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Posted by Helpful Harry on 01/20/33 11:36
In article <BFE34DF4.44E3D%inezhsmithspammenot@earthlink.net>, iehsmith
<inezhsmithspammenot@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> http://www.microfrontier.com/products/wwwART20/index.html
> (Before I could afford Photoshop I loved using their ColorIt! program)
Personally I find ColorIt! much easier to use than Photoshop. I still
use the version I got for free on a magazine cover disk and then
updgraded to version 4. It does everything I need from simple web
graphics through to full CMYK press images (although you can't edit
CMYK images since it displays them only as separate channels). :o)
They've evidently been working on a Mac OS X version, which would be
great for when I'm forced to upgrade from Mac OS 9, but it's been two
years with no news (apart from minor updates to say it still works in
Mac OS X 10.4's Classic). They say they have to rewrite a lot of it,
which isn't surprising. :o(
From their FAQ ...
Is there a version of Color It! for Mac OS X?
We are well along on producing a "Carbonized" version of
Color It! to run native under Mac OS X, an enormous effort
that has taken over a year. While a date has not been set
as to when the OS X version will be available, it should
be fairly soon. In the interim, all of our products run
great in Classic mode under Mac OS X. Color It! also runs
in any System version from 7.0 to 9.2.2.
Will the OS X version of Color It! work with Macs with
Intel processors?
The OS X version of Color It! will run on all Intel-based
Macs. The Intel Macs will include a technology called
Rosetta, which allows programs written to run on Macs with
a PowerPC processor to run on a Mac with an Intel processor.
The process is not like running Classic, but will be
completely transparent to users--you just double-click on a
PowerPC program and it runs. Simple as that!
ColorIt! does run under Mac OS X, but it has some problems of not being
able to preview things like brightness, making it difficult to use.
:o(
Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)
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