IN THIS MONTH'S EDITION... If you haven't upgraded your copy of Photo & Graphic Designer or Designer Pro to v10 yet, there's another chance to upgrade at Intro Offer pricing during the next week. We also have a short launch offer on the new MAGIX Video Pro X7, details on both below. In the first of a tutorial series on the design and drawing tools, we start by looking at rectangles including how to edit the color and outlines, drop in a photo and add shadows, bevels and transparency. There are no new tutorials on the Xone this month as unfortunately Xone host Gary Bouton is nursing a broken leg, but irrepressible as ever he's hoping to be back in May. We wish him well. As many of you have already noticed we have a brand new design on xara.com. We hope you like the new look, and find it easy to navigate. All feedback and suggestions - on the look, content or navigation - are very welcome. Details in Other News below. Don't miss our other news including two excellent featured TalkGraphics threads, and Inspirational Art. Finally web designers among you might want to keep a closer than usual eye on our news page in the next few weeks (or why not join us on Twitter, Facebook or G+ to make sure you don't miss any significant news - links to all in Other News below).

INSPIRATIONAL ART // Art Mix 10 Our pick of images created with Xara software, from TalkGraphics and elsewhere. - Find out more

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Visit the Xara graphics forums to discuss or find answers to your graphics needs. Our pick of Top Talk this month: Igor01 is demonstrating his boundless creativity again in his new 'Life in a Square' thread. It's amazing what you get into a little square if you try. Well it's amazing how much Igor can get into a square! Here's one example for you >>> Find out what lives in Igor's other squares Ron Duke is of course well known for his car images (see this month's Inspirational Art for an example) and very generously included the xar file for his illustration of a 1925 Ford Model T Panel Truck illustration, which you can download in the TalkGraphics thread here.

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OTHER NEWS Xara Site Updated We've given xara.com a complete overhaul. We hope you like the new contemporary look and feel, and of course it's fully mobile friendly too. All feedback is very welcome, good or bad! Check out the new design Send us your feedback (select Marketing on the Contact Form) Artist Gallery Updated During April we've added some new work to the Gallery of Dave Cockburn, which is a good reason to check out the new layout of our Artist Gallery on xara.com, where you can now filter the images by theme as well as artist. Visit the Xara Gallery Outsider Back Issues Don't forget you can find all back issues of the Outsider on our site. The Outsider homepage Xara News, As It Happens You can be first to receive Xara news by signing up to the RSS feed on our News page, or you can join more than 52,464 followers in our Facebook community or if you prefer our new Google + page, or follow our tweets at twitter.com/xaragroup.		HINTS & TIPS Navigating the Designs Gallery If you right click on an image in the Designs Gallery you'll see some options that will save you lots of time moving around the Gallery; 'fold section' closes the current folder, 'next section' take you to the next folder in the Designs Gallery and 'previous section' takes you to the one above. Creating A New Default Document It's easy to change the default settings for new documents, such as page units. Create a new document with the settings you want, select File > Save Template and check the option 'Use as Default Template'.   PRESS REVIEWS "A slick and easy to use WYSIWYG web editor capable of producing sophisticated sites for multiple platforms." Computer Shopper Issue 320 awards Xara Web Designer 10 Premium a Best Buy.

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