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Review: Introducing Xara Designer Pro 6

Review: Introducing Xara Designer Pro 6

Xara Designer is a powerful program for creating professional graphics using both vector and bitmap images. Using this program you can create graphics for a variety of purposes including web graphics, vector graphics, photo composition, Flash animation, etc. Tools for the automatic creating of paths and soft shadows, object extrusion and edge smoothing will help you to work more efficiently, and the unprecedented speed of file opening and screen redrawing will greatly save your time. Today we are going to deal with work on vector objects only. I’m an expert in vector editors such as Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw, so I did not expect to be surprised with any other program. Oh, how wrong I was!

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An Introduction to Livebrush – the Vector Motion Brush Program

Livebrush is a new and innovative drawing program. It’s not a full vector application like Illustrator®, nor does it have the myriad features of Painter® or Photoshop®. Livebrush creates graphics with a simple stroke of a “motion-enabled” brush, which means it responds to your mouse’s movement to modify the line and apply different styles. That’s the “live” part — no two strokes are the same, and each can have infinite variations. This unique brush is what makes Livebrush fun — and addictive.