Report and suggestions after Xara Free Trial experience

[Sheff]

Re: Brushes

What I do is use Microsoft Expression 3, the free version, then I draw/paint in that application. I cut and paste the object into Illustrator CS6, then I cut and paste it into Xara. Cut and pasting from Expression into Xara produces a bitmap rather than a vector. I use Illustrator as a 'go-between' for Xara and Expression. It's a real pain, but until Xara can emulate what Expression does, this is my process. I would use brushes more in Xara, but they're too limited to be be practical for anything beyond variations of basic repetitions.

[Fred C]

Hi Sheff,

Have you tried exporting from MS Expression 3 as a pdf and then importing to Xara? BTW--You might be interested to know that MS Expression Design is being phased out. Look here: http://expression.microsoft.com/en-US/ If you scroll down you will see that they are also giving MS Expression Design 4 for free.

Cheers,