Brushes

The real-time brush feature of the Freehand and Brush Tool is a fun but extremely powerful addition.

It enables you to create any shape, then use it to 'draw' with, giving endless possibilities. One such possibility is to create airbrush-like effects. There are also a number of pre-defined brushes that you can use.
The brush feature's power lies in the fact that you have complete control over the way the brush paints to the screen. You can alter the size of instances, color, spacing, rotation and offset properties, and each of these has a randomize option which can give a less ordered look.

When using brushes, you can also take advantage of Xara's pressure sensitive feature by setting the brush to adjust the scaling or transparency of brush instances according to how hard you press with your graphic pen.

Each brush you create is saved along with the document it's used in, so you can re-use them whenever you wish.

See a demo