Does Xara Designer Pro X 18 have a Smart Fill like Corel Draw?
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Does Xara Designer Pro X 18 have a Smart Fill like Corel Draw?
Describe what a smart fill is. I have not used Corel Draw since the mid 1990s.
no
in xara you can only fill an object itself - you cannot 'fill' enclosed areas, including intersections, in a way that automatically creates new objects that you can seperate out
Smart fill is filling a certain defined area with a shape. Inkscape has it, in the image the orange shape has been filled with the "fill bounded areas" tool.
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Come to think of it; it would be handy if Xara would have this tool also.
But then, development of Xara has been slow and we (users) have suggested several improvements who are on the wishing list ....
exactly - you have shown an intersection fill there - also these ' smart fills' are objects in their own right - a point to note, as you do not need to go through the much slower break shapes route as you do with xara [in corel - cant remember with inkscape]
myself and others were asking for this from xara 10 years ago, but they do not seem interested
Depends how desperate you are.
Steps:
- Clone your Shapes
- Add Shapes
- Colour Shape
- Break Shapes - the intersection space is now filled
- Move Shape behind.
As it does not depend on any adjustments, this could be set as a Macro.
If you reposition the initial Shapes, you need to repeat the steps.
I use AutoHotKeys.
Xara needs to introduce its own macro recorder.
Acorn
I quote xara website re xara designer pro :
not really is it in this context :rolleyes:Quote:
Quite simply the world's fastest graphics software
handrawn, you know there is a difference between rendering and constructing.Quote:
Originally Posted by handrawn
That said, if I had such a macro, surely pressing it would be faster than a lot of menu calls or key presses?
Acorn
sure, of course, I know the difference - but until xara has macro it is moot
and why then do they not say 'the world's fastest rendering graphics software'
it is a claim that dererves derision as stated
One of the features that I (remember) miss most from Corel Draw was Ctrl + R. Which would repeat the previous series of actions. It was incredibly useful.Quote:
That said, if I had such a macro, surely pressing it would be faster than a lot of menu calls or key presses?
I asked for this feature for years from Xara. My guess is that if it were easy and/or possible, we would have that feature.
And in the early years, Xara was incredibly fast. The code was tight. But as the program has aged and has grown tremendously in file size, it has slowed down considerable. It seems many of the newer features take a toll on the program and make certain older features not work, or not work as efficiently.
Everything from Post#6 on have a measure of truth but not directly relevant to the ask. Raise a separate Thread if you wish to contribute something fresh and insightful.
tl;dr - Xara doesn't have an intersection fill.
Acorn
sadicus may well know the way you have to do it in xara, but just hoping there was a way that they had missed
when sledger was admin here I used to use the analogy of tortoise and hare - hare fast rendering does not mean the actual project will be be completed faster, there is far more to it than that; he never seemed to see the point, but I am sure you do
and have it ignored... maybe not ;)Quote:
Raise a separate Thread if you wish to contribute something fresh and insightful