<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Now if they would just introduce vector feathering in Draw, life would really be simpler <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

It's staggering that Xara X has had this since version 9 of Draw was around, Illustrator too, yet they still refuse to add it three Draw versions later.
This is one of the reasons I'm still using version 9.

One point worth making however, this is not a vector effect. Feathering basically creates a bitmap, controlled by a transparent path. If you could apply drop shadows to objects without any fill or outline color you would have a feathering tool. Which means most of the code is already there.
Of course, as a bitmap, powerclipping into the feathered object wouldn't be possible.

Sark