hi list
I wondering if the is a function to make instances of objects, means if I modify the main object the instances get changes also.
Thanks for any hints.
nos
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hi list
I wondering if the is a function to make instances of objects, means if I modify the main object the instances get changes also.
Thanks for any hints.
nos
On the Windows version there is. One can do fills, resizing that way.
I'm unsure if modification at the node/path level is done though, never really thought about it to do that before. Done it in 3D a lot, just never occurred to me to try it in a 2D program.
Inkscape already use this, this "effect" is called clones and make a great effect with clone tiles.
I cant wait for the 1.0 release of this one ^^'
No offense, but I've noticed several LX users mentioning Inkscape can do this or do that.
I have Inkscape and it is a neat program, but doesn't have nearly all the power that the Windows Xara Xtreme does. Plus the fact that SVG is hardly supported by browsers or many programs.
It might be a future development thing for Xara LX to import SVG and do a lot of things, but I think they just started on their Linux implementation and this is going to take some time.
The idea behind the Xara LX was to make it open source so that programmers of all kinds could add features they feel that is necessary.
Also, said by Xara on their Website is that some of the features accomplished in Xara LX will be done in future Windows Versions.
It may take awhile for the Linux version to catch up. But after it has caught up, it may well pass the Windows versions with features implemented by other programmers.
My advice is not to compare XaraLX and Inkscape as I'm sure it will raise the eyebrows and perhaps ire of the Xara programmers.
I think it's a healthly competition, both are open source, both can take and give a working tool, with some conversion of course, but coparing one with another isn't necessary is a critical about it, maybe is just a font of inspiration ^^
I'ts a good think about open source, there is no re-invention only a growing together role thing.
It sound poetic dont't ya? XD
I've used Linux before and know about it, actually used UNIX long ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andreh
I was trying to give helpful advice to a Xara LX user as suggested by one of the forum moderators in a post.
However, since my suggestions seem to fall on deaf ears I'll stick to the Windows side.
In fact, I might just stop giving any suggestions at all, too many 'yeah but this and that' people out there.
Woooo James chill out! Andreh has only pointed out that other programs do things in a different manner, sometimes better than Xara.
In the Windows/Mac world, Xara is up against Illustrator and Corel Draw. It would appear that in the Linux world it's bound to be compared to Inkscape.
All of the above programs have their strong & weak points (example: Corel Draw could create a 3D extrusion way back in version 2 or 3, Xara still hasn't this capability.)
Hopefully we're going to get more & more members visiting the forums via LX. Let's try to accommodate & educate them in things Xara, but more than anything else, let's welcome them.
Andreh,
Re your original question about instances of objects. No I don't believe this is possible in Xara, at least not as it's implemented in say Flash, were an edit of the root instance changes all the copies of the instance on stage.
Egg
Thanks for your support.Quote:
Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill
I used Linux when I was in business, I know what it's capable of doing.
Guess after 40 years being around computers, I'm just too full of it to hand out good advice.
Think I'll take a break from this forum.
My question???? I think you're a little confuse =]
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Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill
I was just explain my point of view, not sayng that I'm the lord of truth, if a moderator told you this, great, thanks for the advise, don't make this too serious.
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Originally Posted by jamesmc
hi all thanks for the hints, I respond to all msg's at once.
I guess that the importance of instances is related to the work one is doing. So doing web- and interfacedesing instances are important for example changing the design of layoutelements. In making freehand paintings it's probably not.
I guess that implementing instances is not a trivial task and can be realized be
simply add some additional code.
So it is probably a question of the concept where xaralx wants to go. But anyway, I use/like linux and inkscape and started to use xara from the day I coud safe my work for one project cause I need the link-color feature what inkscape cant do.
By the way some congrats to the devs of xaralx for there realy nice rapidly evolving linux version. It nice to install every day the newest version to see if there a feature more :D I could use
grz nos
hm, one nice thing could be if it would be possible to import xara documents into xara and keep them as a unit so they could be updated. I didnt have a windows box handy but I guess the cliparts which can be imported are xarafiles to. This may would be a starting point.
Instances, or live clones, or Flash...er whatevertheycallthem thingies will be done in Xara one of these days. The more people want a feature, the more likely it is to get done. Now the source code is available and open anyone can contribute features. So we hope features such as this will appear sooner rather than later.
For those who would program this instances feature, they could think to introduce them as objects inside Xara brushes so that any change applied to the master object is applied to its instances inside the brush.
kindly,
ivan (a long time ago "Brush Meister") ;-)
SVG is supported at least to some usable extent in both Firefox and Opera and there's a plug-in for Internet Explorer by both Adobe and Corel.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamesmc
Want some programs that support it? Other major vector apps, like Illustrator and CorelDraw support it quite well, afaik. So it would be pretty cool if Xara joined them :cool: . Nobody says it has to be done tonight (else it's probably just a troll).
The reason why many people compare Xara LX and Inkscape is that devs can try it out in a couple of minutes in Inkscape and see the difference, they don't have to pay anything for it and most of them probably has it installed anyway. They can even have a look at Inkscape's source code and see if it helps in any way (might not, depends on the code and part of the program part).
Some of them might not like it, especially after the n-th time someone brings it up, but that's one thing you have to have with end users - patience ;)
Just something I thought you might want to know :)
svg is on our to-do list.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slapo
Of course you don't have to pay for Inkscape. And neither do you have to pay for XaraLX.
I for one want to see svg export from Xara as it will give us a great opportunity to compare rendering speeds between the two engines.
Alex
Great :DQuote:
Originally Posted by abligh
Have I said something that made you think I think one has to pay for the GPL Linux version of Xara LX?Quote:
Originally Posted by abligh
I think more people are interested about on-screen redraw speed than in file export speed. Not that it would be negligible, but unless you have a fairly complex document, savings are usually pretty fast (at least on my PC ;) )Quote:
Originally Posted by abligh
Good point. It's clear to me that XaraLx is going to be in a class by itself when it comes to doing much of what many page designers do and wish to do. The 0.5 version is almost there. When 1.0 is comes out and has all the features of the Windows version it is nearly the only thing a web or single page graphic designer needs for production work.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamesmc
frank
Nope, sorry, I misread what you wrote.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slapo
No problem :)Quote:
Originally Posted by abligh