When you buy Xara3D 5 online directly from Xara (or register online a copy you bought from elsewhere) - we'll give you a copy of Webster 2 vector drawing program for FREE.

	IMPORT	Make 2D shapes in Webster 2 and import them into Xara3D
	CREATE	Create stunning vector drawings and illustrations with Webster's easy-to-use drawing tools
	UPGRADE	As an owner of Webster 2 - you can upgrade to Xara X for the special discount price of $129 US (plus VAT in Europe).

Webster 2 is the perfect companion to Xara3D. It means that you can use Webster 2 to create 2D shapes with the easy-to-use drawing tools - and then import them into Xara3D.

What shapes you make and how you use them is up to you. If you want you can even mix text with shapes in one image.

So, if you have a logo or other image that you want to make a 3D version of, you can do it with Webster 2 and Xara3D.

But you don't have to use Webster 2 with Xara3D - it is a fully-featured vector drawing package in its own right, so you can create any image you like.

And as an owner of Webster 2, you will be able to upgrade to Xara X for the special price of $129 US (plus VAT in Europe). More information about Xara X can be found here.

The key features of Xara Webster are:

Image creation

• Create regular shapes quickly
• Create many-sided polygons and stars
• Create ellipses and rectangles
• Create and edit any shape with the Shape Editor
• Draw any shape as a series of 'join-the-dots' points
• Change lines to curves just by dragging with the mouse
• Add points with a single click
• Immaculate anti-aliased text anywhere, any size, any angle
• The fastest way to add anti-aliased text to your Web pages
• Makes changing the text on your buttons and banners simplicity itself
• Create animated GIFs easily with Xara Webster's intuitive frame-by-frame interface.

Import and export

• Import a wide range of vector and bitmap formats
• Vector formats: CDR (3, 4 and 5), CMX, Xara & Xara Web, Windows MetaFile and Acorn Draw
• EPS formats: Adobe Illustrator (88, 3, 4 & 5), CorelDRAW 3 & 4, FreeHand 3.0, ArtWorks
• Bitmap formats: GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, PPM, PGM & PBM
• Palette files: CorelDRAW, Windows, PaintShop Pro, Adobe Color Table, Adobe Color Swatch
• Export GIF (including animated, interlaced and transparent), JPEG (including progressive) and PNG
• Export Xara Web format, a compact vector format for the Web
• Export image maps
• Advanced dithering and anti-aliasing for compact, crisp images
• 256-color images are diffusion-dithered for the best results
• All images are anti-aliased for the most professional look
• Palette-optimized GIFs can be created
• The number of palette entries in the GIF can be varied
• Specially created palette for dither-free colors
• Optional 216-color cube ensures images do not dither on Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer

Image manipulation

• Combine vector and bitmap clip art seamlessly
• Clip art from different sources can be combined on one page
• Scaling, rotating and shearing all accomplished with no loss of detail
• Object-based; the image remains fully editable at all times
• Wide range of color fills
• Fully interactive object filling with full control over colors, fill angles etc
• Quickly create the impression of three dimensional objects
• Interactive, graduated transparency can be applied to all objects
• Flat, linear, radial, elliptical, bitmap or fractal transparency can be applied to any object
• Transparency is interactive - you get on-screen feedback as you're changing it
• Recoloring of objects with the color tool
• All objects can be recolored
• Linked colors on the supplied Clip art allow the color of an object to be changed at one go
• Bitmap contoning and coloring made easy
• One-click bitmap contoning

Ease of use

• Infinite undo of all editing operations
• Full undo allows you to experiment freely
• No penalty for making mistakes
• Zoom in to the highest level of detail
• 25,000% zoom allows you to work at incredible precision