Xara 365-vector brush confusion.

[handrawn]

Also the DPI of that line or shape is 192 why?

there is a registry fix that might alter this, but I have not yet tested it...

[iamtheblues]

As far as I can tell, the brush is pure vector, although I do have some doubts.
The screen seems to take a little while to redraw when zooming in during which time it does look to be raster, despite what we have been told about that patch in V.11, which I assume has been carried over into V.12.
Bob.

[angelize]

The brushes in the set linked to in the opening post should convert to a purely vector shape when you convert "line to shape" it is important to choose convert line to shape not covert to editable shapes. Edit: perhaps the convert to vector is a DP only feature? Bob when you convert line to shape do you get a vector shape in P&GD?

I've tried the registry hack and it does work well, however when drawing with a complex brush the higher you set the dpi the quicker the program needs to show only an outline, to keep up with quick strokes. But at 300 a raster brush will print out quite nicely. Increasing the size of the brush definition object can also help.

[handrawn]

the screen redrawing I think is normal bob depending on the speed of your graphics

thanks again frances for the registry info...

[digitalphaser]

Creation of art brushes in Xara:

If you created a brush from a vector shape, when converting lines to shape, you will receive a vector shape.
If you created a brush from a group of objects(many vector shapes), you will get bitmap. True if the line is curved enough. A straight line is likely to be a vector. Strangeness...



One thing. I have long ago been taught that before exporting all lines must be converted into shapes. I carry out this rule until now.

[angelize]

A grouped vector brush definition object should yield a vector result if a) all shapes only have simple flat fills and or flat transparencies, and b) the vector path does not contain sharp corners or cross it's self, or have too much of a curve.

I haven't got the time right now to figure out how much of a curve it takes but I don't think it's very good this way. I have submitted this to Xara support but I'm not holding my breath as TPTB at Magix are the ones that would need to be persuaded.

[Egg Bramhill]

A grouped vector brush definition object should yield a vector result if a) all shapes only have simple flat fills and or flat transparencies, and b) the vector path does not contain sharp corners or cross it's self, or have too much of a curve.

I agree & that's exactly the problem Frances. Converting Line to Shape can either create a group (which is ungroupable) or a Clipped Photo which is next to useless as it can't be unclipped. As you state this all seems dependant on sharp corners or overlaps (even without closing the shape).

No use to Man nor Beast.

[Albacore]

These problems are known to the dev. team as they were brought to their notice when Ver. 11 came out. To my mind it is only the Shape Painter Tool that works as it should although no said line profiles can be set with this tool as it is a "shape". Having said that you can develop great brushes by changing the Roundness, Angle and Softness in the brush. You can get real vector shapes that have a great Calligraphy style by changing basically the angle but I do the roundness as well. So if you're exporting your drawing have a look at this tool as it will give you what you want.

I have used it a lot when I was doing cartoons for newsletters it's a good tool to try cos. It's easy once you have drawn the say a head for a cartoon to edit and emphasize depth, as I like to do, the thickness of a line on an outlined shape. Like all Xara brushes when and this includes the Shape Painter Tool you get too many control points even after using Smoothing Slider.