Re: Back again - just wanted to thank everyone, plus ask about erasers
Originally Posted by
HayTay
Why erase when you can directly manipulate and position the lines & objects?
well you could say 'why erase and why directly manipulate either' when you could just draw the line right in the first place, though not of course in xara which is not designed for this - either approach takes its own kind of skill and whichever way you choose to do it, in reality the aim should be not to produce lines that need erasing in the first place
you need a pen too for the freehand approach to get pressure sensitive response
also if you are using stroke shapes and you remove part of the line that may not end up as you would wish
The real issue with eraser is ease and speed - remember speed?, its what xara claims to be good at, why should the shape tool have it all?
Harry makes a good point about learning the program first - actually xara is a damn fine program and excellent value for money, but like all programs it does what it does the way that it does it and you need to understand it to get the most out of it, and there are certain things it just cannot do - almost human eh?
and finally Xara is the only, repeat only, major vector editor that does not have an eraser and that should say something to everyone
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