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thanks acorn

it is good to know v20 is getting updates.. maybe next time; the error is very inconvenient

good to know, thanks :)

it does not appear to have fixed the stacking order bug with ctrl+B ctrl+F though, as per here:

https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?87899-bug-stack-order
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daniel's suggestion of checking your ALT key was a good one, worth doing just in case...

did you read my last post ?

ok

I think you need :

smart transform off, and dont use alt key

OR

smart transform on, and use alt key

ie here: https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?88290-Update-service&p=660920#post660920

Magix no longer has any involvement in xara software - end of story

Your version 19 cannot no longer be updated - end of story

there will be no update service for your version, once your...

are you saying it is simply a resizing problem?

do you have aspect ratio lock on ?

if it is an image you can make a bitmap copy, at the same resolution, and that will fix your changes

the only way to avoid the issue completely is to use an earlier version from before they were...

I have great admiration for ernie-f, I have neither his skill,nor, his patience

xara's shape tool is way better than afinity designer in the way that it enables you to drag out line segments and...

that was a simplistic example, and besides what if you do not want a raindrop profiled eyelash...

either you get it or you don't, no problem to me if it is the latter; the very fact that Gare...

egg:

take a short line, of fixed weight which it has to be in xara, made with the line tool - then imagine just a quick drag on the end with the mouse/pen to bring it immediately to needle point -...

not really sure how brushes crept into this thread - sure you can use the tool to make a profiled line and make a brush from that, but it is the making of a profiled line that it is for; design it on...

from my perspective, if I were to ask it would be both as they both have their uses...

no need to be sorry acorn and I was not getting at you

long time ago everone said how quick xara was and how it was not bloatware; I don't see it that way any more, in fact the more I learn the...

draw cartoon line art in constant weight line and then scultpt them into profiles is what I do [actually in painttool-sai] - it is very quick and it gives smoother lines than handrawn pressure...

it's only in AD beta at the moment and currently that is rather flakey; but it looks good so far, as good as illustrator if not better; the line profiling tool is clunky in comparison but even that...

can't speak for CC, but when i squish i do it on the fly until it 'looks right' by just moving the one handle; anything more complicated is not going to cut it

but croping is not what the OP wants to do, he just wants to squish and as you said, smart transform off for that... your second image is another question...

I agree with what has been said in as much as the yellow is overpowering and the alarm in the picture is just not crisp and clear enough; not sure you can do a lot about that with the image you have,...

I did wonder....

not all changes can be saved in a default template

you may have better luck using a default style - but I don't use these, but if they do I'm sure another member will help out...

you are welcome

xara is a great app for vector art contruction with shapes, and for basic compositiing tasks

and then again, maybe not ;)

paintstorm studio looks interesting... rebelle looks more like artrage or corel painter, not that you can tell for sure without trying...