Hi Ostexo


I often stack raster screenshots from Moi and use it as a quick base for the illustration.
A simple example:





There are numerous not so obvious small workflow details that make Xara real efficient on day to day use.

I find a general behavior consistency across many type of functions, for example the gradient and transparency tool are very much alike.


The fast real-time dragging aspects of many tools; gradients, feathering, transparencies is awesome .
You can apply transparency to individual objects, group them and apply another transparency level to the whole group and repeat this as many times you like..



Other cool details I can think of that I find quite usefull:


Toggle "selection tool/last tool used" with the spacebar (Option)

Falloff profiles on gradients, transparencies and feathering.

Boolean operations that works with bitmaps and vector objects, also on groups as whole


mouse operations:

Right-Click + Drag to copy
Ctrl-Click to select inside groups
Alt-Click to select under objects
Swatches: Left click = fill color, Right-Click = line color (Preference)

Nudge feature (arrows) with alt/shift/ctrl combinations modifiers to apply different increments sizes.

You can set a hotkey that sends a bitmap directly in a external editor (photoshop for example) that updates it when you return.

Marc