Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7

Supported operating systems

• Microsoft® Windows® 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Microsoft® Windows® Vista® (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Microsoft® Windows® XP (32-bit)

Minimum system requirements

All MAGIX programs are developed with user-friendliness in mind so that all the basic functions run smoothly and can be fully controlled, even on low-performance computers. Please refer to your operating system's control panel for technical information on your computer.

• Processor: 700 MHz or higher
• RAM: 512 MB
• Hard disk memory: 400 MB free disk space for program installation
• Graphics card: Onboard graphics card with a screen resolution of at least 1024x600
• Optical drive: CD or DVD drive (only for installation of the box version)

Note: The video tutorials, the program's internal online services and the online update require an Internet connection.

Supported devices

• Program operation: Microsoft®-compatible mouse or graphics tablet/drawing pen<strong/>
• Touchscreen operation: Microsoft® Windows® 7-compatible touchscreen or tablet PC
• USB interface: For data transfer from digital cameras and scanners; for output to color printers, digital picture frames and portable devices

Supported file formats

Bitmap import formats

• Windows Bitmap (*.bmp)
• Halo CUT 256 color (*.cut)
• Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) image format (*.dcm)
• DCX (*.dcx)
• Fax (*.fax) – image format that was received from a fax or created with fax software
• Graphics Interchange Format (*.gif)
• Microsoft Windows Icon 16 color (*.ico)
• JPEG (*.jpg)
• JPEG2000 (*.jp2, *.j2c, *.j2k, *.jpx, *.jpf)
• MAGIX Bitmap (*.mxb)
• UNIX monochrome (*.pbm)
• PhotoCD (*.pcd)
• PICT (*.pct)
• PCX Paintbrush (*.pcx)
• PDF Portable Document Format (*.pdf)
• UNIX grayscale (*.pgm)
• PNG (*.png)
• UNIX multicolor up to 24 bit (*.ppm)
• Photoshop (*.psd)
• Sun Raster (*.ras)
• Silicon Graphics Image (.sgi)
• TrueVision TARGA (*.tga)
• TIFF (*.tif) (RGB, RGBA with alpha-channel transparency)
• Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7 supports Fax TIFF files (black and white images). Multi-page faxes will be imported in Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7 as multiple pages; Mac or PC byte order TIFF files; TIFF files with layers and transparency (if saved from Photoshop, the same blend modes apply as for PSD files); JPEG in TIFF (transparency is not possible in this case).
• X Windows 2 color (*.xbm)
• X Windows 256 color (*.xpm)
• Wireless Bitmap Image (.wbmp). Black and white bitmap (1-bit) for mobile devices.
• RAW camera format (*.raw) List of supported camera models

EPS Import Formats

• Illustrator EPS (*.ai)
• Illustrator EPS (*.eps)
• CorelDraw 3 & 4 EPS (*.eps)
• Freehand 3.0 EPS (*.eps)
• Photoshop EPS (*eps) (for importing files from Photoshop into Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7 use PSD files instead of EPS files for best results).

Other import formats

• Xara Studio (*.art)
• Xara Webster files (*.web)
• Acorn Draw (*.aff)
• CorelDraw (3, 4 & 5) (*.cdr)
• CorelDraw Template (*.cdt)
• Corel CMX 5 & 6 (*.cmx)
• Acorn Draw (*.drw)
• Graphics on HTML pages (*.htm)
• Windows Metafile 16-bit (*.wmf)
• Enhanced Windows Metafile (*.emf / *.wmf)
• Text (*.rtf)
• Format for internal use by Xara (*.wix)

Palette import formats

• CorelDRAW Palette (*.cpl)
• CorelDRAW Palette (*.pal)
• Microsoft Palette (*.pal)
• PaintShop Pro palette (*.pal)
• Adobe Color Tables (*.act)
• Adobe Color-Swatch Standard Color Fields (*.aco)

Export formats

• Windows Bitmap (*.bmp)
• DCX (*.dcx)
• PCX Format (*.pcx)CompuServe GIF (*.gif)
• Animated GIF files (*.gif)
• JPEG + JPEG2000 (*.jpg)
• PDF Portable Document Format (*.pdf)
• Photoshop (*.psd)
• UNIX monochrome (*.pbm)
• PhotoCD (*.PCD)
• PICT (*.pct)
• PNG (*.png)
• Sun Raster (*.ras)
• TrueVision TARGA (*.tga)
• TIFF (*.tif) (RGB)
• EPS export formats
• Illustrator EPS (*.ai)
• Illustrator EPS (*.eps)
• Xara Xtreme EPS (*.eps)

Other export formats

• AVI animation (.avi) – animation documents
• CorelXARA (*.xar)
• Xara Webster files (*.web)
• Windows Metafile (*.wmf)
• Enhanced Windows Metafile (*.emf / *.wmf)
• Corel CMX 5 & 6 (*.cmx)
• Image map (*.htm)
• Flash (.swf) animated Flash files or single frames
• Rich Text Format (*.rtf)
• Scalable Internet Vector Graphic (*.svg)
• Format for internal use by Xara (*.wix)