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@pauland: You ask "on what basis?" The answer is two-fold. 1. Xara Pro X9 has amazing tools for illustration. 2. I haven't found any comporable package. So my question is: what would you recommend?

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Both lack the Photo Healing Tool ... which is about the only photo feature I ever use for gathered images, and which others would find useful.

But, mainly: there is not a great choice among the current offerings. ...
Xara Photo & Graphic Designer fits your requirements, including the healing tool. It is also quite inexpensive.

Whether or not "industry acceptance" is important to you is a matter to consider. I generally never share my design files, so it isn't important to me. Whether the learning curve + different capabilities (and lacking some capabilities) in Affinity Designer is/isn't important to you, it should be still useful to install the trial (14 days or less from first run up. I don't know what it is these days) and check it out.

My thoughts on AD? For what I design, it isn't worth it. I want to like it, but don't for several reasons.