Quote Originally Posted by digitalphaser View Post
But it does not help me. I rarely work with mixed documents. Alternatively, the vector or bitmap.
For raster I have thousands of Photoshop brushes. In Xara, I would like to see the vector brushes.
A huge disappointment.
99% of what I do is print.

I could care less whether the output is vector or bitmap--it all will be eventually rasterized at the RIP. My one concern is the resolution. It needs to be "automatically" controllable. Like effects resolution are able to be set at the application level, even better at a document resolution level. 192 dpi is good enough for "lower-end" digital print (including via DFEs on commercial digital presses) but it isn't good enough for higher-end printing. Especially if there is any enlargement.

One can make a bitmap copy of any brush work and set the resolution during the bitmap copy process for final output in a copy of the file. That holds up just fine through PDF to higher-quality digital presses and Lino print work. It would be better if this step was not necessary.

In regards to the above, I am not disappointed in the current state of how one moves to print with the new brushes. I do urge Xara to move forward with making the process less involved to go from drawing to high-quality print.

Mike