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Adobe says CS3 Needs Tweaks for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

Published on October 18, 2007 in software. 0 Comments Tags: 10.5, Adobe, Apple, art, Creative Suite, CS3, Leopard, Mac, Mac OS X, OS X, software.

Just a quick heads up for Mac Adobe users out there: Adobe has stated that Creative Suite 3 is not quite ready for the new “Leopard” Mac OS X 10.5 operating system from Apple. Adobe says they are working on it and should have things ready by mid-November.

Really, Adobe can’t be blamed since Apple has only just recently settled on a Gold Master (the final version) of 10.5, so there are sure to be things they still need to work on since the last developer release a week or two ago. Seems Apple must have been scrambling to get this out since they delayed it from the Spring and promised in November.

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News Hound

Published on October 11, 2007 in Illustration, art and cartooning. 2 Comments Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Apple, art, cartoon, cartoon character, cartoon character design, cartooning, cute, dog, drawing, graphics tablet, Illustration, illustrator, Mac, Photoshop, puppy, sketch, vector, Wacom.

This puppy dog cartoon character illustration was created a mascot/logo for a recent client. His nickname is “News Hound”, hence the word “Press” on his dog collar name tag.

The pup went through quite a few rounds of sketches, even before sending “initial” sketches to the client. I had a certain look in mind and wanted to get this guy just right. The proportions were key, as was allowing for the nametag on the dog collar.

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CS3 + G4: Using Adobe Creative Suite CS3 on a PowerMac G4

Published on October 5, 2007 in Apple/OS X, productivity, reviews, software and tools. 2 Comments Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Apple, art, Creative Suite, CS3, G4, graphic design, graphics, graphics tablet, illustrator, InDesign, Intel, Mac, Mac OS X, Mac Pro, MacBook, monitor, opinions, OS X, Photoshop, PowerMac, productivity, rants, review, shareware, software, vector, Wacom.

Apple Macintosh PowerMac G4 desktop computer It’s been about a few months since I upgraded to Adobe’s Creative Suite CS3 suite of graphic & design applications, and am running them all on a PowerMac G4 (dual 1.25 processors, 2 Gb RAM). I thought I would share my experiences with anyone out there contemplating upgrading to CS3 with an older Macintosh. I also have one of the original MacBooks, so there’s a decent comparison with CS3 running on an Intel processor Mac.

In short, I would recommend waiting to upgrade your Mac to at least a G5 or an Intel based Mac before going to CS3, but that said it’s still usable.

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Acorn: The Leatherman Tool of Image Editors

Published on October 2, 2007 in reviews, software and tools. 0 Comments Tags: Acorn, Adobe, Adobe Photoshop, Apple, art, bitmap, CMYK, drawing, graphics, graphics tablet, Mac, Mac OS X, MacBook, OS X, Photoshop, Pixelmator, RGB, shareware, sketch, software, tool, Wacom.

The more I try out image editors Pixelmator & Acorn, the more Acorn’s simplicity and new perspective on the interface grows on me. Pixelmator is looking to be just about perfect for those people who need a Photoshop Elements style app with low overhead at a sweet price point.

Acorn, on the other hand, seems to be carving out a new niche, and developer Gus Mueller has shown in some of the details that’s he’s not trying to compete with Photoshop (or even Pixelmator), rather he’s attempting to do something new & unique. From the single, unified tools palette to the Option & Control key resizing & crop features (with the live pixel dimension display on the bottom left of the window frame) to the live brush size on the brush slider, Mueller demonstrates that he’s been using graphics software, he’s been frustrated with some things, and he’s thought of a way to make it painless, effortless and intuitive.

Once you’ve worked a bit in Acorn with some of these novel approaches to old habits, you’ll soon wonder why it was never done this way before.

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Wikipedia Goes Legit

Published on September 26, 2007 in updates. 1 Comment Tags: Acorn, Adobe, Adobe Photoshop, Apple, art, drawing, graphics, graphics tablet, Mac, Mac OS X, OS X, Photoshop, Pixelmator, review, sketch, software, Wacom, Wikipedia.

Wikipedia Pixelmator entry screenshot I just noticed via my blog stats that I was receiving traffic from Wikipedia; turns out my blog post on the Pixelmator release is being cited as a reference on the Pixelmator Wikipedia entry in regards to criticism of the software — specifically the lack of graphics tablet pressure sensitivity.

In the post I actually mention that the Pixelmator creators have that feature on the drawing board for a future release, but I suppose it is a bit of a criticism. I still think Pixelmator is great stuff, but as a Wacom geek the pressure sensitivity is something I have come to rely on in a graphics application.

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