H All,

I am new to the community and this is my first post on this forum. I am a designer (intern architect) and teacher (teach UXD/IA grad courses) and researcher. I use Adobe CC but am transitioning to Xara/Krita because I don't like Adobe's subscription model and I find that there are very good tools for less money and with more favorable licensing terms.

Anyway, I've been slowly acclimating to Xara for drawing for a while and I am pleasantly surprised that it seems to handle large files very well. I have quite a large sketch page going (approx. 30x40") and have it filled with sketches and notes and there is zero lag in the brush strokes. In illustrator, I have traditionally had lagging brush strokes when files get this large.

Have others had a positive experience with Xara handling large files? Any negative experiences with respect to file size?

Thanks,
Joe