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08-08-2008, 11:35 PM
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| Fallen Angel Join Date: Mar 2005
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|  Open Office Draw - Vector Graphics It would appear that my Paint Shop Pro v9 is incompatible with Microsoft Vista (grrrrrrr.....) so I've been looking at the Open Office Draw (OOD) manual and found it seems to offer many of the features that are available in Corel Draw. Since Open Office is free, that seems like a pretty good deal to me! Unfortunately, OOD doesn't yet support vector graphics properly. A filter of sorts is available but it looks unreliable and is still undergoing development. I'm wondering if some sort of OOD/Inkscape combination might be a way around this. Is there anyone here who uses OOD for pattern design? If so, are there any suggestions for overcoming its vector graphics limitations? Gill
__________________ Want to know where we are? Click here There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is readily adopted. (Schopenhauer, Die Kunst Recht zu Behalten) |
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08-09-2008, 01:35 AM
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| junior moderator  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chertsey, Quebec, Canada
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| Vista seems to be incompatible with most everything.... Diane
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08-09-2008, 04:14 AM
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| Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Near Detroit, Michigan
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| Gill, I would be happy if Inkscape and Open Office played well together. I don't think Open Office is honestly ready to play with the top seeded players. More of a Pro / Am player. IMHO. |
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08-09-2008, 05:55 PM
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| Member  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: HOUSTON, TX.
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| Dragon You Know What You Are Talking About Thats For Sure... And Yet They (computer Land) Are Still Trying To Force It (vista) On The World... |
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08-09-2008, 06:09 PM
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| Fallen Angel Join Date: Mar 2005
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| I have to agree with you, Phil. Sadly, OOD is one of those programs which is frustratingly close to being just what I need, but not quite there. I love its layout, which closely resembles Paint Shop Pro, but until its developers go that little bit further I don't see it being much use to scrollers. If only it had proper vector graphic support, controllable blurring and the facility to use layers! Back to the Gimp for me, then, which isn't the most user-friendly software around but at least it's got the features I need. Oh, and I certainly agree with you, Diane. Vista is shockingly poor when it comes to supporting programs written for XP. Gill
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