CorelXARA Replaced by Xara X: A Major Upgrade to Xara's Flagship Product Now Commercially Available Online.Business Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 2000 Xara has today launched Xara X, the new and significantly updated version of their ultra-fast graphics creation package (formerly known as CorelXARA). Xara X targets design professionals who value speed and ease of use. Following the end of their marketing arrangement with Corel, Xara has re-launched with a version that builds on its established high-end vector illustration and bitmap capabilities - adding a range of enhancements particularly in the area of web graphics production. "Our goal is, and always has been, to produce graphics software that enhances both the creativity and productivity of its users. This is the biggest upgrade in the product's history in terms of new features but just as much effort has gone into maintaining its reputation as the fastest, most intuitive vector graphics The representation of a digital image as points, lines and other geometric entities. All computer-aided design (CAD), drawing and diagramming programs create vector graphics formats, such as AI, DXF and WMF (see graphics formats). package available today," said Charles Moir, Managing Director of Xara. "Xara X has been aggressively developed beyond the capabilities of CorelXARA - and this is just the beginning." Xara X is a compact, web deliverable application and is being sold online with instant delivery by download (although a CD will also be shipped to all owners, which includes a backup copy A disk, tape or other machine readable copy of a data or program file. Making backup copies is a discipline most computer users learn the hard way-- after months of work is lost. See backup and LAN free backup. of the software and extra resources such as clip-art, photos, texture fills, fonts and tutorial movies.) Product Upgrades Include: Enhanced Web Tools - A button bar tool including automated creation of JavaScript rollover Using JavaScript to change the appearance of a graphic when the pointer is moved (rolled) over it. JavaScript rollovers are used to highlight elements in navigation bars and produce other graphics effects. They have been supported in browsers starting with IE 4, Netscape 3 and Opera 3.1. button bars, exported with the necessary HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. and JavaScript; Integration with Dreamweaver 3; Image slicing on export; Export of static .swf Flash files; Optimised bitmap export including multi-format previews and low level control over color palettes and transparency; 'Linked Stretching' of objects, a real time saver for web buttons and heading graphics; A collection of professionally designed web graphic template sets (all user-editable); RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). hex web color support and websnap palette option. Rapid Graphic Design - Pressure sensitive, real-time brush stroking, including simulated air brushing, with fully editable strokes and user definable brush designs; Automated object feathering The appearance of jagged edges on moving objects in an interlaced display. Also known as "combing," this artifact is created because the image moves from one video field (odd lines displayed) to the next video field (even lines filled in while odd lines still present). ; Interactive shadow, bevel bevel, n the inclination that one surface makes with another when not at right angles; in cavity preparation, a cut that produces an angle of more than 90° with a cavity wall. and contour tools; Object clipping; Support for non-linear profiles for the attributes of blends, transparency, color fills, feathering and shadows; Multi-stage live and interactive graduated color fills; Improvements to the already powerful blend tool, including editable blends on a curve; New 'Names' gallery, which makes it easy to select and simultaneously edit groups of related objects; Full automatic on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. anti-aliasing for rotated and scaled bitmaps; Further transparency developments including new transparency types; PNG (Portable Network Graphics) A bitmapped graphics file format endorsed by the World Wide Web Consortium. It is expected to eventually replace the GIF format, because there are lingering legal problems with GIFs. alpha channel support. Xara X is available now for download, priced $149, suitable for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/. About Xara Ltd. Founded in 1981 Xara has developed particular expertise in the area of software for creating Web graphics. Our aim is to combine clean, dead simple UIs with ultra fast performance, in packages that create compact, screen-optimized graphics. Xara has offices in the UK and USA but is completely committed to the Internet and all our software has been delivered online since 1997. www.xara.com (C) Copyright 2000 Xara Ltd. |
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