Comments on: The Black Elements

By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish

Andy @ Yellow Swordfish — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:23:30 +0000

@Malc: That is great news. I’ll think if it as my good deed for the week

By: Malc

Malc — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:03:03 +0000

Just purchased a copy, I really can’t tell you why, but it has dramatically improved my ability – I have had a Wacom Bluetooth tablet for some time, with the idea of sketching my thoughts straight onto the hard drive, rather than sketching on paper and scanning it, but I could never quite get it all together.
Pixelmator has helped me sketch more little ideas, and edit stuff in the three days I have been messing than any of the others I have tried ( and still no swearing at it!)

Cheers Andy.

By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish

Andy @ Yellow Swordfish — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:23:00 +0000

@Malc: Good to hear. I must get around to learning my way round it

By: Malc

Malc — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:34:03 +0000

Pixelmator is really easy to use, lots of little thoughtful features, I feel quite artistic all of a sudden !!! Loaded it up, ran the demo mode and just clicked away, the program context sensitivity is extremely intuitive.

Thanks Andy !

By: Malc

Malc — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:29:43 +0000

Andy, that does look good, thanks.

By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish

Andy @ Yellow Swordfish — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:02:54 +0000

@Malc: have you looked at Pixelmator? Also much ‘black’ but easier to read. It’s a little idiosyncratic and I have yet to learn my way around it but it looks very promising.

By: Malc

Malc — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:34:14 +0000

Thanks for the post, I used to have Photoshop Elements v2, and spent more time swearing at it than doing anything, as Adobe seem to have turned out another turd, it will save me buying it. I keep promising to get around to learning Seashore (aka Gimp with a Mac cocoa front).

I suspect that my image editing requirements are significantly less than yours though.