Go to the properties bar and you can set a whole host of other parameters such as bevel type and you can also manage lighting in real time. Dragging on its fill rotates it around its axis in 3D space and, impressively, all this happens in real time. Now with Xara Xtreme 4.0 you just drag on the object’s edge and it extrudes. Over the years other drawing apps have added basic 3D capabilities in which you can add apparent depth to vector objects, but it’s always been a complex and laborious process. Such non-destructive compositional handling comes into its own when applying bitmap filters to artwork and Xtreme 4.0 now offers over 40 Photoshop plug-ins via its Live Effects tool including new art, colour and deformation options.īelow the Photo tool is another major addition: the Extrude tool. Without features such as direct pixel manipulation, Xara Xtreme is still a long way away from being a dedicated photo editor, but its rapid and efficient bitmap handling makes it ideal for certain types of creative composition, especially as only one copy of an image is ever embedded in the file and all changes remain live and re-editable.
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