In message <51e452170eriscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Richard Ashbery <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What are the possibilities that future AW releases will feature more > drawing aids - this will encourage me to keep using this excellent > program for as long as possible. Two things which come to mind are... > 1. Feather tool > 2. Contour tool > Having neither of these increases the complexity and time to create > what should be a relatively straight forward graphic. > What do others think? It may be that I'm the only one who uses AW in > this way - if that is the case then I doubt these will be implemented. I have wanted a contour tool in Artworks for years but 'the complexity of the programming' has made it one of the lesser required tools I also suspect it is one of those tools most users don't realise how useful it would be until shown ? Make text slightly bolder/ lighter where there is no bold / light font - without distortions ? Have a true thicker 'outline' without eating into shape or text ? Create graduated fills, textures and photo images in (thick) lines ? create offset shadows with repel lines around the main objects the feather tool while nice - might be painfully slow in use - ?? nick k -- ------------------------------------------------------------ To change, suspend or cancel your subscription go to //www.freelists.org/list/artworks ------------------------------------------------------------