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Exporting as Extended Metafile Format (EMF)
Modern Windows applications support this enhanced type of vector graphic format. This
format is also available to applications that provide a Paste Special menu option.
Note that Xara Designer Pro X can contain features, such as advanced fill styles, that
cannot be represented in vector formats such as EMF. In this case parts of the image will
be exported as bitmaps. Those vector parts that can be exported as vectors are exported
as vectors.
Exporting as a bitmap

JPEG, GIF and PNG are universal formats supported by most modern computer
applications. PNG is the highest quality. JPEG is better suited to photographic work, but
can produce acceptable, compact files (you can control the quality and file size).

GIF format only supports 256 colors, and although common on many websites, PNG is a
better format. PNG also supports semi-transparent graphics (use the True Color + Alpha
option), but this is not correctly supported by older Microsoft Internet Explorer versions (it
is by all other web browsers).

The fewer colors you have in a file, the smaller the file and the lower the quality.
However, when using 256 colors or less Xara Designer Pro X provides very advanced
techniques to simulate a much wider range of colors, and so you can get very high, near
photographic quality results using only 256 colors or less.

See also GIF, PNG, BMP and JPEG export dialog overview (on page 613).

Important
Bitmaps are output at the current view quality so for best results
make sure that "WINDOW" > "QUALITY" or the slider on the Standard
control bar is set to anti-aliased.

Exporting a Photoshop PSD file
Photoshop is a bitmap editor, so when exporting to PSD format all the vector objects in
Xara Designer Pro X are rasterized. You can select the resolution (dpi) when exporting.

Always save your work in Xara Designer Pro X prior to exporting. Then, if you wish to
alter your original objects in the future, just load Xara Designer Pro X, make any changes
and then export the required objects again.
To export as a PSD file choose "FILE" > "EXPORT" then select ADOBE PHOTOSHOP in the
SAVE AS TYPE list.