I've been experimenting with brush strokes in XaraX 1a using a pressure sensitive pen. This release is the best yet with lots of fixes to irritating little bugs. Congratulations to the Xara team on this one.
The lines in the attached drawing show three problems related to using a graphics tablet and pressure sensitive pen. I would be grateful for any feedback on solutions. In each case a line is drawn, starting with low pressure (thin, light line) and ending with high pressure (thick, heavy line). When text or a bevel is applied to the line it follows the shape of the thickest part of the line rather than following the taper. The third line shows the links of the chain to become correctly smaller with lower pressure. However, each element of the chain remains centred in the same location, causing the chain to "break". Is there anyway to make the scaling reflect position as well as size? The potential for 3-d effects by combining floor shadow and brush strokes (line 3) is a really nice feature of XaraX.