Serif DrawPlus anyone?

[handrawn]

ah well i havnt got vista

EDit - if its any consolation, its not that impressive a program compared to say a combination of xara and expression... IMO

[Xhris]

ah well i havnt got vista

EDit - if its any consolation, its not that impressive a program compared to say a combination of xara and expression... IMO

Oh yeah expression. might get the new demo of that...

[MarcT]

Oh yeah expression. might get the new demo of that...

You would be better off with Expression 3 which have a free version.

[steve.ledger]

You would be better off with Expression 3 which have a free version.

Link to free version?

[MarcT]

http://www.microsoft.com/expression/...x?key=download

Min or Wac

There is a couple of nice features in this application, it handles ''vectorized'' bitmap strokes very well. It also have a very useful "variable width" editor that I wish Xara had.

The "Effects Lines" feature is also quite inspiring.

-coco

[steve.ledger]

http://www.microsoft.com/expression/...x?key=download

Min or Wac

There is a couple of nice features in this application, it handles ''vectorized'' bitmap strokes very well. It also have a very useful "variable width" editor that I wish Xara had.

The "Effects Lines" feature is also quite inspiring.

-coco

Thanks.. I actually found a direct link while reading about CH Expression 3 on Wiki. The Microsoft link requires passport login & registration. Wiki listed the [working] direct download link here:
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ression3_3.exe

[David O'Neil]

... I actually found a direct link...

Thanks for posting it! I had given up earlier when I saw it wanted Passport.

[Giovanni]

Serif DrawPlus X2 is out!

http://www.serif.com/drawplus/drawplusx2/

Layers and brush system seems cool, but do matches Xara's speed?
I don't think so; hope there will be a trial version in the future.

[Xhris]

Serif DrawPlus X2 is out!

http://www.serif.com/drawplus/drawplusx2/

Layers and brush system seems cool, but do matches Xara's speed?
I don't think so; hope there will be a trial version in the future.

Yes, and hopefully the trial will actually install on Vista this time. There are a lot of common features in these graphics programs all appearing at the same time. 3D, tabbed browsing, better brush handling, better layers, improved UI feedback, improved Live shadow, eraser and cutter tools, canvas rotation, fill unclosed shapes etc. I'm expecting to see these things in the next Xara release. Serif also seems to have introduced a variant of caching; something Xara uses to good effect, and flash animation.