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Without going into a long description of my personal 45+ year history in graphics work, having been in positions of hiring graphic designers and illustrators, I'll offer this:

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Just so you know; it's not as bleak as all that. There are other sources of vector drawing programs in addition to Corel's Draw and Technical Designer (both of which I also use).

ACD's Canvas (now...

Way too little, way too late. A real opportunity tragically missed. Serious vector drawing capability is not a "niche" requirement; it's everything. Designer "Pro's" primary Bezier drawing tool...

The question "why", of course, would have to be answered by the vendor (Xara). Logical assumptions would be:

Xara just doesn't believe in it, and therefore doesn't consider it worthy of attention....

MyCoalescen,

Many assumptions in digital graphics work stem from self-perpetuating conventional-wisdom driven primarily by the continued market domination of Adobe. This is not healthy for the...

The oft-cited "rule" that everything destined for print must be at least 300 PPI is a gross misconception due to a corruption of a rule-of-thumb dating back to the beginning of desktop publishing.
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Rik,

You've said you've designed a logo, you've shown four RGB colors, and said you need four matching Pantone colors.

But you haven't shown the logo or the document (brochure, ad, trade show...

When designing for print, don't think so much in terms of "color." Think in terms of inks. Printing is a very physical/mechanical real-world endeavor, and much of it boils down to practical common...

Rik,

Apology in advance for any of the following which you may already know. This is a public forum, so it's assumed there are others reading, too.

Digital graphic designers (especially...

I don't have Photo and Graphics Designer because I use Designer Pro. I haven't installed Designer Pro on my Surface Pro because I already have it installed on my primary desktop machine and this, my...

Go back and read what I said, Tony. Those who appreciate the simplicity of the Shape Editor tool would still have it! I'm not taking anything away from that.

Again, the click-click-bend method can...

That would be backward. It's not the Shape Editor tool that needs fleshing out; it's the Pen. The pen already provides the fundamental click-or-drag functionality. So add the requisit momentary...

Sorry for the accidental double-post. I was trying to edit some typos.

JET

Again, M, I'm not the one dismissing the time-spent differential; you are. You want to dismiss it on the mere assumption that Frances is less skilled than I. I never claimed that. So I suggested you...

Again, M, I'm not the one dismissing the time-spent differential; you are. You want to dismiss it on the mere assumption that Frances is less skilled than I. I never claimed that. So I suggested you...

Think through what you're saying, M. Your backhanded "complement" is rather patronizing, isn't it? If you truly respected my "years of broad and deep exploration" then wouldn't I also know that...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x15bwmzh7lg

7 minutes at a leisurly pace; less than half as much time. Note that corner/curve points are placed as you proceed; no point "conversions" by going back...

Calm as I can be, bud.

Frances,
You're making my point. Can you post that image somewhere?

JET

You can't "let" me? I don't need your permission.



Not compared to working proficiency with what has long since become the defacto standard interface for Bezier pen tools: click for a corner,...

As I said, FreeHand's Pen Tool is the best I've encountered. That doesn't mean a still better Bezier drawing interface can't be devised.

What Xara users need to understand is just how far behind...

That was done about a quarter-century ago by Altsys in FreeHand. Adobe acquired it when it acquired Macromedia, and discontinued it. Its one Pen Tool can do the "bendomatic" method (like Xara's Shape...

The highly adaptive nature of human vision is exactly why dark backgrounds is a bad idea. The fact that glowing monitors already cause artwork to appear more brilliant than the reflective printed...

Then maybe you should think before you speak:



As for "attitude" I'm not particularly fond of yours either, Frank. And I'm not interested in arguing with people who can't speak calmly to the...

"Instruction manuals" is a pretty broad subject. Can you describe the documents a bit more fully? Length (page count), format, content (images and text), source material, organizational structure,...

Yes. Click for a corner, drag for a curve is the beginning principle of what long ago became and still is the near-universal interface for Bezier path drawing. But Designer Pro's Pen stops there....