macheist bundle is up...
Eddie
1password $29.95
CoverSutra $22.00
Cha-Ching $40.00
iStopMotion $49.00
Awaken $12.95
AppZapper $12.95
TaskPaper $18.95
CSSEdit $29.95 *
Snapz Pro X $69.00 **
Pixelmator $59.00 ***
All for $49
* = to be unlocked
HTH
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Regards
Eddie
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." Napoleon
Stewart Smith
> Pixelmator $59.00 ***
>
> All for $49
>
Does anyone use Pixelmator already? Is it as nice as it looks? It
would be good to have something like the Gimp but without having to use
X11.
Stewart
Bantenz
As written in Tuaw
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/09/macheist-bundle-now-on-sale-includes-coversutra-and-snapz-pro/
Regards
Robert
www.thebantenz.blogspot.com
Chris Ridd
It isn't as nice as it looks. It can't convert from RGB to indexed
internally (only via a save as), the black widgets and tool icons on
black backgrounds work about as well as you'd imagine, there's a lack
of info/feedback in some tools (eg you can't crop precisely) and I
think the support's /possibly/ a bit flaky.
Other than that :-)
Cheers,
Chris
Jim
>>
>> Does anyone use Pixelmator already? Is it as nice as it looks? It
>> would be good to have something like the Gimp but without having to use
>> X11.
>
> It isn't as nice as it looks. It can't convert from RGB to indexed
> internally (only via a save as), the black widgets and tool icons on
> black backgrounds work about as well as you'd imagine, there's a lack
> of info/feedback in some tools (eg you can't crop precisely) and I
> think the support's /possibly/ a bit flaky.
Concur; however I'm still glad I bought it. As a Photoshop Elements v2
replacement it's ok, and now it supports Quartz filters it's got a lot more
potential.
I agree that it still feels a bit v0.9, if you see what I mean. And I'd like
the black-on-black problems to be sorted.
Jim
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- Jonathon Coulton, "Mandelbrot Set"
Chris Ridd
> On 2008-01-09, Chris Ridd <chri...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Does anyone use Pixelmator already? Is it as nice as it looks? It
>>> would be good to have something like the Gimp but without having to use
>>> X11.
>>
>> It isn't as nice as it looks. It can't convert from RGB to indexed
>> internally (only via a save as), the black widgets and tool icons on
>> black backgrounds work about as well as you'd imagine, there's a lack
>> of info/feedback in some tools (eg you can't crop precisely) and I
>> think the support's /possibly/ a bit flaky.
>
> Concur; however I'm still glad I bought it. As a Photoshop Elements v2
> replacement it's ok, and now it supports Quartz filters it's got a lot more
> potential.
You were having problems with the text tool as well, IIRC?
> I agree that it still feels a bit v0.9, if you see what I mean. And I'd like
> the black-on-black problems to be sorted.
You'd have thought that would have been the easiest of fixes to make,
wouldn't you?
Going back to the other things in the bundle (which is only $39 for
those of us who've been playing along :-) - has anyone tried Cha-Ching?
Cheers,
Chris
Jim
>>> It isn't as nice as it looks. It can't convert from RGB to indexed
>>> internally (only via a save as), the black widgets and tool icons on
>>> black backgrounds work about as well as you'd imagine, there's a lack
>>> of info/feedback in some tools (eg you can't crop precisely) and I
>>> think the support's /possibly/ a bit flaky.
>>
>> Concur; however I'm still glad I bought it. As a Photoshop Elements v2
>> replacement it's ok, and now it supports Quartz filters it's got a lot more
>> potential.
>
> You were having problems with the text tool as well, IIRC?
Not that I recall, but it does act a bit...odd. Can't quite put my finger on
it but it's not quite intuitive.
>> I agree that it still feels a bit v0.9, if you see what I mean. And I'd like
>> the black-on-black problems to be sorted.
>
> You'd have thought that would have been the easiest of fixes to make,
> wouldn't you?
[nod]
Ian McCall
> Going back to the other things in the bundle (which is only $39 for
> those of us who've been playing along :-) - has anyone tried Cha-Ching?
I tried the demo a while ago - very shiny but no match for Quicken
(Windows) as a decent home finance package, just doesn't do enough.
Cheers,
Ian
Chris Ridd
The reviews I've seen so far seem slightly polarized between thinking
it fun and completely crippled.
I've got Jumsoft's Money, and it is frustrating in the extreme. IIRC
the first time you import a QIF file into an account it auto-classifies
things, but it never does it again. Pain in the arse.
Cheers,
Chris
Ian McCall
> The reviews I've seen so far seem slightly polarized between thinking
> it fun and completely crippled.
It's both - it's an example of a category I'm suddenly going to
christen shinyware, it looks good and screenshots well, but has no
functional depth behind it. I mean, really - having iSight integration
for an accounts package -before- sorting out a decent calendar? Hmm.
Cheers,
Ian
Chris Ridd
> On 2008-01-09 17:45:51 +0000, Chris Ridd <chri...@mac.com> said:
>
>> The reviews I've seen so far seem slightly polarized between thinking
>> it fun and completely crippled.
>
> It's both - it's an example of a category I'm suddenly going to
> christen shinyware, it looks good and screenshots well, but has no
> functional depth
Ah, so it is part of the "Delicious" generation?
> behind it. I mean, really - having iSight integration for an accounts
> package -before- sorting out a decent calendar? Hmm.
That is a bit... odd.
Cheers,
Chris
Woody
> On 2008-01-09, Chris Ridd <chri...@mac.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Does anyone use Pixelmator already? Is it as nice as it looks? It
> >> would be good to have something like the Gimp but without having to use
> >> X11.
> >
> > It isn't as nice as it looks. It can't convert from RGB to indexed
> > internally (only via a save as), the black widgets and tool icons on
> > black backgrounds work about as well as you'd imagine, there's a lack
> > of info/feedback in some tools (eg you can't crop precisely) and I
> > think the support's /possibly/ a bit flaky.
>
> Concur; however I'm still glad I bought it. As a Photoshop Elements v2
> replacement it's ok,
Which is more than you can say for photoshop elements v4
--
Woody
Stimpy
>
> it's an example of a category I'm suddenly going to
> christen shinyware, it looks good and screenshots well, but has no
> functional depth behind it.
Good term!
Jim
> > >> Does anyone use Pixelmator already? Is it as nice as it looks? It
> > >> would be good to have something like the Gimp but without having to use
> > >> X11.
> > >
> > > It isn't as nice as it looks. It can't convert from RGB to indexed
> > > internally (only via a save as), the black widgets and tool icons on
> > > black backgrounds work about as well as you'd imagine, there's a lack
> > > of info/feedback in some tools (eg you can't crop precisely) and I
> > > think the support's /possibly/ a bit flaky.
> >
> > Concur; however I'm still glad I bought it. As a Photoshop Elements v2
> > replacement it's ok,
>
> Which is more than you can say for photoshop elements v4
Heh.
Jim
--
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Chris Ridd
> Woody <use...@alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>>>> Does anyone use Pixelmator already? Is it as nice as it looks? It
>>>>> would be good to have something like the Gimp but without having to use
>>>>> X11.
>>>>
>>>> It isn't as nice as it looks. It can't convert from RGB to indexed
>>>> internally (only via a save as), the black widgets and tool icons on
>>>> black backgrounds work about as well as you'd imagine, there's a lack
>>>> of info/feedback in some tools (eg you can't crop precisely) and I
>>>> think the support's /possibly/ a bit flaky.
>>>
>>> Concur; however I'm still glad I bought it. As a Photoshop Elements v2
>>> replacement it's ok,
>>
>> Which is more than you can say for photoshop elements v4
>
> Heh.
I see Photoshop Elements 6 has just been "unveiled" for the Mac.
<http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelmac/>
Cheers,
Chris
Woody
Sorry, that is what I meant, elements 6. I got it for a PC I bought last
month, as it was £10 at the time. Looked like a good thing but using it
the other day, I had to eventually resort to using paint as I couldn't
paste a screenshot into it, and I have to do that a fair bit.
Then it pissed me off when I was trying to do some web graphics, as it
draws outside the selection.
I reinstalled photoshop 7 and paintshop pro 8 now.
--
Woody
Chris Ridd
> Sorry, that is what I meant, elements 6. I got it for a PC I bought last
> month, as it was £10 at the time. Looked like a good thing but using it
> the other day, I had to eventually resort to using paint as I couldn't
> paste a screenshot into it, and I have to do that a fair bit.
> Then it pissed me off when I was trying to do some web graphics, as it
> draws outside the selection.
> I reinstalled photoshop 7 and paintshop pro 8 now.
Adobe's site suggest it is basically iPhoto, with the extra feature
(the web site actually says this) it is "from the creators of Adobe
Photoshop". Who'd have thought?
Cheers,
Chris
Woody
One part of it looks like an inverted photoshop (well, inverted in
colour).
--
Woody
Danny Thompson
> http://www.macheist.com/
>
> 1password $29.95
> CoverSutra $22.00
> Cha-Ching $40.00
> iStopMotion $49.00
> Awaken $12.95
> AppZapper $12.95
> TaskPaper $18.95
> CSSEdit $29.95 *
> Snapz Pro X $69.00 **
> Pixelmator $59.00 ***
Did I miss someone else mentioning above that they've just added
SpeedDownloader?
This makes 8 apps available immediately, and three added progressively
as purchases add up.
I've now bought.
Danny
Chris Ridd
>
>
> http://www.macheist.com/
>
>
> 1password $29.95
> CoverSutra $22.00
> Cha-Ching $40.00
> iStopMotion $49.00
> Awaken $12.95
> AppZapper $12.95
> TaskPaper $18.95
> CSSEdit $29.95 *
> Snapz Pro X $69.00 **
> Pixelmator $59.00 ***
>
> All for $49
>
> * = to be unlocked
CSSEdit's now unlocked, after 5000 bundles were sold. (-7 to go,
according to their web site :-)
There's no sign yet of when Snapz Pro gets unlocked...
Cheers,
Chris
Chris Ridd
Ah, now it says it gets unlocked at $100000, so roughly another 5000
bundles to go.
Cheers,
Chris
Woody
Eddie
> On 2008-01-09 14:38:40 +0000, Eddie <ef...@invalid.org.uk> said:
>
> > http://www.macheist.com/
> >
> >
> > 1password $29.95
> > CoverSutra $22.00
> > Cha-Ching $40.00
> > iStopMotion $49.00
> > Awaken $12.95
> > AppZapper $12.95
> > TaskPaper $18.95
> > CSSEdit $29.95
> > Snapz Pro X $69.00
> > Pixelmator $59.00 ***
> >
> > All for $49
> >
> > * = to be unlocked
>
> CSSEdit's now unlocked, after 5000 bundles were sold. (-7 to go, according
> to their web site :-)
>
> There's no sign yet of when Snapz Pro gets unlocked...
In a surprise move Snapz Pro is unlocked...and Pixelmator is set to unlock
at $100,000 for charity. (Approx another 2500 bundles to go)