Expected but it sucks.

Xara products have been and still are a part of Magix video products, Video Pro X, Magix Movie Studio and PhotoStory. The current version has a couple of bugs in the interface between the two products making what should be and was, at one time, a fantastic feature not available with most other video editing programs.

Part of this bug has been there for several years now and my requests to fix it have fallen on deaf ears. I want these fixed, then Xara can go away - no need for further updates.

It is not clear if there will be any more updates to the desktop version from Xara itself and I am one who does not want a subscription to a program such as this and I do not like or want to use a Cloud-based program.

The Xara program always came from Xara, Magix just marketed and sold it. Xara has gone in a different direction and, as far as I can see, its development no longer has any relevance to the Magix line of products. Magix is not in the web design or brochure or document making business and that is where Xara has gone. Magix makes audio-video products and the synergy is no longer there.

If I was Magix, I would rebrand Xara Photo & Graphics Designer as Magix Graphics. No need for any updating except to fix bugs. And, I would change the old PhotoDesigner 7 for what was Xara, at least for VPX, and fix the aforementioned bugs.

John CB

Last time I opened a discussion about this topic, the admin here locked it. All the best to Magix and Xara. It would have been good to have heard this from the horses mouth but no! we had to wait over a year for an upgrade and learn of this from a user. Magix should stop selling this product right away.

@Crazywabbit The product still works mostly fine, even without updates. Other companies also sell software that hasn't been updated in over a decade.

That is good for some but not for my needs. Regardless Magix should write on the product page that this is the final version. New users assume there will be updates and after Magix gets its money the user is left stranded.

@Crazywabbit The last update was in February. There are usually just one or two updates per year plus changes to the content catalogue. So not much has changed.

I just updated from v18 to v19, before reading this discussion, and find that the incremental update will not install - and my one year of updates is not likely to amount to much even if the updates will download and install. I think I will see if I can get my money back.

@apbliv You need to download and install version 19 from scratch. You cannot update version 18 to 19. After that make sure you make a backup of the complete content catalogue, so you'll have it forever even after your version 19 update plan runs out.

@SP thanks for the reply. I did that because I have a new laptop, and after installing 18 on it discovered I could not update it to 18.x, so I paid for an update to 19, which I downloaded and installed. 19 tells me there is an update, but it will not download and install it. Various online content catalogue widgets in 19 tell me I need to update to WD+ or WD Pro. I've used Xara WD for over 10 years, but that is it now. I have got my WordPress system out and will convert to that.

@apbliv This sounds like your firewall or antivirus deletes the update as soon as it has been downloaded.

A fast solution could be to disable the firewall or antivirus software temporarily. Then try to download the update again. Re-enable the firewall or antivirus software after you're done.

My question is, why Magix selling v19 when there will never be updates available?

@Crazywabbit Why not? It still working and functional. Magix also still sells MP3 Deluxe 19 which wasn't updated since 2016 if I remember it correctly.

Then they should take out the part that says (* One full year of access to the Online Content Catalog. ** With the Update Service you will receive one full year of new features and updates for free

@Crazywabbit The last update was in February 2023. There are usually one or two updates per year, so the claim is still valid, at least until February 2024.

Everything is gone:

https://www.magix.com/int/support/magix-discontinues-xara-distribution/

LOL, told you guys so. 😂

I can't open my web designer premium 19, I click the Icon on my desktop and nothing happens

@JOE-MATTIOLI

Hi,

Did you try opening it from the Windows programs menu?

John CB