In the examples show here, I started with two identical 6-pointed star shapes and applied the Chrome Liquid Metal effect from Alien Skin Eye Candy: Impact. For the second star I reduced the number of points to 5 and rotated it. The effect was immediately updated. Next I duplicated that star for the third one. I added curvature to the star, and was also able to edit the Chrome effect to reduce the amount of bevel. So not only can you edit the shape, you can also edit the effect without starting over from scratch. Live effects also work with text so you can edit your text without re-applying the plugin effect.
Xtreme comes with several plug-ins, and Live Effects is compatible with many newer 'scriptable' plug-ins such as those from Alien Skin, AV Bros., and others. You can find a list of compatible plugins on the Xara site. I found it worked with many of the plugins I already had.
