Xara web designer premium 17 - Is it good for facebook accounts & advertisements

[Biggles]

Hi team,
HELP
I am on premium 11 (old I know) & for my business, I want to setup a facebook page & run facebook advertisements.
If I upgrade to premium 17 does it have helpful templates for both FB advertisements & FB "main page"

Thank you
regards,
Brett Whitmore

[MB365]

Hi team,
HELP
I am on premium 11 (old I know) & for my business, I want to setup a facebook page & run facebook advertisements.
If I upgrade to premium 17 does it have helpful templates for both FB advertisements & FB "main page"

Thank you
regards,
Brett Whitmore

Hi Brett,

Xara Cloud is a popular program for creating all the assets needed for FB (and the other social media platforms). There are many templates and of course, you can design from scratch. If you require more advanced graphic design and editing, then you can jump over to Designer Pro+. In this scenario, we see users design in Pro+ and then final assembly, editing, resize, and download with Cloud. Xara files and assets are compatible across programs. Learn more here: https://xara.com/xara-cloud-plus/new-bundle/

You can chat with us from within Xara Cloud if you need product help along the way.

All the best,
Matt
Xara

[Biggles]

Thanks Matt for quick reply.
Sounds like I should updgrade so will do.
Much appreciated.
regards,
Brett Whitmore

[handrawn]

if you choose pro+ make sure you understand the licensing - when it runs out you lose it completely if you do not renew - unlike the desktop versions such as premium 11...

[MB365]

if you choose pro+ make sure you understand the licensing - when it runs out you lose it completely if you do not renew - unlike the desktop versions such as premium 11...

Good summary by @Acorn
https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...527#post623527

[RKissane]

You do not need to go to the Cloud version. Facebook posts what size ads and panel layouts need to be for their platform. You can design around that. Do a search for Facebook Themes and you will find hundreds to give you ideas.

Ray

[Biggles]

Thanks Ray,
Thinking I should upgrade to 17 premium for templates but look at FB themes as per your advice to get ideas.
Cheers

[Biggles]

thanks Ray, will check it out

[AduroMark]

You do not need to go to the Cloud version. Facebook posts what size ads and panel layouts need to be for their platform. You can design around that. Do a search for Facebook Themes and you will find hundreds to give you ideas.

Ray

This is true, and speaking from experience, I've produced thousands of ads for clients as Ray has described. Though I should also point out, visual ads on FB have a couple of rules that they don't tell you about until you've already paid for an ad boost (if they tell you at all, it's kind of hit or miss):
Text, even if it is word art, must be less than 10% of your over all ad image or they will throttle your impressions (while still charging you for a full distribution);
Secondly, the ads should be exported as JPEGs in retina mode (newest desktop version of Designer, I believe it is 17?) or the images you create may not render as expected in mobile users FB interface.

[handrawn]

Good summary by @Acorn
https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...527#post623527

it's a good thread in more ways than one ...

pity though that you do not have such info on your site...

@Ray .. indeed