I think as you grow, you grow. It's interesting that so many Xara users decide to make a leap of faith (or just a logical extension) to their existing toolkit. My personal use of digital tools has followed a strange, yet productive, migratory pattern in the past 20 years. CorelDRAW to Photoshop, to trueSpace, then Xara, then a fluctuation between other paint, drawing, and modeling programs.
It's been a learning experience and actually a lot of my modeling work has helped me see stuff in Xara illustrations a lot better, call it cross-pollination if you will.
It's just good to know a wide range of tools, especially if you come up with a wide range of creative ideas in the course of a day.
But I have to say that if I were to map out my toolkit as a hub, Xara would be at the center. I can't think of a day when I'm in Photoshop or After Effects when I reach for Xara to get an element done more quickly than with a different app's native tools.
Just my 5¢, marked down to 2¢ to reflect the world's current economic condition.
And I'm being optimistic.
—Gare
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