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I’ve been very impressed with DrawIt an image and drawing program for the Mac. I’ve not bought it yet but I’ve had a lot of fun playing with it and following along with the screencasts on the site. It’s vector based, with a built-in directory of shapes which can be easily manipulated. You can also use a pen and tablet with it. Quite an amazing piece of software with quick results. I used the demo copy to make the header image above.
For the next version, please could you stop adding features and work on performance and stability instead? [Dear Adobe]
Following on from my gripe about the international price of Photoshop yesterday I see that there is a whole web site devoted to this gripe and many others. I fear that most of this is ignored by Adobe. It’s marketing after all. A new version requires some ‘killer’ features by which the product can be pushed: a gimmick. Saying this version is just a consolidation means most people will ignore buying it, having coped with the existing version already.
I’m at last upgrading to Mac OSX 10.5. I’ve been putting it off ever since it came out. My iMac G5 is about 3 years old and is running very well. It’s not particularly speedy but I’m running Lightroom and Photoshop well enough. It’ll do for another few years. What put me off was dealing with the change in the operating system and some software not working - in particular Photoshop, which doesn’t run on the old G5 systems. Such is the price gouging for non-US purchasers of Photoshop I’ve decided I won’t be upgrading my copy and will make do with Photoshop Elements. I’ll miss some features but they’re not worth the extra costs - especially with another PS update on it’s way.
I was also a bit perturbed about learning 10.5 when, really, nothing is wrong with 10.4. But I note that a lot of software either requires 10.5 or runs on 10.4 with some features missing.