Xara Ltd., developers of Xara3d for Windows have created it to do one thing very well - create graphic headings and logos. They succeeded in developing a highly capable program that is not only fun to use but also easy to master. You can try out an online demo or download a free time-limited trial of the program and try it for yourself. If you like it and decide to buy it, you'll find it easy on your wallet. There is more info at the bottom of this page regarding the free trial and what you get when you purchase.

I present this page to show you some of the kinds of original web graphics you can easily create with this inexpensive graphics program. Let's get right to it ...

With amazing ease and suprising flexibility, you can create quality web graphics or use them in your powerpoint presentations, or even your word processing documents. The graphic at the left and the similar heading above, each took less than a minute to create in Xara3d - thats far less time than creating something similar would have taken in other graphics programs - yet the results are very professional. The image is 6k.

For this example I gave the "shadow" a color and adjusted its position and intensity to give it a backlit look. It is only 6k in size. This kind of effect really looks great against a black background - click here to see an example.

The original Xara3d file for this graphic is only 2k in size! I can open that tiny file and simply type in new words to create new original graphics that perfectly match this one! It is an extremely productive approach to creating consistant web graphics.

With Xara3d, any fonts or wingdings you have installed on your computer can be used to create great custom web graphics. It is really fun to use some of the wild freeware fonts available on the net! This one is called "bloody" and the high quality image created is only 6k in size. With Xara3d you can easily give your text thickness and adjust its edges to look smooth or ...

Make it look angular. This 5k example has a beveled edge treatment. Xara3d allows you to choose from 15 different edge profiles. In this example the shadow has been give a greater offset to make the graphic "float" above the page. Rather than use a flat color for the fill this example uses a bitmap as a texture.

This 7k example also features a bitmap fill. The angle of the graphic was easily adjusted slightly. I also adjusted the space between letters - in this example that space was eliminated to make the letters flow together. Making adjustments in Xara3d is very easy because you can see the effects of those adjustments as you make them. The program is very intuitive.

This 6k example shows that you can use photographic fills. This one features a small pic of yours truly. Handsome eh? I easily assembled a jpg graphic of my head against a graduated background in Xara X. I then simply used that jpg as a fill for the letters in Xara3d. For fills or backgrounds Xara3d will import gifs, jpgs, bmp, and even png files. ( While I most definitely am a serious hunk, my wife says I really should have made this graphic say "NERD" - please don't listen to her - she doesn't see the obvious! ).

This shining example is only 6k in size. The creative possibilities are endless with Xara3d. You can combine standard fonts with a variety of extrusion/edge bevel options. Then add flexible lighting/shadow effects and the use of bitmap fills - even if it were hard to use you'd have a killer graphics tool! But Xara3d is very easy to use and it does even more ...

In case you
were wondering:
Xara3d can
assign any
color to the
background.
The "hot" image
above is an
example. You
can even
import bitmaps
for your
backgrounds.
The result will
always look
great...

Continue to the next page to see the animations you can create with Xara3d ...