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From: dl1@ukc.ac.uk (D.Langford)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Advice, please, on colour paint programs!
Message-ID: <7781@harrier.ukc.ac.uk>
Date: 7 Jun 91 08:56:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: harrier.7781
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
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I'm working on a contract which looks as though it'll need bitmapped
colour graphics (256 shades). I'd hoped to make do with other people's
images, but the workaround to do this is getting ridiculous - I need to
be able to generate my own. 

However - there are lots of packages out there, and I can't afford to
buy one which turns out to be a dog... to give some idea, PixelPaint
Professional (which looks about the best to my inexperienced eye) lists
after tax in the UK at just over 580 /pounds/ - over $1000?

I want to build fancy buttons, arrows and so on, rather than creating
pictures or modifying colour photographs. I'm using a IIsi with 5 meg
but no coprocessor, loads of hard disk space but running - gulp - system 7;
so compatibility is vital.

If anyone with experience of state-of-the-art 8-bit packages could advise
me what to buy, I'd much appreciate it!

- duncan

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duncan langford   university of kent at canterbury, UK    dl1@ukc.ac.uk
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