I had never used xRes before. When I need to edit hi-res images I usually turn to Photoshop. Well, xRes sort of looks like Photoshop, but it certainly doesn't act like Photoshop. And it absolutely eats up scratch space. Not to mention that fact that the Undo function is not very reliable, to say the least.
Effects take foreeeevvvveeeerrrr.
And you can't even kern text. For those current xRes users, this new upgrade lets you embed URLs in graphics, create Shockwave graphics, dither images to different palettes and rastorize vector art. But unless this application was bundled with FGS there is no way I would ever make this a stand-alone purchase. Give me back my Photoshop. Extreme 3D Cool.