Hi there,
I am a hobby web developer/designer. I will buy an iMac in the next few weeks/month (as soon as Snow Leopard is out), switching from a Vista/Ubuntu-Combo. I am now in the process of reconsidering my software choises for OS X. It was a bit hard, having no way to test the apps and being all new to it, but so far I could find almost every equivalent to what I was used to from a perspective of what I really need in the programs. From what I read, it's clear I will not use X11 apps and no Adobe apps out of several reasons, among others the poor integration and the lack of localization per user by Adobe (which is very relevant to me).
Aptana Studio --> Coda
GIMP --> Pixelmator
Office 2007/Openoffice.org --> iWork
Picasa --> iPhoto
Audacity --> Garageband
Now if I could only decide on a vector drawin app. There are lots of reviews out there, most of the a little bit outdatet and some apps are evolving fast. But the huge problem is, I never used such an app before. I will only need it for some stuff on web pages and don't need an exchange with Illustrator format or so. I am not a professional and Illustrator is overprised for me. Actually I am searching a slimmer version of such an app. Someone in the forum called it a "Illustrator Express". So far I found these apps, but couldn't decide:
Intaglio --> could not find comparisons to others, looks a bit outdated
Lineform --> some rumor on the forums, it would be nearly dead, nearly no activity since 2006, looks a bit outdated, nearly no function-icons on the screenshot
Vectordesigner --> one good and one bad review, won some kind of price 2008
Eazydraw --> was comparable in a review to vectordesigner, bad review in a forum
Drawit --> just one biased review
ZeusDraw --> hard to estimate program, looks a bit outdated
OmniGraffle --> is it only for charts/diagrams or is it suited for free bezier drawings as well?
I would appreciate any comment/experince (and, no, Illustrator CS 3 would be no option to me).
Many thanks
Galen
I am a hobby web developer/designer. I will buy an iMac in the next few weeks/month (as soon as Snow Leopard is out), switching from a Vista/Ubuntu-Combo. I am now in the process of reconsidering my software choises for OS X. It was a bit hard, having no way to test the apps and being all new to it, but so far I could find almost every equivalent to what I was used to from a perspective of what I really need in the programs. From what I read, it's clear I will not use X11 apps and no Adobe apps out of several reasons, among others the poor integration and the lack of localization per user by Adobe (which is very relevant to me).
Aptana Studio --> Coda
GIMP --> Pixelmator
Office 2007/Openoffice.org --> iWork
Picasa --> iPhoto
Audacity --> Garageband
Now if I could only decide on a vector drawin app. There are lots of reviews out there, most of the a little bit outdatet and some apps are evolving fast. But the huge problem is, I never used such an app before. I will only need it for some stuff on web pages and don't need an exchange with Illustrator format or so. I am not a professional and Illustrator is overprised for me. Actually I am searching a slimmer version of such an app. Someone in the forum called it a "Illustrator Express". So far I found these apps, but couldn't decide:
Intaglio --> could not find comparisons to others, looks a bit outdated
Lineform --> some rumor on the forums, it would be nearly dead, nearly no activity since 2006, looks a bit outdated, nearly no function-icons on the screenshot
Vectordesigner --> one good and one bad review, won some kind of price 2008
Eazydraw --> was comparable in a review to vectordesigner, bad review in a forum
Drawit --> just one biased review
ZeusDraw --> hard to estimate program, looks a bit outdated
OmniGraffle --> is it only for charts/diagrams or is it suited for free bezier drawings as well?
I would appreciate any comment/experince (and, no, Illustrator CS 3 would be no option to me).
Many thanks
Galen
