Picture software

[NoOp]

On 07/13/2010 09:24 PM, Christopher Chan wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 14, 2010 07:31 AM, p.echols at comcast.net wrote:
...
>> Isn't Xara mostly vector oriented?  I imagine it can do the job,
>> but if OP was looking for easy, then a program full of vector tool
>> menus may not fit the bill.  ('Course, I haven't tried it either)
>> 
> 
> I busted me brain trying to do something in GIMP. I used CorelXara a
>  while back and xaralx let me do what I want easily. Overlaying stuff
> on a picture with GIMP was way too much 'how do I get a box with a
> curved side' whereas xaralx was plain simple.
> 

Inkscape has better filters. Opening an old CorelDraw in Inkscape works.
In Xara:

Xara LX failed to load the design.

This is an early demonstration version of the program which does not yet
support all of the data types that can appear in XAR designs.