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From: mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: SuperPaint 2.0 impressions...
Message-ID: <5952@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Date: 27 Feb 89 23:02:31 GMT
Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
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Has anyone used SuperPaint 2.0 enough to give it a full review?  I have used
it in a limited sense, and here are my first impressions:

-  The object (draw) layer lacks speeds (at least on my SE).  If MacDraw II
   had that liability, I don't think anyone would use it.
-  The Bezier (sp?) curves are nice, but the above problem makes them a pain.
-  The 'Pouch' concept of having external tools (like XCMDs sort of) is nice.
   However, there are not any useful tools yet in existance.  The ones that
   are included are cute, but not really useful (except for maybe the 
   tornado).
-  The use of color (yes, on a Mac IIx) was o.k., but annoying.  Having to go
   to a preview mode to see what colors you have drawn is a real inconvenience.
   The draw layer can use the 8 color palette, and so can the paint layer -
   one color at a time.  The entire paint layer changes color to the color of
   the last applied paint.
-  The autotrace tool is nice, but still a little slow (I expect this to be
   true).  Since this isn't probably used often, I don't see it as a problem.
-  Zooming in and out could be more flexible.  Magnification levels (like the
   Claris products) would be useful.
-  Some bugs appear to still exist.  For instance, I was playing with the
   autotrace feature on a paint graphic that I created (a jumbled mess).  It
   worked fine, and I discarded the file that I was working on.  I then tried
   to open another new (from the file menu) window (the only one) I received
   a "SuperPaint cannot open this file -- not enough memory" error -- even
   though the "About" screen said that I had 420k available.
-  The about screen is neat, although I don't know if I want it taking up my
   disk space.

Let me know if anyone else has any impressions.

-Michael Niehaus

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