How to export Art brushes as vector NOT bitmap?

Helle - My point is that Illustrator can do what you want and Xara cannot. So make the brush as you want it in Illustrator.

And I cannot tell you how many times I have had to rebuild my custom toolbar. I have been using Xara since 1996 and it has been at least two or three times a year. Or more depending on the number of updates.

I am going to move this topic to Dear Xara as a feature request. There will still be a link to the topic from this forum.

ernie-f: Yes, that is precisely the problem. Which Xara would correct this...
gwpriester: Please tell me if there is an idea with your comment: "create the brush in Illustrator" ?

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Originally Posted by Helle

ernie-f: Yes, that is precisely the problem. Which Xara would correct this...
gwpriester: Please tell me if there is an idea with your comment: "create the brush in Illustrator" ?

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Hi, I recomend to copy the brushconstruct from Xara (only the brush) to Illy and then create the brush in Illy new.
In Illy You can then draw what You need.

Hi Helle,

In example 1, the line with a small bend can be exploded and will still be vector.
But at right, with moderate curve a it makes a bitmap.

In example 2 I've tried starting with very simple straight shapes and it still won't convert to vector at right.
It seems the brush engine is quite finicky about what it will tolerate.

Marc

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MarcT: you are so right, I wish Xara would keep focus on vector functions and test it properly before releasing software
ernis-f: I was trying to avoid Illustrator, but it seems to be the only solution :-
Ps: btw nice drawings on both your website :-)

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Originally Posted by Helle

Ps: btw nice drawings on both your website :-)

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thx.

The fact it's possible at all to convert art brushes into vector was quite a revelation to me, I previously always assumed they were bitmaps.

After some testing I ran into the same issue as everyone else, for example, heavily curved lines no longer convert vectors but become clipped bitmaps. I wonder if there's a maximum number of nodes before it decides to make it a bitmap?

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Originally Posted by Jonopen

The fact it's possible at all to convert art brushes into vector was quite a revelation to me, I previously always assumed they were bitmaps.

After some testing I ran into the same issue as everyone else, for example, heavily curved lines no longer convert vectors but become clipped bitmaps. I wonder if there's a maximum number of nodes before it decides to make it a bitmap?

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Thank you Jono, this is a useful analysis.

Pity Xara is not around to chip in.

Acorn

Jonopen: spot on....

(if any guys from Xara see this - PLEASE fix it)