One of the tools available to users of Xara product is the ability to convert a bitmap image (that includes jpg, png, and many other formats) into a contone image. A contone image is one that uses a continuous flowing tone from one color (usually light in color) to another (usually dark in color). This function lets you create black and white and sepia photographs very easily but also gives you a much wider tool set. What you create with this tool is limited by your imagination.
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