Smoothing a line

Imported shapes or shapes from tracers may have unnecessary points on a line. Lines with too many points can be unwieldy and can slow down rendering. Xara can smooth the line to remove unnecessary points.

Select all the points on the part of the line you want to smooth (see above). Drag selecting around the region in the Shape Tool is probably the easiest way to select a large number of points.

Drag the smoothing slider on the end of the Shape Tool InfoBar.

Tip: to make sure important points are not deleted, make sure they are not selected ("Shift + Click" on a selected point deselects it).