<s>
Xara	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
Pro+	I-Application
is	O
an	O
image	B-Application
editing	I-Application
program	I-Application
incorporating	O
photo	O
editing	O
and	O
vector	O
illustration	O
tools	O
created	O
by	O
British	O
software	O
company	O
Xara	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xara	B-Application
Xtreme	I-Application
LX	I-Application
was	O
an	O
early	O
open	O
source	O
version	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
version	O
was	O
previously	O
sold	O
under	O
the	O
names	O
Xara	O
Studio	O
,	O
Xara	B-Application
X	I-Application
and	O
Xara	B-Application
Xtreme	I-Application
,	O
and	O
traces	O
its	O
origin	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
to	O
a	O
title	O
called	O
ArtWorks	B-Device
for	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Archimedes	I-Device
line	O
of	O
computers	O
using	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
pro	O
version	O
called	O
Xara	O
Designer	O
Pro	O
(	O
formerly	O
Xara	B-Application
Xtreme	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
commercial	O
version	O
of	O
Xara	B-Application
Photo	I-Application
&	I-Application
Graphic	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
runs	O
only	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
although	O
Xara	O
documents	O
can	O
be	O
edited	O
in	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
on	O
any	O
platform	O
using	O
the	O
Xara	O
Cloud	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
up	O
to	O
4.x	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
using	O
Wine	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ArtWorks	B-Device
,	O
the	O
predecessor	O
of	O
Xara	B-Application
Photo	I-Application
&	I-Application
Graphic	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
,	O
was	O
developed	O
on	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Archimedes	I-Device
and	O
Risc	B-Device
PC	I-Device
32-bit	O
RISC	B-Architecture
computers	O
running	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
by	O
Computer	O
Concepts	O
Ltd	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
developed	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
was	O
initially	O
called	O
Xara	O
Studio	O
,	O
but	O
before	O
wide-scale	O
public	O
availability	O
it	O
was	O
licensed	O
to	O
Corel	O
Corporation	O
,	O
and	O
from	O
1995	O
to	O
2000	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
CorelXARA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Xara	B-Application
X	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
2000	O
directly	O
by	O
its	O
original	O
owner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xara	B-Application
Xtreme	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2005	O
,	O
The	O
Xara	O
Group	O
,	O
Ltd	O
.	O
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
open	B-Application
the	I-Application
source	I-Application
of	O
Xara	B-Application
Xtreme	I-Application
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
and	O
to	O
seek	O
community	O
help	O
in	O
porting	O
it	O
over	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2006	O
,	O
an	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
Xara	B-Application
Xtreme	I-Application
,	O
Xara	B-Application
Xtreme	I-Application
PRO	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2007	O
,	O
Xara	B-Application
Xtreme	I-Application
3.2	O
and	O
Xtreme	O
Pro	O
3.2	O
were	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2008	O
,	O
Xara	B-Application
Xtreme	I-Application
4.0	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Major	O
features	O
include	O
extended	O
text-area	O
handling	O
,	O
tighter	O
integration	O
of	O
bitmap	O
handling	O
and	O
HTML	B-Language
export	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2009	O
,	O
Xara	B-Application
Xtreme	I-Application
and	O
Xara	B-Application
Xtreme	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
5.1	O
were	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
included	O
more	O
text-area	O
enhancements	O
,	O
content-aware	B-Algorithm
scaling	I-Algorithm
of	O
bitmap	O
images	O
,	O
improved	O
file	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
,	O
Master	O
page	O
(	O
repeated	O
)	O
objects	O
,	O
an	O
Object	O
Gallery	O
(	O
replacing	O
the	O
Layer	O
Gallery	O
)	O
,	O
website	O
creation	O
tools	O
,	O
and	O
multi-stage	O
graduated	O
transparency	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
Xara	B-Application
Photo	I-Application
&	I-Application
Graphic	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
6	O
and	O
Xara	O
Designer	O
Pro	O
6	O
were	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2011	O
,	O
Xara	B-Application
Photo	I-Application
&	I-Application
Graphic	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
7	O
and	O
Xara	O
Designer	O
Pro	O
7	O
were	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
Xara	B-Application
Photo	I-Application
&	I-Application
Graphic	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
2013	O
and	O
Xara	O
Designer	O
Pro	O
X	O
(	O
v8	O
)	O
were	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
Xara	B-Application
Photo	I-Application
&	I-Application
Graphic	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
9	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2014	O
(	O
16	O
July	O
)	O
,	O
Xara	B-Application
Photo	I-Application
&	I-Application
Graphic	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
10	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2015	O
(	O
29	O
June	O
)	O
,	O
Xara	B-Application
Photo	I-Application
&	I-Application
Graphic	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
11	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Update	O
Service	O
updates	O
were	O
in	O
May	O
2016	O
for	O
Xara	B-Application
Photo	I-Application
&	I-Application
Graphic	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
and	O
July	O
2016	O
for	O
Xara	O
Designer	O
Pro	O
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xara	B-Application
Photo	I-Application
&	I-Application
Graphic	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
is	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
usability	O
and	O
fast	O
renderer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
a	O
fully	O
anti-aliased	B-Algorithm
display	O
,	O
advanced	O
gradient	O
fill	O
,	O
and	O
transparency	B-Algorithm
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
vector	O
editors	O
,	O
Xara	B-Application
Photo	I-Application
&	I-Application
Graphic	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
is	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
fairly	O
easy	O
to	O
learn	O
,	O
with	O
similarities	O
to	O
CorelDRAW	B-Application
and	O
Inkscape	B-Application
in	O
terms	O
of	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alongside	O
the	O
vector	O
illustration	O
tools	O
,	O
Xara	B-Application
Photo	I-Application
&	I-Application
Graphic	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
also	O
includes	O
an	O
integrated	O
photo	O
tool	O
offering	O
manual	O
and	O
automatic	O
photo	O
enhance	O
,	O
cropping	O
,	O
adjustment	O
of	O
brightness	O
levels	O
,	O
red-eye	O
fix	O
,	O
'	O
magic	O
 '	O
erase	O
,	O
photo	O
healing	O
,	O
color	O
and	O
background	O
erase	O
,	O
panoramas	O
and	O
content	O
aware	O
resizing	O
.	O
</s>
