Re: The controversial eraser tool
illustrator, inkscape, serifdrawplus all vector editors, all have erasers, this must say something I think, and I've championed it in the past - it would speed up certain operations, no doubt
but that said, as an artist myself not a designer, for 'stunningly organic workflow' I would not use a vector program
back in the day screen rendering in photoshop and the like was abysmal at most zoom settings, but now with the advances in openGL and graphics cards, you can zoom out to at least 12% and your drawing still renders clear at every turn of the mouse wheel
so one of the main reasons for using vector for me is no longer relevant - I can draw large pixel size and see it clearly at reduced size view as I draw, in most serious bitmap drawing programs
screen rendering times are catching up too given the power of today's computers
I can draw freehand in, say SAI, and colour with it's air brush, a lot faster than I can in xara not withstanding xara's excellent vector tools
Where a vector tool really scores is if you need precision in the CAD/design sense - if you don't need that kind of precision, and you can freehand draw for real, a raster solution can be every bit as good if not better
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