Ok, i am confused.

I am a designer / would be illustrator that has information overload!!!!!

WHat i want to do is turn 3D modelling produced in Spirit / SketchUp into illustration / presentation layouts.....

recently i have purchased:
Photoplus 8.0
Pagesplus 9.0
Xara Xtreme
Xara X1 [what is the difference????]

Have GIMP also....

So where am i going wrong?
Xara Xtreme is great but I can not create multiple layouts....
PagesPlus / photoplus are good too....

I see some incredible work here and other forums but what am i missing???

Andrew