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From: toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Looking for a good paint program deal
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Date: 27 Feb 90 06:07:07 GMT
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I just discovered the fine art of colorizing clip art for desktop purposes, and
I find that the programs available to me (read pirated) each have their own
problems.

What I'm looking for is the following:

Reasonable set of tools: this isn't that much of a problem.

Good Fatbits support: really like paintworks gold's approach to it.

Good palette eccentricity support: PWG's 16 color 640 mode was perfect
	for colorizing background pictures. Palette conversion is a feature
	that seems to be sadly lacking in lots of programs. SHRConvert, IF
	it could remap palettes properly (it doesn't when I try it) would be
	worth keeping and paying for.

RUNS UNDER 5.0: I'm not paying for something that I have to reboot into and
	out of. I'd gladly pay something like $40 mail order for a program
	that can do most of what paintworks gold does and runs under 5.0.


Roger Coats is advertising something from Jem Software (MiniPaint-GS) for only
$19... anybody know how good this is? The ad (March Incider) claims that it is
"VERY Powerful"... maybe I should call their tech support but I want to hear
some real opinions if you guys have any.

Thanks in advance, reply by EMail please; I will summarize.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu