XARA
DESIGNER
PRO X10
First Look
By Gary W. Priester
Xara Designer Pro X10 — First Look - Page 10
So, Let’s Sum Up! There is a lot to get excited about in Designer Pro X10. If you are not
already using Xara Designer Pro X10, then what are you waiting for? Download your free 30-
day trial version this very instant! If you are currently using an earlier version of Designer
Pro, the Responsive Web Sites capability alone should help you make up your mind to
upgrade. Throw in true WYSIWYG, drag and drop website design, compatibility with all
browsers, support for CSS3 and HTML 5, and the best features you need to create the
greatest websites, and Designer Pro X10 is the product for you.
And even if you have never designed a website, or you don’t have time to create a site from
scratch, with all the professionally designed websites (and don’t forget presentation
templates), buttons, headers, etc., you can create a professional site that looks like you
hired a high priced design firm. And there’s the fabulous free MAGIX Online World hosting
package with the M package which includes 12 months of free website hosting, 2 GB of
storage space, a free domain name (such as MyFabulousWebsite.com), and an e-mail
account like BigMacher@MyFabulousWebsite.com, plus five additional e-mailboxes.
Then of course there are the expanded Photo Editing tools and plug-ins including the
Shadow and Highlight Brightness filters and the powerful new Select Colors to Enhance color
selection tool. Your photos will take on a professional quality with the 100+ Magic Bullet
PhotoLooks preset photo effects. The expanded Standard Panorama tool that can stitch up
to 8 high resolution photos together—in any order and orientation—seamlessly, in almost
the blink of an eye.
The new Insert menu will change the way you work with its SmartShapes, Content Catalog,
Font Awesome Symbols and workflow improvements. Inserting images directly from my
digital camera is a big plus as well.
And you get both the 32 and 64-bit versions, which both support 32-bit photo plug-in filters
so you can work with either or both versions (but only one at a time).
What I like best about Designer Pro X10 is you get the best of everything all in the same
powerful package, so there is virtually no need for any other application. You have all the
best drawing and illustration tools, the best website creation tools, the best graphic design
and desktop publishing tools, and the best photo editing tools. Everything you need right at
the tip of your mouse.
So, the big question is, should you get Xara Designer Pro X10, Xara Web Designer 10, Xara
Photo & Graphic Designer 10, or Xara Page & Layout Designer 10? I will add links below for
you to check out the other products so you can make the right choice. But whatever
product you decide to purchase or upgrade to, you will be getting an excellent set of design
tools at a very fair price. And here’s the best part, you can download a free 30-day trial for
any or all products and put them to the test. Each product is fully functional.
First Look Xara Web Designer 10
First Look Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 10
First Look Xara Page & Layout Designer 9 (there was no review of version 10 this year).
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