Xara Web Designer MX Premium   $99.00
Link to more features on the program

Xara is done it again.  A great program for building web sites without using or knowing code.  There are quite a few templates that are easy to modify.

Pro:

• This program again is what you see if what you get.  Require no knowledge of html, or other programming.
• The Image editing is great.  Some of the best we have seen.
• We installed this on one of our slowest machines, running XP with 2 meg of memory.  The program ran very well, and downloading took under 5 mins.
• There are some great plug in for PhotoShop.
• Support was great.  Emailed the answer back to you with examples.
• Works with these:
• Imports and Exports: This includes common bitmap types (eg GIF, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, PSD, and RAW photos) and key vector types (eg PDF and AI/EPS, SVG, and EMF/WMF). For text Xara Designer supports RTF (Rich Text Format) and for websites HTML and Flash.
  

Cons

• While the code is compliant, it is still ugly.  It does not generate HTML that you want to use.
• As far as we could see it does not support mobile.

Intelligent Scaling

The Photo Tool includes innovative intelligent image scaling technology that allows ‘content aware scaling’, which means images can be stretched or squashed while retaining the proportions of important parts of the picture.

Adobe Photoshop® Plug-ins

There’s already a huge range of such plug-ins available, both free and commercial, for creating a variety of effects that would take a lifetime to explore.

Animated Flash Export

Graphic Designer and Designer Pro offer a genuinely easy way to create really efficient Flash animations.

Presentations & Webinars

Designer Pro makes it easy to create web-based ‘slide-show’ style presentations that your website visitors can step through using the keyboard arrow keys. You can add animated transition effects as each step and page is displayed, and the Designs Gallery includes a range of ready-made, customizable presentations and presentation components such as bullet points and arrows. 

Example presentation
See the presentation templates

You can also easily remotely host a web meeting (a ‘Webinar’) to showcase your presentation, step by step and page by page, to a group of invited participants.

Shadows, Bevels & Contours

• There is some great you tube videos on the program:

• Xara Designer Pro 7 New Features Part 1 of 2

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• Xara Designer Pro 7 New Features Part 2 of 2

  by XaraXhris
• Cartooning with Xara Designer Pro 6 – Part 1

  by Zebtoonz
• Cartooning with Xara Designer Pro 6 – Part 2

  by Zebtoonz
• Xara Designer Pro 6 Features Part 1 of 3

  by XaraXhris
• Xara Designer Pro 6 Features Part 2 of 3

  by XaraXhris

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  Beginners 1
• Beginners 2
• Beginners 3

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