No editable VECTOR output in X3D5!?

[Africanized Honey Bee]

I think it’s great that Xara has added SWF export capabilities. However for someone like me who designs logos that are used for print I need a vector format I can edit in illustrator or acrobat.

[Africanized Honey Bee]

I think it’s great that Xara has added SWF export capabilities. However for someone like me who designs logos that are used for print I need a vector format I can edit in illustrator or acrobat.

[Klaus Nordby]

You've misunderstood the Nature of Things: The kind of bevel effects, etc., possible in X3d5 are just not possible in the vector world. So the lack of vector output is not really a defect in x3D5. Bitmap programs do not have vector output - and that's not their fault.

K
www.xaraxone.com/FeaturedArt/kn/
www.klausnordby.com/xara

[Africanized Honey Bee]

If it has Vector SWF export then why not Vector EPS export?

[Klaus Nordby]

That's a kind of valid point. But you will note that the Flash vector export is severally limited in the kind of bevels it can use: only the hard-edged, flat bevels. Still, I agree with you - it would have been great to have AI/EPS export of those types of designs.

K
www.xaraxone.com/FeaturedArt/kn/
www.klausnordby.com/xara

[Sheff]

AI/EPS: Have you tried importing the SWF into Flash and exporting it from Flash to EPS or AI? As nice as Xara's products are, you have to come up with a multitude of workarounds for all their shortcomings.

Personally, I would like DXF export from Xara 3d. Then you could really use it in a real 3d environment.

But what I think is more important and I can't believe it's been overlooked is the lack of sequential bitmap support.

I NEED to create 32 bit images with transparency. That's possible for 1 frame but not all of them. I have to export Xara 3d 1 frame at a time which is an absolute pain in the ass.

I wish they would add this to a service pack not a new version 2 years from now.

Sheffield Abella
sheff@sheff.com
www.sheff.com