I remember my first copy of Photoshop. What a great program! I ran it on my Mac II with only 8 Mb of RAM. I got it free with a scanner I had bought. Back then I also bought Freehand, another great vector draw ing program. Loved it. Gone now... assimilated into Adobe, never to be seen again.
I ran Photoshop 2.5 on my Mac Classic with 2.5Mb of RAM!
Captain Ramius: Re-verify our range to target... one ping only. Capt. Vasili Borodin: Captain, I - I - I just... Captain Ramius: Give me a ping, Vasili. One ping only, please. Capt. Vasili Borodin: Aye, Captain.
Vilnius, Lithuania, isn't that where the submarine Captain Ramius of the Hunt for Red October was raised?
That must be a typo even if it's a really bad one.
But is it Eastern Europe? I think Lithuanians might prefer to be referred to as Central Europeans as a way to signify their independence from their former Russian and Soviet rulers but there history (culture), location (time zone), and language are very much what we consider to be Eastern European. They are part of NATO which is missing some very prominent Eastern European countries.
I suppose it comes down to perspective because Finland butts up against Russia and used to be part of it and yet upon hearing the term Eastern European it is one country that doesn't cross my mind.
"Pixelmator was born in 2007 when brothers Saulius and Aidas Dailide went searching for an OS X-native image editor and came up empty handed."
What does that mean? PS was born decades ago. Am I missing something?
I think what they meant was they were looking for a 100%, dedicated Mac option, so they would get timely updates and such .... so unlike PS, which always serves the PC side first, sometimes an agonizingly, long time, first.
I have Sketch as well. One problem with Sketch as compared to iDraw is the fact that it cannot handle layers the way Illustrator and iDraw do. Otherwise, great software.
I agree with feynman...I too would love this team to create an equivalent of Illustrator (or at least it's excellent trace command). Maybe the next version of Pixelmator will simply include similar features.
I agree with feynman...I too would love this team to create an equivalent of Illustrator (or at least it's excellent trace command). Maybe the next version of Pixelmator will simply include similar features.
Actually it already does. Check out their website on how to turn on the "vectormator" mode. Granted, it's nowhere near as good as what vector-only apps can offer but it's a start and a good way to combine working with bitmap and vector at the same time.
For vector work, personally I've been very impressed by Sketch but it looks like there are other good looking options around. The only thing Illustrator has going for it is that it can handle very complex vector files without a hitch. Otherwise its user interface is pure crap all the way.
They are still a very long way away from drawing professionals away from Photoshop (I certainly couldn't do any of my work with it), but Pixelmator is perfect for those people who only dabble in PS right now, and have no need for Adobe's pricing.
I'm a huge fan of this app and the team behind it. It's my primarily tool for animation or drawing. I try to get people to switch from Adobe's offerings, but most people stick with to them like a religion.
It's amazing there haven't been dozens of posts talking about "toy trucks and big rigs" and "real work". The Adobe shills must be less alert than the MS ones—or do they spring to life only when Flash is mentioned? Anyway, glad to see marketshare going to deserving people and away from Adobe, which I want to die a painful death. I've hated them since they absorbed and destroyed Aldus all those many years ago.
Can someone explain to me like I'm a third grader what the difference between illustrator and PS is?
Photoshop is primarily for manipulating bitmap images. Bitmap here meaning images comprised of specific pixels. A set size for the image, in pixels by pixels.
Illustrator works with vector graphics, meaning instead of static pixels, the ‘points’ in the image are defined in direct relation to one another. Lines are then drawn between them actively, not passively. This basically means that you can double, triple, octuple the size of the entire image (by doubling, tripling, octupling the distance between the points) without losing quality, because the lines are redrawn automatically for the new size.
I make all my maps in Illustrator because, hey, vector maps. Nigh-infinite detail. If I need to make it bigger, I don’t need to redraw the whole darn thing; I just punch in 200% and boom, same quality.
I've been a Adobe customer since their Postscript beginnings, and own their pre-subscription 'suites' .
Pixelmator recently allowed me to quickly produce a series of training slides with complicated wiring schemes that would have been 'more involved' using the adobe sw.
The recent security breach at adobe has resulted in a review of options.
I'm a huge fan of this app and the team behind it. It's my primarily tool for animation or drawing. I try to get people to switch from Adobe's offerings, but most people stick with to them like a religion.
Don't worry leasing by Adobe in time will peel people away, Adobe is a very greedy company like Autodesk who also running the same scam on its users.
It's amazing there haven't been dozens of posts talking about "toy trucks and big rigs" and "real work". The Adobe shills must be less alert than the MS ones—or do they spring to life only when Flash is mentioned? Anyway, glad to see marketshare going to deserving people and away from Adobe, which I want to die a painful death. I've hated them since they absorbed and destroyed Aldus all those many years ago.
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Or Sketch!
I remember my first copy of Photoshop. What a great program! I ran it on my Mac II with only 8 Mb of RAM. I got it free with a scanner I had bought. Back then I also bought Freehand, another great vector draw ing program. Loved it. Gone now... assimilated into Adobe, never to be seen again.
I ran Photoshop 2.5 on my Mac Classic with 2.5Mb of RAM!
What does that mean? PS was born decades ago. Am I missing something?
Capt. Vasili Borodin: Captain, I - I - I just...
Captain Ramius: Give me a ping, Vasili. One ping only, please.
Capt. Vasili Borodin: Aye, Captain.
Vilnius, Lithuania, isn't that where the submarine Captain Ramius of the Hunt for Red October was raised?
Lithuania isn't in western Europe...
That must be a typo even if it's a really bad one.
But is it Eastern Europe? I think Lithuanians might prefer to be referred to as Central Europeans as a way to signify their independence from their former Russian and Soviet rulers but there history (culture), location (time zone), and language are very much what we consider to be Eastern European. They are part of NATO which is missing some very prominent Eastern European countries.
I suppose it comes down to perspective because Finland butts up against Russia and used to be part of it and yet upon hearing the term Eastern European it is one country that doesn't cross my mind.
"Pixelmator was born in 2007 when brothers Saulius and Aidas Dailide went searching for an OS X-native image editor and came up empty handed."
What does that mean? PS was born decades ago. Am I missing something?
I think what they meant was they were looking for a 100%, dedicated Mac option, so they would get timely updates and such .... so unlike PS, which always serves the PC side first, sometimes an agonizingly, long time, first.
Actually I have a feeling Vectormator is in the works...my sources? The whois data
vectormator.com:
Source: http://whois.net/whois/vectormator.com
I agree with feynman...I too would love this team to create an equivalent of Illustrator (or at least it's excellent trace command). Maybe the next version of Pixelmator will simply include similar features.
Actually it already does. Check out their website on how to turn on the "vectormator" mode. Granted, it's nowhere near as good as what vector-only apps can offer but it's a start and a good way to combine working with bitmap and vector at the same time.
For vector work, personally I've been very impressed by Sketch but it looks like there are other good looking options around. The only thing Illustrator has going for it is that it can handle very complex vector files without a hitch. Otherwise its user interface is pure crap all the way.
"Pixelmator was born in 2007 when brothers Saulius and Aidas Dailide went searching for an OS X-native image editor and came up empty handed."
What does that mean? PS was born decades ago. Am I missing something?
Don't be a Ass, affordable image editor program is what they meant.
Photoshop is primarily for manipulating bitmap images. Bitmap here meaning images comprised of specific pixels. A set size for the image, in pixels by pixels.
Illustrator works with vector graphics, meaning instead of static pixels, the ‘points’ in the image are defined in direct relation to one another. Lines are then drawn between them actively, not passively. This basically means that you can double, triple, octuple the size of the entire image (by doubling, tripling, octupling the distance between the points) without losing quality, because the lines are redrawn automatically for the new size.
I make all my maps in Illustrator because, hey, vector maps. Nigh-infinite detail. If I need to make it bigger, I don’t need to redraw the whole darn thing; I just punch in 200% and boom, same quality.
I enjoy using Pixelmator.
I've been a Adobe customer since their Postscript beginnings, and own their pre-subscription 'suites' .
Pixelmator recently allowed me to quickly produce a series of training slides with complicated wiring schemes that would have been 'more involved' using the adobe sw.
The recent security breach at adobe has resulted in a review of options.
I'm a huge fan of this app and the team behind it. It's my primarily tool for animation or drawing. I try to get people to switch from Adobe's offerings, but most people stick with to them like a religion.
Don't worry leasing by Adobe in time will peel people away, Adobe is a very greedy company like Autodesk who also running the same scam on its users.
It's amazing there haven't been dozens of posts talking about "toy trucks and big rigs" and "real work". The Adobe shills must be less alert than the MS ones—or do they spring to life only when Flash is mentioned? Anyway, glad to see marketshare going to deserving people and away from Adobe, which I want to die a painful death. I've hated them since they absorbed and destroyed Aldus all those many years ago.
Freehand was great program that is sorely missed.