Graphic design software is everywhere — often
expensive. Free utilities are great, but 'workhorse' software
can be pricey.
FREE trials give
you the opportunity to test graphics software to ensure a good fit with your
other programs,
and to get a feel for the program before committing hard-earned money to it.
Some software packages here are "Recommended"
because they have proven themselves. As you navigate the Tactical Graphic
Design website you will see many examples of what can be produced with these
packages — particularly Xara X in combination with Adobe Photoshop
— and Xara Menu Maker forthe java menus that allow you to move
around this site!
Smaller, more home-user-type software is available
here as well for those of you who just want to dabble with the odd project.
Professional artists, however, will want to explore the power of Xara ...
Paul Jacobsen learned his lesson ... now it's your turn!
Recommended Products
This designation is only assigned where
the product is used and therefore tested by Tactical Graphic Design.
Other products
represented here that are not designated are offered on the basis that
they are provided by reputable and trusted manufacturers and/or sources,
and are therefore deemed credible and of value to the end-user.
Tactical Graphic Design uses software from
Xara Ltd.
(pronounced " Zara ") to produce graphics for both print and
web applications, menus and certain effects. Major graphic work is done in
Xara X, the company's flagship product. Xara X is a light-system-load
package that nimbly handles both vector and bitmap images and combines them
with lightening speed. To try a fully functioning trial copy of
Xara X1 FREE just
click the image below.
Xara Ltd. offers downloadable free-trials for many
of their products which can be accessed on this page. Simply click the product
icon to learn more about these tools and then download them for a test-drive!
For other examples of artwork created with Xara please
go to www.xaraxone.comwhere you
can peruse the galleries and read tutorials by Xara's expert users!
Just Released!! XARA X1
PhotoShop Users:
Xara is very smooth with PSD files!
Create professional,
high-quality NavBars & DHTML menus at the click of a button. Xara Menu
Maker takes the mystery out of dynamic hierarchical menus and lets literally
anyone create cool and clever DHTML menus with classic graphical NavBars.
Xara Webstyle 4
Web graphics and photos made easy
Whether you're a time-pressed designer
or a complete novice, you can create professional-quality graphics and
photos for the web with just the click of a button.
Webstyle's customizable professionally-designed templates give you almost
limitless possibilities, from button bars and banner ads to photo albums
and complete page layouts.
Xara 3D
Number 1 for 3D text & graphics
Xara3D is so simple to use, literally
anyone can produce high quality 3D graphics in minutes.
Both professional web graphic designers and home computer users choose
Xara3D to make buttons, animated gifs, banner graphics and titles
for web pages and presentations.
Buy Fonts
Download the exact fonts
as you need them
The affordable and quick way
to buy fonts for Windows PCs (please note that these fonts are
not suitable for the Macintosh). With most font collections, you
have to buy a lot of fonts you never use, but with BuyFonts.com
you only pay for the individual fonts you actually want, so you
save money. Once you've purchased a font you can download it and
start using it right away.
Xara ScreenMaker 3D
Create 3D Screensavers in seconds
A 3D screensaver maker that's fast,
fun and easy to use. Create animated 3D text message screensavers with
your own personalized message. Or put any images of your choice onto the
sides of a 3D, tumbling cubes screensaver - ScreenMaker 3D accepts a wide
variety of image formats, even AVI movies.
It's the perfect way to share messages or images with friends, family
or colleagues - from family photo screensavers to business screensavers
with corporate logos.
And Xara's 3D Heading Maker
The Xara3D Heading Maker is a FREE
interactive online application
that allows visitors to your web site to make their own 3D text-based
graphics dynamically - and then save them as well.
Xara Add-In Modules
Effect and utility modules you can subscribe to for
as long as you need them!
A collection of 15 of the most popular website add-ons, available for
a single low-cost subscription.
Includes:
Site Updater, News Release Publisher, FAQ Publisher,
TextMe, Feedback Form, Button Bar Maker, Heading Maker, Banner Ad Maker,
Photo Gallery, SmartPhoto, Bookflip, Spectrum, Message Scroller, Sliding
Messages, Spinning text.
For the webmaster who wants maximum flexibility. This includes premium
version of all 38 different add-ons types, including all our custom graphics
makers, the advanced 'build-your-own' Data Manager Modules, our unique SMS
Modules, File Protect add-ons, and well, just about everything.
For the professional webmaster these add-ons not only enable you to create
enhanced websites, but do so in a fraction of the time it would take using
any other solution.
Includes:
Site Updater, File Protect, News Release Publisher,
FAQ Publisher, TextMe, Feedback Form, Button Bar Maker, Heading, Banner
Ad, Button, Bullet and Divider Makers, Photo Gallery, SmartPhoto, these
animated photo effects (BookFlip, Cross Fade, Slide Show, Snow, Spectrum,
Droplets, Magnifying Lens, Shake & Shimmer, Rippling Reflection) these
animated text effects (Message Scroller, Horizontal Marquee, Message Presenter,
Sliding Messages, Speedy Messages, Typewriter Text, Spinning Text), these
Connectable Modules (Form, Mailer, Database, Reader & Writer, Reporter)
and the SMS Modules (Web2SMS and SMS2Web)
Selected artwork now available on
merchandise ...
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