Xara Photo & Graphic Designer originally made its name as a supreme illustration software title. Even though we have added many photo, web and page layout tools over the years, it still maintains its popularity among illustrators, as you can see from some of the awesome work on display in the Xara Gallery.

The key to its popularity is its speed, ease of use, uncluttered user interface and the intuitive design of its illustration and design tools. For example the interactive nature of all its tools, the use of drag & drop and solid object drawing and dragging all make experimentation both quick and easy.
 
Xara was a pioneer of vector transparency and still offers unique advantages such as graduated transparency, but even so recent versions have continued to add significant developments such as the flexible new Art Brushes in the Freehand Tool, and integrated support for Google Fonts and Font Awesome symbols & icons. Many of the other individual tools remain best of class, for example shadow, feather, fill, blend and 3D extrude.