Xara3D 6 - The number 1 tool for creating stunning, professional-quality 3D web graphics

Xara3D is so simple to use, literally anyone can produce high quality 3D graphics in minutes.

Both professional web designers and home users choose Xara3D to make still and animated 3D text and graphics, such as logos, titles, headings and buttons.

3D graphics and animations are the perfect way to add impact to your site - and we guarantee there’s no easier way to create them than Xara3D!

3D Graphics made Easy

With Xara3D’s clean design, intuitive tools, interactive editing (just drag on the image to change the position, the extrude or bevel) and ready made styles, you will create your first 3D graphics in minutes.

Whatever 3D graphics you need

Ideal for onscreen 3D graphics or animations (AVIs or animated GIFs), wherever you need to catch your visitor’s attention - headings and titles, logos and buttons, sales and offer notices. Perfect for web pages, mailshots, newsletters, e-cards and presentations. And any animation can even be saved as a screensaver.

Quality Graphics

Xara has pioneered technology to create the highest quality onscreen results, with compact file sizes - ideal for web pages and presentations.

Xara 3D Features

Traditional 3D programs are notoriously difficult to use and understand. Not so Xara3D. Unlike much modern 'bloatware' that offers more features than are ever likely to be used, and take an age to learn and understand, Xara3D has been created to perform one job, and performs that job with style, speed, and slick simplicity.

Xara3D Testimonials

"Hi Guys! Just to let you know we received the 3D package and are well impressed with it.

Would also like to advise our appreciation of Xara's attitude to its customers and end users! Well done people! We thank you!"
- Linda R.

"Xara3D is so simple that I was publishing professional looking illustrated text within minutes of installation. My friends and colleagues were amazed at my new found tool. I love it and it was so inexpensive too. Thanks for making my work more of a joy."
- Jay Robare

"What an awesome program! It is so easy to use, even my youngest can do it, and loves to experiment with the different effects. I have noticed that the rendered text consistently saves to some of the clearest, smoothest image files that I have ever seen."
- Brigitte Walsh

Xara3D is solely designed to create the highest quality 3D text and graphics, such as logos, titles, headings and buttons. It's the perfect way to add impact to your web pages, mailshots and presentations (all images are fully anti-aliased for that smooth, professional quality). Xara3D can also create awesome 3D animations in seconds - GIFs, AVIs and simple Flash movie sequences - and you can even enhance your desktop by saving any animation as a screensaver!

Creating and Importing

Text headings can use any TrueType font. Nine fonts are included in the trial download and there are 60 on the CD. Simply select the font from the drop down menu and type away, you’ll create your first heading in seconds!
Full text control, including alignment, sub- & superscript, line spacing, tracking and kerning values for individual characters or over whole selections
Instant access to full character sets from within the text dialog
Create non-text headings by importing 2D graphics as Windows metafiles (WMF and EMF) or CorelXARA/Webster files (XAR and WEB) and extruding the outlines
An automatic design-making tool instantly converts any text heading into a button, board or board with holes
Full anti-aliasing for the best possible on-screen display quality.

Editing and Applying Special Effects

Interactive control over the 3D extrude depth - simply click and drag on the image
Unlimited undo makes experimentation easy
Real-time 3D positioning around three axes by simply dragging the image on screen
Areas of text can be selected, and different attributes such as bevel, color, fonts, textures, animation and text settings applied
The Style Picker allows you to easily grab any or all of the settings of one image and apply them to another
A total of 27 different bevel types with adjustable bevel size
Interactive, easy-to-use lighting controls (three adjustable light arrows which can be dragged on-screen)
Flexible interactive controls over the color and/or texture of every part of the image, and the background
A total of 37 textures are included in the download, and there are 400+ on the CD-ROM you receive when you purchase. You can also import your own GIF or PNG files
Textures can be scaled, rotated and colored
Images can be displayed with front and back faces, or can be made hollow
Images can be matt or shiny
Images can have a soft-edged shadow and an intuitive interface allows you to easily alter the shadow blur, transparency and color
Real-time solid shading with optional error-diffusion dithering for top quality results.

Animation

Images can be animated in many different ways (see examples), such as Rotate, Fade, Pulsate, Step, Fade and Swing, using a simple interface
The Animation Picker lets you easily copy the animation settings of one image to another
Apply different animations to individual characters or sections of text
Step-through multi-page animations of different images
The number of frames in a sequence, the rotation direction, the speed, pause and number of loops can all be selected through simple controls
An animation time line allows you to step through each frame, pause and export a single frame
Lights and text can be rotated separately
Great for creating animated buttons.

Exporting your results

Outputs JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG (including full PNG alpha channel), ICO (icon), CUR (cursor), animated GIF, AVI and SWF (vector and bitmap)
Any 3D animation can also be exported as a screensaver
Optional background transparency
Color reduction and palette-optimization for maximum quality with the smallest file size, ideal for web pages and presentations
Complete control over the image size, including a handy Fit To Width feature (with pixel size shown on screen).