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Indie Vector Graphics App DrawIt – Free ‘Lite’ Version Now Available

Published on February 18, 2008 in software. 0 Comments Tags: free, graphic design, Mac, Mac OS X, OS X, shareware, software, vector.

Vector graphics software application DrawIt is one of many recent entries into the indie Mac developer vector graphics software field, including LineForm DrawBerry, VectorDesigner, and EazyDraw among others. Not only has the full version been updated to version 3.3.1, but a 1.0 release of the new — and free — lite version of DrawIt is now available as well.

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Adobe InDesign CS3 5.02 Update Released – 10.5 Fixes On Apple’s Shoulders

Published on January 22, 2008 in software. 0 Comments Tags: 10.5, Adobe, art, Creative Suite, CS3, graphic design, InDesign, Leopard, Mac, Mac OS X, OS X, software.

Adobe just released anÂ incremental update to InDesign CS3 (5.02), and it’s so new it seems to not be in the auto-update as of yet. Per the Read Me file:

Â This update fixes known issues with Anchored Objects, Character Alignment, Step and Repeat,Â Indexing and Table of Contents, Text and Fonts, Dictionaries, Color, Scripting, Graphics Import/Export, InDesign Interchange files (INX), XML, Library files, and Printing, as well as otherÂ miscellaneous issues.Â

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FreeHand & Illustrator Comparison Video Series By Illustrator Garth Bruner

Published on January 18, 2008 in productivity and software. 0 Comments Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, art, artist, cartoon, FreeHand, illustrator, Mac, productivity, screen capture, software, technique, vector, video.

After various random rounds on Twitter lamenting the demise of Macromedia Freehand, cartoon-style illustratorÂ Garth BrunerÂ decided to do something about it. He’s started posting an ongoingÂ series of YouTube video screencasts demonstrating key differences between Freehand and Adobe Illustrator. He highlights how he created vector art in Freehand, then jumps over to Illustrator to attempt the same task, comparing tools, techniques and workflow.

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11+ Excellent Mac OS X applications for a phenomenal price: MacHeist 2

Published on January 15, 2008 in software and tools. 0 Comments Tags: Apple, art, discount, Mac, Mac OS X, OS X, Photoshop, shareware, software.

As you may have noticed on this blog, I am a bit of a software junkie, particularly shareware/freeware. I love the ingenious functionality some of these independent developers bring to OS X, and also the direct access you have to the creators of the software.

MacHeist 2Â is, as the name implies, a followup to an extremelyÂ Mac-only discount shareware software bundleÂ promotion that debuted in the winter of 2007. Until January 23, 2008 at midnight, for $49 you can snag $370 worth of quality software.Â Last year’s apps were decent, this year’s apps are outstanding. My only regret is that I already own most of the apps that I would want out of the bundle!Â Â

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Even More CS3 & 10.5 Leopard Issues: Photoshop CS3

Published on January 15, 2008 in software. 0 Comments Tags: 10.5, Adobe, Adobe Photoshop, art, Creative Suite, CS3, Leopard, Mac, Mac OS X, OS X, Photoshop.

I just stumbled across some more Creative Suite 3 issues on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, on theÂ Adobe support site Photoshop page. Supposedly this will be fixed by an OS X update, not an Adobe update (and Adobe and Apple are working together on this issue).

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