were able to transfer by exporting the relevant entries from the registry, changing the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xara\XtremePro x64\16 to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xara\XtremePro x64\15 and reimporting. I did this for the recent file list, toolbar options and backup location. I also copied my templates to the 16 folder

Do you know which is the specific register key for user custom toolbars?
I just want to transfer that from v15 to v16.
Thanks!

[Promidi]

Do you know which is the specific register key for user custom toolbars?
I just want to transfer that from v15 to v16.
Thanks!

Export the following key to make a backup of the existing DPX16 toolbars

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xara\XtremePro x64\16\BarsNormal


Export the following key for the DPX15 toolbars

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xara\XtremePro x64\15\BarsNormal

Edit this reg file to replace \XtremePro x64\15 with \XtremePro x64\16

Double click the edited reg file to import the toolbars into DXP16

[Acorn]

Export the following key to make a backup of the existing DPX16 toolbars
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xara\XtremePro x64\16\BarsNormal
Export the following key for the DPX15 toolbars
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xara\XtremePro x64\15\BarsNormal
Edit this reg file to replace \XtremePro x64\15 with \XtremePro x64\16
Double click the edited reg file to import the toolbars into DXP16

Promidi, I would endorse this Post to be made TG Sticky.

It is very useful.

Acorn