Thanks Doug, for your response .......the voice of (much) experience , I was hoping to hear from. On 29 Mar 2006, at 10:39 AM, doug rogers wrote: > > On 29-Mar-06, at 9:37 AM, Ilbert Walker wrote: > > >> Anybody yet tried out Intaglio 2.7. from Purgatory Software (love >> the name !) >> It brings back all the simplicity of Mac Paint and Mac Draw - without >> some of the over load of AppleWorks >> > > Yes, I have tried it in trying to find a replacement for > Illustrator. I probably would have bought it if I could have saved > out of it a few times to see if it actually worked for my purposes :-) > > Alas I fell back on Illustrator CS > Yes, see my reply to Tee re Illustrator and Freehand etc In Design I was going to explore - but like Deneba's Canvas which used to be my staple, it's grown in cost - for a simple paint/draw user like me. Intaglio ain't exactly cheap eit her at US $89 ! :( > I did try iWeb, and bought iLife. Pages is useful, and for my once a > year intensive use, replaces inDesign, but for most purposes TextEdit > works just fine. Keynote is fun. No real use for it though. Might > integrate some of the slideshows into my site. > I'm on the point of trying iWeb for simple web page design - as alternative to Dreamweaver or GoLive What thinkest thou ? > What I really want is a program that gives me the transparent > textured watercolour brushes of Painter. I can get something like it > out of Photoshop. Procreate Painter Classic doesn't allow selections, > so it is painter with it's legs chopped off. There is an open source > paint program, but there are no transparent brushes. Painter 9 is > huge, ugly and expensive. > A valuable feedback comment from a long time expert user ! > Google submits to Chinese Gov't. Tibetan cybercafe warning: > "Do not use Internet for any political or unintelligent purposes." > __________<http://home.golden.net/~samu>__________ > > _________________________________________________ > > For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on > > http://www.freewebs.com/muglo/joinus.html > > Our Archives can be viewed at > > //www.freelists.org/archives/muglo > > Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: > > http://www.freewebs.com/muglo/ > _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://www.freewebs.com/muglo/joinus.html Our Archives can be viewed at //www.freelists.org/archives/muglo Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://www.freewebs.com/muglo/