Xara 3D Maker

Creation and import:

- any TrueType font installed in the system can be used in the header text;

- full control over the text, including alignment, index, line spacing, etc., for both individual characters and the entire selection;

- Creation of non-text headers by importing 2D graphics, Windows files (WMF and EMF) or CorelXARA / Webster files (XAR and WEB);

- Complete smoothing for the best display quality on the screen.

Editing and applying special effects:

- interactive control over the depth of 3D extrusion;

- Real-time 3D positioning around three axes;

- you can select text areas and apply different attributes to them, such as tilt, color, font, textures, animation, etc;

- The Style Picker tool allows you to easily capture any or all of the settings in one image and apply them to other objects;

- interactive, easy-to-use lighting control;

- Flexible interactive control over the color and/or textures of each part of the image and background;

- Textures can be scaled, rotated and colored;

- Images can be displayed with front and back chamfering, or can be hollowed out;

- the images can be either matte or shiny;

- Images can have soft shadows, and an intuitive interface makes it easy to change shadow blur, transparency and color;

Animation:

- Various image animation options such as Rotate, Fade, Pulsate, Step, Fade and Swing;

- The Animation Picker tool makes it easy to copy animation settings from one image to another;

- Use different animations for individual characters or parts of text;

- The number of frames, direction of rotation, speed, pause, etc., can be selected using simple controls;

- the light and text can be rotated separately;

- is perfect for creating animated buttons.

Export of results:

- output to JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG (including full alpha channel PNG), ICO (icons), CUR (cursor), animated GIF, AVI and SWF (vector and raster);

- any 3D animation can be exported as a screen saver;

- background transparency option;

- Reduced color and optimized palette for maximum quality with the smallest file size (ideal for web pages and presentations);

- full control over the size of the image.

And a lot of other possibilities...