Computeractive

Computeractive Buy It

"It's still our favourite all-round affordable design package, and still good value even if you upgrade every year." 

Taimienphi

"Photo editing software Xara Photo & Graphic Designer offers many useful and easy to use functions that will satisfy all your photo editing needs. If you've never tried it, we recommend installing it to see the difference it can make to your photos."

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Graphics.com

“What does it all add up to? In our view, it’s by far the best value for Windows users seeking a solid mix of document-driven illustration and photo-editing capabilities, wrapped up in a single application.”

 

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Computer Shopper Awards 2015

Winner - Best Software

An annual award chosen by the editorial team of Computer Shopper

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Download Crew

Editor's Choice

"Verdict: A hugely capable design tool which comes packed with high-end features, yet remains generally very easy to use and is amazing value for money."

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Computer Shopper

Best Buy

"Xara Photo & Graphic 10’s superior performance and vastly lower price make it the obvious choice for home users who want to produce professional-looking designs."

PC Pro

PC Pro Recommended

"Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 10 delivers impressively refined results for the money – it’s powerful, responsive and packed with features."

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Graphics.com

"In our view, by far the best value for a capable mix of illustration and photo-editing capabilities, wrapped up in a single application. "

TechByter Worldwide

"This is the graphics application that tries to do everything and doesn't fail at anything "

"Xara Photo and Graphic Designer v9 doesn't have all the power of Adobe Illustrator or all the features of Adobe Photoshop, so it can't always do what those large and expensive applications do, but its ability to handle both Illustrator-like vectors and Photoshop-like illustrations, particularly when combined with its price, makes the application an appealing choice for those who need to work with both media types. "

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Blog Critics

"As a lifelong Office user, I was pleasantly surprised at how Xara Photo and Graphic Designer improved my graphic design workflow. With one program I was able to design great-looking product sheets and manipulate the photos for them. "

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Expert Reviews

5 Star

"As technologies develop they tend to get more complicated and rarely get faster. This is especially true for creative software, which often strains under the weight of new features. Xara has never suffered this fate. A key selling point has always been its unwaveringly fast performance. Not only do adjustments appear on screen as soon as they're made, it constantly updates while adjustments are made. That's useful when dragging the mouse across the colour wheel to change an object's colour, and it's incredibly liberating when adjusting properties such as bevel, drop shadow or 3D extrude."

"There are so many things we love about this software. The performance comes top, but its ability to tackle vector drawing, photo editing, desktop publishing and simple Flash animations is a close second."

"Excellent value and a fantastic photo-editing, design and DTP tool"

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PC Authority

"Ultra-versatile, packed with powerful, professional features, and excellent value for money, Xara Photo & Graphic Designer MX 8.1 remains a great graphics all-rounder"

"Powerful DTP tools, versatile illustration and vector drawing features, capable photo editing, fast, easy to use, detailed and genuinely helpful documentation, great value for money"

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Betanews

"Xara Photo & Graphic Designer MX 8 makes an excellent graphics choice, with powerful illustration tools, quality DTP, surprisingly capable photo editing and a host of useful extras."

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Graphics.com

"The latest version of Xara is positioned as a faster, cheaper, easier-to-learn alternative to Adobe's Creative Suite."

"Releases of Xara always provide significant new functionality and version 8 is no different."

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PCWorld

"Xara Photo & Graphic Designer: The \$89 Photoshop-Killer?" "Xara Photo & Graphic Designer (...) is an all-in-one tool that can edit photos, 2D and 3D graphics, animation, text, and page layouts--for online or print media--seamlessly, without switching programs (...) If you are considering splashing out about \$1,000 on Adobe Creative Suite Standard (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign bundled) or pretty much any other photo editor, illustrator, or page layout program, try out Xara's Photo & Graphic Designer first. The staggeringly affordable Photo & Graphic Designer is worth your time and the price of a few antacids while you learn. Plus, with \$910 change in your pocket, you may never look back."

Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7, Clare Brandt, 21st June 2011

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Mode Studio

"...I’ll say up front that Photo & Graphic Designer 7 has a few features that I have not seen elsewhere, and some features that work more smoothly than in any other image editor package on the market."

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Software Crew

"Excellent photo editing, vector drawing, and desktop publishing tools more than justify Photo & Graphic Designer's existence - it just might be the only drawing tool you ever need "

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PC PRO

"Xara Photo and Graphic Designer 6 is a steal, and make that a worthy addition to any graphics designer's toolbox."

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PC Advisor

"Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 6 is a fully fledged creative suite for the price of an image editor. Xara doesn’t compromise on features in any area."

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Top Ten Reviews

"Xara Photo & Graphic Designer is an excellent illustrator, one that certainly deserves the title of TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award winner in drawing software."

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Computer Shopper

"This friendly, highly polished illustration package exels at creating graphics and logos, and can turn its hand to desktop publishing and even web design"

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