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The Good News is Xara Lives! Welcome to the World Preview of Xara 2. The Better news is you're going to be able to buy it HERE in the i/us Store. And the best news of all, is you're going to be able to download it from i/us. The details will follow very shortly so check back when the official announcement is made. When you purchase Xara 2 from the i/us Store, you'll get a free subscription to The Xealot, the Xara 2 Insider Report, written by none other than (surprise surprise) me! The Xealot will be e-mailed twice a month and will feature bits and pieces of stuff that doesn't fit into the tutorial format but is useful to know, plus tips and tricks for getting the most out of Xara 2. More info on this in a week or two.
So, what's new with Xara 2? The animation should give you two big clues. The big news is Photoshop (and Photoshop compatible) Plug-in filter support! You can use virtually any Photoshop compatible 32-bit filter in Xara 2. I created the animation (entirely in Xara 2) using one of the new Plug-in filters from The Filter Factory CD (check the end of the tutorial for more samples of these totally cool filters and a HTML link to get more info.)
The other big news is animation support. You can now create wizzy animations, like the one on this page, and edit the animation frame by frame. This is hot! Xara 2 has all the features of Webster 2 built in. There are many improvements and refinements including more control over exported Gif and JPEG files with real-time previews before you export your file.
But enough of this hype, let's get on with the tutorial, an Easter egg.

Download Tutorial

This month's tutorial is available in HTML form for you to download
and review off line. Just click on the download tutorial button.

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