Mac Users Identify Yourselves!

Aeolius said:
Many Mac users may remember the day that Corel killed development for Bryce for the Mac OS. They just did it again; the Mac CorelDRAW Suite has been discontinued.
I break with most Mac users, here, as I would rather gargle glass shards than use the abomination that is Adobe Illustrator.
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Hey! I use Illustrator! ;)

The kicker was I wanted to switch to something else whenever I started (if ever) making some cash on my maps. That something was going to be coreldraw.

Then again the way Adobe uses their other apps as Photoshop testing grounds, I will probably only have to upgrade in a few years and get all the features I need there.

The kicker is, in about five to six years (yeah. I know, long time in bottom line land) about 50% of the 60% - 80% who are not on OSX may/will upgrade... that means new software by that point (just my opinion of course).

Who knows... Maybe Jobs has a wish list of purchases somewhere which includes Corel.

Either way... I am stuck with AI 10 now.


Hagy
 
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buzz said:
Is Illustrator really so bad? What's so spiffy about Corel?
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From my side, Illustrator, and a few other Adobe programs, are there to test run tools for inclusion in Photoshop.
Running Photoshop and Illustrator makes one wonder whether there is an ADOBE and an adobe. Photoshop, barring the arcane tool setup, is solid as anything out there. Never seems to crash or even burp.

Illustrators 9 & 10 on the other hand were and are... just plain unfinished.

The only thing spiffy about Corel for me was that I might have been able to transfer my vector graphics from AI to Corel's vector based illustration program. In the hopes of a smoother ride and more intuitive tool system.

Oh, well...


Hagy
 


Another Mac user, here. Don't know the specs, but I've got a cube, one of those old Imacs that looks like an Emac but Ier, and a spiffy new Powerbook.
 

Added maddmic, Aryoche, Enforcer and Jeph to the list. Welcome!

Question for all you Mac-using PbPers: Is there any way to emulate tabletop gaming online with a Mac. Just looking for options :)

Mirth
 

Mirth said:
Is there any way to emulate tabletop gaming online with a Mac. Just looking for options
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Though I have never tried it, you might want to investigate klooge.werks , though it does cost $30 for the DM client and $15 for the player client. Otherwise, try combining iChat AV with Apple Remote Desktop.
 

Hey Mirth,

here's my first post with my new ibook.

So do we all get membership cards, secret handshakes, or what?

:D

anyone want to give their opinion on Crystal Ball? I currently use PCGen, but really like getting the monster statblocks to printout, especially throwing a class level or 2 on some of the baddies, and I'm wondering how it fits the bill of DM tool.
 

Cards? Secret Handshakes?!
A Mac user craves not these things.


Those kind of things are required by people who need to justify their choices. Since Mac users don't have to justify why they bought or use a Mac, we need none of these things :)
 

SJ said:
I currently use PCGen, but really like getting the monster statblocks to printout, especially throwing a class level or 2 on some of the baddies, and I'm wondering how it fits the bill of DM tool.
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I tried out Crystal Ball for a little while, but it seemed like it didn't do half the things that PCGem does for making characters, so I went back.

Now I'm just patiently waiting for 3.5 support...
 
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