Designer Pro X 16 Overview
Xara Designer Pro combines all the high-performance features required for advanced creative design in one seamlessly integrated and consistent work space. It provides all the design tools that would normally require three or more separate "suite" programs: illustration, photo editing, document creation, website design and more. This combination coupled with Xara's ultra-fast graphics engine gives you a working environment that guarantees the most effective and intuitive workflow.
It includes 4 powerful applications in one:
Graphic Design & Illustration
Create graphics and illustrations exactly the way you want and use a diverse set of tools to give them an expert, custom touch.
Powerful drawing tools allow you to draw lines, shapes, and curves using vectors and adjust scale without loss of quality. Your pictures look sharp right down to the finest detail. This is perfect for when you need graphics in various sizes for different uses!
Web Design
Creating a website has never been so easy: Select your favorite template, apply your own images and text – that's all there is to it!
Display your website correctly on any end device – from PC to smartphone and tablet. It's easy and no programming knowledge is required. The Online Content Catalog contains 240 website templates, so you're sure to find the perfect one no matter the theme of your website. All elements are 100% customizable. The new Magic Color Match function offers unlimited options for customizing your projects.
Image Editing
From quick snapshots to photo shoots: Edit your images directly in Xara Designer Pro X. Adjust brightness, contrast, color and saturation in images in no time at all or use 1-click optimization. For more precise results, edit the gradation curves for your photos or apply professional white balance. Create masks for easily removing object backgrounds. Simply mask the object, roughly erase the background and remove it with a click. Crop individual parts of your image or cut out figures. Select an outline using the mouse and the magnetic lasso will automatically create a path. Use the retouch tool and fully customizable tool tips to easily retouch areas of an image. Present a photo differently each time. Simply select one of 140 photo filters in the Online Content Catalog and apply it to your image with a single click.
Desktop Publishing
With Xara Designer Pro X you can easily create multipage publications such as brochures, fliers, newspapers and business cards. Xara Designer Pro X includes all the tools you need for creating and publishing complex documents. The software makes dealing with even multi-page publications in different formats a cinch. When you need results, fast: The Online Content Catalog includes a ton of templates that are 100% customizable, as well as over 1 million photos and graphics that you can use for your publications.
Maintain the correct color right through the the final print. CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow and key) support offers the exact hue you need for flyers, photos and documents. With Xara Designer Pro X, you can import, edit and export virtually all file formats. You can easily exchange documents and photos with colleagues and friends, with no limitations.
NEW! Features of Xara Designer Pro X 16 include:
Magic Color Match
For a perfect match between design and photo, use the new Magic Color Match feature to generate a set of Theme Colors from a photo in a single click. You can then use this as a basic foundation for your graphics, illustrations or documents.
OpenType Ligatures
Xara now supports advanced OpenType features such as Stylistic Sets, Contextual Alternates and more. And it includes live preview - just hover over the OpenType feature menu and you can preview the effects immediately.
Text Field Filler
Be more creative than ever. Text will automatically adjust and fit into any shape you are working with. A perfect combination for any document.
Uppercase and Lowercase Tool
Lots of new & easy to apply options including ALL CAPS, all lower, Initial Caps and SMALL CAPS. It’s a great time saver!
Page Makeup
Say goodbye to ugly formatting by automatically eliminating widows and orphans. Enhancements to rule-offs and embedded graphics too!
Advanced OpenType Features
New OpenType functions (Swashes, Titling & Stylistic Alternates) offer even more options for eye-catching typography. This way, you can make individual characters, words or entire sections really stand out.
Smart Text Panels
Even more flexible Text Panels, and lots of great new designs as well. Make your key text or quotations pop!
Smart Photo Panels and Frames
Discover over 70 new Smart Photo Panels & Frames for your projects. These are a popular way of presenting people on websites or highlighting photos on flyers and brochures.
Arrow SmartShapes
The new Arrow SmartShapes enable you to create customized arrow shapes exactly the way you need: Adjust the arrows for width and line style as well as length and curvature.
Labeled Lines
For headings, dividers & technical drawings: The eight new Labeled Line SmartShapes are fully flexible and maintain their size when the text is edited, or scale if you enter measurement units.
SmartShapes
Tons of new SmartShapes: Use fully customizable trapezoids, parallelograms, wheels, pentagons and more to create modern designs for social media posts, flyers or invitations.
Improved Table SmartShapes
Bring your productivity to a completely new level with enhanced Table SmartShapes for a more efficient workflow. With a new, wider range of possibilities for design, you can create even clearer tables for your websites, flyers and documents.
PDF Editor 3.0
Edit PDF documents more easily than ever before. Thanks to improved text and object recognition, fonts and graphic elements are identified more easily than before.
CSV Import
Directly import CSV files in easy-to-understand pie charts and present your data clearly across all your documents.
Preview Line Widths
Lines and outlines can now be adjusted by simply scrolling your mousewheel over the line. Small change, big time saving!
Guide for Creating Cookie Notifications
How is a cookie notification created? This guide includes all the information you need for setting up a cookie notification on your website.
Knowledge Base
Find out everything you need to know: Browse a huge collection of articles that will help answer your questions about Xara Designer Pro X.
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