The team did a great job of making the art brushes 'fluid' and smooth; one in the eye for anyone who says you never listen [and for the doubting thomas handrawn who has been making an issue of this since the last decade]
So far I have only tried it on the laptop, and even on that [relative for graphics] slower computer it does very well - sometimes there is a delay in the rendering reaching full resolution [ie becoming 'sharp' rather than 'blurred'] but that has been mostly on opening an existing file, and this will be CPU dependant as well...
I like to draw fast - it's a real-time transfer of thought process to art, almost at a sub-concious level.. a bit of an antithesis to the usual vector/CAD approach, having to stop can unsettle this; maybe I could try slowing down a tad, or hopefully the win7/win10preview desktop which has far more CPU power will be better; I'll try that today - grouping, using layers, good advice; thing is for me reaching a point at which I can say to myself 'pause, take a breath, consolidate'
the switching issue is to shape editor, my bad [very sloppy terminology] - one example of it happening is when sketching a lot in a small area [building-up the line in a painterly sense]; double clicking is almost certain to happen every now and then, so thanks for picking up on that
Sorry - the 'control+A' problem mentioned came up a while back - it does not always select everything - I put up and example file and the problem was logged - basically some objects that are 'too far out' get left unselected - currently I am using an A0 page size for testing, so I'm zoomed way out, maybe that means it is less likely to happen, I don't know
thanks again to everyone
This looks pretty amazing. When is the Pro version coming out? I'm excited for that
I don't think the pictures in what's new do the features justice. You really should add short videos that demonstrate how the new tools work
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Do you think it's bad if Xara will have more compatibility with Photoshop? New transparency types have been on my wishlist. For all who combines Xara with Photoshop. It's an incredible facilitation.
Xara is incredibly convenient and fast for easy operations. But without Photoshop today is not enough.
Of course, I would like instead of the "web design" more graphical and typography tools. Sure. I always repeat. Xara has driven itself into a corner with a "web design" feature. Xara has more and more time to invest in the development of this feature. Today the market dozens of similar software and frameworks(many more professional as Xara).
But good graphics software can be counted on the fingers. Xara is still in the top ten. But already not in the top three.
sure - I have no problem with the new transparency types as such; just that, for me, not a reason to upgrade [because I would use PS anyway]; the only actual problem I had with this feature was with the removal of the old types, but Phil has very kindly pointed me in the direction of a work around for this, so I am happy
there are those I am sure who are scratching their heads and wondering what use 'art brushes' are.. now for me they are a reason to upgrade..
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ok - just been running the program on windows7 home [amd fx6300 six core 3.5gh] and so far no issues with pressure recording, no crashes...
Wow!
First kick in the tires impressions :
The warp tool appears to be very well implemented. The node count stays decent and deformations are fluid.
The shapes along a path brush is one thing I wished for a long time and it seems to work great!
I can't seem to explode them into a path though, is that normal ?
I/m not sure about the flashing infobar, I find it a bit annoying.
Marc
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