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    Default Xara Web Designer - vector-only export

    Hi,
    I'm making a website in the latest version of Xara Pro and would like to export to HTML. However, all vector objects are rasterized and exported as individual PNGs - making the website pixelated and slow.
    As far as I can tell this is the default behaviour - which is incredibly strange as Xara is a vector program and modern HTML is excellent at handling vectors (ie. via SVG or otherwise).
    Am I missing something - or is there a way to force all objects to be kept as vectors?
    Thanks!

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    Default Re: Xara Web Designer - vector-only export

    vectors for a browser means SVG

    these are still not fully supported in all browsers

    it might be better to optimise your bitmaps

    I am sure a webdesigner member will be able to be more specific

    as a user I don't find much difference as long as the website is well designed [does make a difference is you want to download of course]
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    Default Re: Xara Web Designer - vector-only export

    Quote Originally Posted by ksta View Post
    Hi,
    I'm making a website in the latest version of Xara Pro and would like to export to HTML. However, all vector objects are rasterized and exported as individual PNGs - making the website pixelated and slow.
    As far as I can tell this is the default behaviour - which is incredibly strange as Xara is a vector program and modern HTML is excellent at handling vectors (ie. via SVG or otherwise).
    Am I missing something - or is there a way to force all objects to be kept as vectors?
    Thanks!
    @ksta, have you perhaps Grouped items together as this will produce bitmaps over Font Glyphs and CSS.

    We have asked Xara to address the overuse of bitmaps.

    Do you have an example design file we could examine?

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    Default Re: Xara Web Designer - vector-only export

    Hi,

    Many thanks both! With your collective advice I've considerably improved performance.

    Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
    vectors for a browser means SVG
    these are still not fully supported in all browsers
    Yes, SVG is what I meant by vectors in HTML. I'm interested to know what browsers you refer to - caniuse.com seems to only indicate IE as being problematic (at least to the latest release, 1.1), and as it is now deprecated software that surely shouldn't hold back Xara development?

    Quote Originally Posted by Acorn View Post
    @ksta, have you perhaps Grouped items together as this will produce bitmaps over Font Glyphs and CSS.
    Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
    it might be better to optimise your bitmaps
    This helped a lot - excellent! The files output reduced from over 4000 to 200. The website now loads much quicker and does not aggregate object drawing. Still not ideal but much better.
    I guess I'm not saying there isn't a use case for rasterized graphics in websites, but that it seems strange on behalf of Xara to not provide an option for SVG website export. They already have the filer (though somewhat primitive compared to other image export) and outstanding general vector editing capabilities, so surely it shouldn't be hard to implement...

    Quote Originally Posted by Acorn View Post
    We have asked Xara to address the overuse of bitmaps.
    Hopefully one day they'll respond! I'll post this request to Dear Xara, in the hope that they'll pick up on it. In the mean time, if anyone knows any workarounds I'd be keen to give them a go.

    Thanks again!

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    Default Re: Xara Web Designer - vector-only export

    as it says in your link, the support for SVG in browsers is still only basic - so it is limited with regard to what SVG's are capable of

    SVG'a are very good for flat colour graphics; no good at all for photographic images of course...
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    Default Re: Xara Web Designer - vector-only export

    KSTA perhaps you could attach an example xar/web file so we could suggest ways of improving the publish sites content?

    @ HD:
    SVG'a are very good for flat colour graphics
    SVG's can do more than this, they're not limited to flat colours.
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    Default Re: Xara Web Designer - vector-only export

    you the expeert egg - how much support is there for gradient and transparency in a browser ?
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    Default Re: Xara Web Designer - vector-only export

    Excellent HD. Here's a couple of gradiant fills.

    LINK
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    Default Re: Xara Web Designer - vector-only export

    good to know egg, thanks
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