List of Supported File Formats

List of Import formats

List of Export formats

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Import formats

It important that you use the three letter file extensions listed below when you load files into Xara LX.

Bitmap Import Formats

.301 Brook Trout

.BMP Windows Bitmap

.CAL CALS (2 color)

.CUT Halo CUT (256 color)

.DCX DCX

.GIF Graphics Interchange Format (see Importing transparent bitmap files)

.GX2 Storyboard

.ICA IOCA (2 color)

.ICO Microsoft Windows Icon (16 color)

.IFF Amiga IFF

.IMG IMG (16 color)

.JPG JPEG

.KFX KOFAX

.LV LaserView (2 color)

.MAC MacPaint (2 color)

.MSP Microsoft Paint (2 color)

.PCD PhotoCD

.PCT PICT

.PCX PCX Paintbrush

.PBM UNIX monochrome

.PGM UNIX grayscale

.PNG PNG (see Importing transparent bitmap files)

.PPM UNIX color (up to 24 bit)

.PSD Photoshop

.RAS Sun Raster

.TGA TrueVision TARGA

.TIF TIFF (RGB, RGBA with alpha-channel transparency & CMYK)

.WPG Word Perfect Group (256 color)

.XBM X Windows (2 color)

.XPM X Windows (256 color)

EPS Import Formats

.AI Illustrator EPS

.EPS Illustrator EPS

.EPS CorelDRAW 3 & 4 EPS

.EPS FreeHand 3.0 EPS

Xara LX cannot import Photoshop EPS files; use PSD files instead.

Other Import Formats

.ART Xara Studio

.WEB Xara Webster
files

.AFF Acorn Draw

.CDR CorelDRAW (3,4 & 5) (see Importing CDR files)

.CDT CorelDRAW Template

.CMX Corel CMX 5 & 6 (see Importing CMX files)

.DRW Acorn Draw

.HTM Graphics on HTML pages

.WMF Windows Metafile

.WIX For internal use by Xara

Palette Import Formats

.CPL CorelDRAW Palette

.PAL CorelDRAW Palette

.PAL Microsoft Palette

.PAL PaintShop Pro Palette

.ACT Adobe Color Table

.ACO Adobe Color Swatch

For information on how to import palettes, see Importing colors and palettes.

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Export formats

Bitmap Export Formats

.BMP Windows Bitmap (see Creating BMP files)

.DCX DCX (see Creating DCX files)

.PCX PCX (see Creating PCX files)

.GIF CompuServe GIF (see Creating GIF files)

.GIF Animated GIF files (see Creating animated GIF files)

.JPG JPEG (see Creating JPEG files)

.PDF Portable Document Format (see Creating PDF files)

.PCT PICT (see Creating PICT files)

.PNG PNG (see Creating PNG files)

.RAS Sun Raster (see Creating RAS files)

.TGA TrueVision TARGA (see Creating TARGA files)

.TIF TIFF (RGB) (see Creating TIFF files)

.WPG Word Perfect Group (256 color) (see Creating WPG files)

EPS Export Formats

.AI Illustrator EPS

.EPS Illustrator EPS

.EPS Xara LX EPS (see Xara LX EPS Overview)

Other Export Formats

.XAR CorelXARA

.WEB Xara Webster
files (see Creating Xara WEB files)

.WMF Windows Metafile (see Exporting Windows Metafiles)

.EMF Enhanced Windows Metafile (see Exporting Windows Metafiles)

.CMX Corel CMX 5 & 6 (see Exporting CMX files)

.HTM Image map

.SWF Macromedia Flash (see Exporting Macromedia Flash files)

.WIX For internal use by Xara