Just Release: Xara Designer Pro X11

[georgetroy]

I say the same every year it seems like. No b-spline or easy curve tool, no dimension tool, and no twain support, I bit on V10 that I will keep for web use. I think I will save my upgrade money this year.

[edm3]

Upgraded yesterday after skipping X10. So far it seems like a worthy upgrade to me. Hat's off to the developers who seem to have improved user experience with what feels like faster, and more refined/detailed workflow. Very nice. And I'm digging the brushes. Nice addition.

I am a bit bummed to see no expansion of dash pattern capability (user defined), as well as more arrowhead options.

When I was downloading X11, I saw a link to the manual (download), but now I'm unable to find it. Anyone know where to find this?

Thanks.

[browj2]

When I was downloading X11, I saw a link to the manual (download), but now I'm unable to find it. Anyone know where to find this?

Check the email from Xara. The link is near the beginning.

John

[dutchim]

Inserting image from camera results in my front facing camera to turn on.

Since my tablet has a better and more convenient rear facing camera... How would I get Designer to use that camera instead?

Thanks!

[edm3]

Ah yes. Thank you, browj2!

[handrawn]

the shape painter tool with fixed nib size is seriously cool for my sort of freehand cartoon line art, I am so pleased

and has been said, for freehand work at least the response of the program seems a whole lot better

I note that the H toggle that used to be in ver 8 [shape builder tool] is now not present in ver 11 shape painter tool; the nodes are now not highlighted by default which makes sense to me, I could never see the reason for that in this tool

plus the enable/disable sketch mode button is still available for this tool [but needs to be activated in the registry]

[Albacore]

Yes Handrawn I thinks it's great as well. If you have a Wacom try it with that cos it's now pressure sensitive, you can use the pressure recording, it works a treat, but go big with your drawing as it gets a bit jittery with small drawings when using the nib.

[handrawn]

its the fixed nib size that is the deal maker - right up to the release of p&g11 I was banging the drum for this - being able to draw directly as shape and zoom in and out whilst drawing is such a time saver

as for drawing big - yes I tend to do that