Xara Xtreme's great Live Effects tool allows Photoshop and Xara plug-in effects to be applied to both photos and vector graphics, opening up a huge range of special graphical effects. What's more if these are modern 'scriptable' plug-ins, then you can still edit the vector shape (or text) and the effects are automatically updated. We have included more than 35 such scriptable plug-ins from Magix with Xtreme and Xtreme Pro, plus the 17 plug-ins listed below from Alien Skin, AV Bros., Redfield and Mehdi. We have also negotiated some significant discounts on some of the best commercially available plug-ins.

Free with Xara Xtreme and Xara Xtreme Pro

Simply click on the plug-in name to see a preview of these plug-ins included free with Xtreme and Xtreme Pro. The Alien Skin plug-ins come from the Xenofex and Eye Candy collections (sold by Alien Skin for $129) and the Page Curl 2.0 plug-in is normally sold by Av Bros. for $29.

	From Eye Candy 4000 \| See complete collection Chrome The Chrome plug-in uses reflection maps to create a wide range of strikingly realistic metallic effects, including gold, silver, copper and other metals. Reflection maps are uncompressed TIFF files that are warped around your selection to create the reflections similar to those seen on actual metal objects. You can create your own TIFF files to use as reflection maps, or use one of the variety of reflection maps we have included with Chrome. The new Bevel Profile Editor provides precise control over placement of the effect. Melt The Melt plug-in turns up the heat on any image, creating the appearance of melting, including the pooling of the selection at the bottom of the melted area. Sliders also control ripple width and stretch length. Swirl The Swirl plug-in smears your selection using randomly-placed whirlpools. The spacing and shape of these whirlpools can be controlled to achieve an amazing variety of texture effects, from spirals to crystalline effects and more. From Xenofex 2 \| See complete collection Classic Mosaic Classic Mosaic converts any image into a realistic tiled mosaic. Classic Mosaic is particularly effective because of its edge detecting features. Crumple Crumple simulates the result of balling up of a flat object, such as a piece of paper, and then flattening it back out. Crumple works great on entire images and discrete objects, such as text. Television Television makes images appear as if they were displayed on an old television, display device, or computer monitor. A wide range of video-like distortions are possible. Using the monochrome screen option can be used to simulate old computer monitors, for example.

	Craquelure 3D Craquelure 3D creates a wide range of well known craquelure (krakloor�) effects. The plug-in is useful in designing various abstract patterns, decorative surfaces and construction materials. Two independent craquelure layers can be controlled to achieve an amazing variety of texture effects, from etched metal and silk plaster to melted glass and water ripples. Random settings generator helps you to quickly and easily produce unlimited variations of craquelured surfaces. Water Ripples This highly realistic water ripples effect designer has numerous options as well as an impressive 3D quality. The random settings generator produces unlimited variations of rippled surfaces. Seamless Workshop Seamless Workshop composes seamless tile from any image. Also, a "surrealistic modification" of a picture can be produced. It is a powerful tool for texture creators, and a helpful toy for graphic designers. An advanced tileable algorithm is used. The unique 'Seamless Blur' effect can be useful for any available tileable pattern. Lattice Composer Lattice Composer effectively designs grids and nettings. It produces a variety of weave patterns, fabric textures, body art tattoos and skeleton simulations. The 3D text effects are extraordinary. Jama 3D Jama 3D is the simplest way to create corrugated and cellular like patterns from 2D images. You can easily make various kind of bricks and herring bones textures.

	Page Curl 2.0 for Xara This is an all new version of the popular Page Curl 1.2 plug-in from AV Bros., written specifically for Xara, offering a new and greatly improved engine, the original very realistic turning page effect (Page Curl) and a new folding page effect (Page Fold).

	Eraser Classic Eraser classic allows to erase easily a given color. A typical use: activate the eyedropper, select the color directly in the preview window, and adjust tolerance. Fur This plugin allow to realize "fur" textures. You can modify the density and the length of hairs. Grain Natural 2 Grain Natural allows to generate grains of variable size. This plugin exploits colors already present in the image to achieve a "natural" result. NB: Grain natural is suitable particularly for images with strong contrast. HSL Plus HSL Plus is similar to the traditional hue/saturation/luminosity balance, but with some "Plus": A better color integrity, especially for the luminosity. A better control of the luminosity, notably the possibility of modifying contrast. The possibility of making an automatic contrast (due to the Auto button) then of re-adjusting. Three Out of Gamut Clipping methods Melt 1.1 This plugin allows to deform image, by waves. Size, intensity, and aspect ratio of waves are customizable.