Excellent tools that replicate natural media. Universal binary.
No way to select a portion of artwork. Lacks many conventional software features.
The original Macintosh came bundled with MacDraw, MacWrite, and MacPaint. Current Macs still come with a capable text processor (TextEdit), but sadly you still have to look elsewhere for drawing and painting programs. The good news is that programs su...
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Published: 2007-12-11, Author: Nick , review by: macworld.co.uk
Value for money, numerous new features, updates and bug fixes, instinctive design and orderly user interface offers easy learning curve, excellent online forum support
Budget price and simplistic looks will deter some potential users, needs graphics tablet to unlock full potential, no CMYK support Min specs: Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Universal Binary)
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Astonishing value, Easy and fun to use, Grabs colours from tracing image, Use of reference images is inspired
A little sluggish, Media not as realistic as Painters
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