Xara Flare Open Vector File Format is a format that was introduced in 1997 by XARA to compete with the
Macromedia Flash Macromedia Flash may refer to:
*Adobe Animate, a multimedia authoring and computer animation program formerly known as ''Macromedia Flash''
*Adobe Flash
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format. The format was open and developers could export from their products to this format, royalty free and without the need of any permission. The key characteristic and design goal was for a file format that was very compact for fast download over the internet. It supports a rich set of
vector graphic
Vector graphics is a form of computer graphics in which visual images are created directly from geometric shapes defined on a Cartesian plane, such as points, lines, curves and polygons. The associated mechanisms may include vector display a ...
primitives including a wide variety of graduated shading and graduated
transparency.
The Xara Flare format was also the native file format used in the
Xara X vector graphics
Vector graphics is a form of computer graphics in which visual images are created directly from geometric shapes defined on a Cartesian plane, such as points, lines, curves and polygons. The associated mechanisms may include vector display ...
software. In 2004, it was updated and renamed the Xar file format.
References
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External links
Xara Flare Format Specification
Graphics file formats