create graphics (3 products)

Webstyle 4 (Shareware, $69)

A quick and easy way to produce quality graphics webpages, photo albums and photos for the web - no skill required Create graphics by simply customizing the professionally designed templates, including animated banner ads, button bars and DHTML menus, headings, web page backgrounds and even complete themed page layouts. And because the templates are vector graphics there is NO loss of quality. Webstyle 4 also includes one of the quickest photo editors available, auto thumbnail creation, PLUS seamless integration with Dreamweaver and FrontPage. All customers receive a CD which contains the software, over 1600 fully editable templates, tutorial movies and a collection of TrueType fonts. Download the 15 day trial and you can still use the photo editor free at the end of the trial period.

Xara X¹ 1.1 DL (Shareware, $179)

Producing vector illustrations is quick and easy using the comprehensive drawing tools, but many of the advanced features which Xara pioneered - such as transparency and real-time anti-aliasing - can be applied to both vector and bitmap images. Rather than falling into the bloatware trap that is common with graphics products, Xara has concentrated on creating the world's best implementation of the essential toolset that designers really need, in order to ensure that working with Xara X can be both highly creative and very productive. As well as all the drawing tools you would expect, Xara X offers options such as automated shadows, bevels and contours, pressure sensitive brush stroking, multi-stage graduated fills and feathering.

Xara X¹ 1.1d DL (Shareware, $179.00)

Xara X is an advanced graphic illustration package for Windows, that offers unrivaled redraw speed and a user interface which other developers have tried to imitate, but never matched. Producing vector illustrations is quick and easy using the comprehensive drawing tools, but many of the advanced features which Xara pioneered - such as transparency and real-time anti-aliasing - can be applied to both vector and bitmap images.