The tool situated down the left side are more compacted than other rival editing suites, such as Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop. The last version we reviewed was Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 9 and there have been one or two changes since then. The main screen is a typical 18% grey window with the buttons in the usual places. It's a simple email harvesting trick, but you have the option of opting out of getting any newsletters if you want to. If you do that Xara will extend it to 30 days. If you're downloading this as a trial to begin with, you get 7 days to test it unless you register it with an email address. The download of the latter program is optional but we figured seeing as it's from the Xara website and not a third party download site such as CNET, we would give it a go.

While installing we were offered a free program called Simpliclean which will clean up your computer and allow it to work a lot better. Ease of Useĭownloading and installing Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 11 is a simple enough process. Priced at £49.99 for the full package, Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 11 is available for download from the Xara website. Is Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 11 a program that both budding newcomers to graphic design and seasoned veterans can use? We aim to find out.

The newest photo and graphic package from Xara comes with a new layer blend mode, improved brushes and intersections, simplified text and optimised PDF export, among other things.

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