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Bitmaps
These options apply only to the current document. They have no affect on any other
documents currently loaded.
NEVER SMOOTH: When Xara Designer Pro X scales a bitmap, it usually smoothes
(interpolates) between the individual pixels to give a smooth look to the bitmap. Usually
this gives the best results. Check this option if you if you do not want this effect.

DPI WHEN AUTO-GENERATED: Some features such as shadows and bevels are created
using bitmaps. Xara Designer Pro X calculates the resolution of these bitmaps when they
are displayed. However, when you perform actions on shadows and bevels such as
CONVERT TO EDITABLE SHAPES, COMBINE SHAPES, EXPORT AS EPS and EXPORT AS FLASH,
Xara Designer Pro X creates a new bitmap using the resolution you specify here. For on-
screen use (such as web page graphics) 96 DPI is the best value. For work that will be
printed, you may need a higher value. Changes to this value apply to new auto-
generated bitmaps; it has no effect on existing bitmaps.
The 3 radio button group allows you to choose how large photos should be handled
when you import them. Given the large size of digital camera photos, often if you’re
working on a document the photo you import will be many times the size of your page.

RESIZE LARGE IMPORTED IMAGES DOWN TO ... PIXELS: This is the default option. Large
images are scaled down to a more manageable 500 pixels wide, or whatever size you
set here. The document zoom is not altered.

IMPORT ALL PHOTOS AT 96DPI (1:1 AT 100% ZOOM): With this option the DPI of the image is
ignored and it is loaded as if the DPI is 96 (screen 1:1 size). So if an image is 1000 pixels
wide, it will display as 1000 pixels wide in Xtreme Pro. Also Xara Designer Pro X will
automatically zoom out if required, so that the whole photo fits into the view.
IMPORT AT DPI SPECIFIED IN THE IMAGE: With this option, any DPI value specified inside
the image itself is read and the image is imported at that DPI. Note that some digital
cameras write incorrect or unhelpful DPI values into photos and so this option may not
always give you the results you expect.

Note that the above import options do not apply to photo documents. Photos are always
imported/opened at their full size in photo documents.

Color
COLOR LINE SIZE:This lets you select the size of the color bar at the bottom of the screen.
A scroll bar is displayed when the number of colors is wider than the width of the color
bar.

EDIT LOCAL COLORS IN: This affects the color model displayed when editing a local color.
Automatic displays the color model of the original color style that the local color is based
upon. For example, the HSV color model for a color style defined in HSV. This is
important if you need to ensure your objects are in CMYK, for example.