I have needed a good graphics package for a long time without being able to afford one. Have been aware of Xara for about 2 years but funds were really tight. Will soon have funds and want XaraX so bad I can taste it!!!

Where do we list wishes for "improvements"? I want a much simpler way to crop photos - something similar to the crop feature in PowerPoint would be nice. Having to create a rectangle, make it partially transparent so I can see my image, resize it, move it back yada yada yada is too may steps just to crop out a scanned photo to put it on the web.

Am I missing a simpler way to do this?

Thanks all and hope to have a properly purchased copy in my hands SOON!!!