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"$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"
Version: Canvas 12.00.1389
Pros
Non! Not good at all. See Cons.
Cons
This program is the most expensive I have ever seen. No hell way I am going to buy this. Trust me, it is hell expensive and bad!
Summary
DON'T BUY IT!
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"Does everything... not perfect, though"
Version: Canvas 12.00.1389
Pros
Does everything(dtp, graphics, 2d, 3d)
Formats support beyond anything out there
A true jack of tradesCons
format support isn't perfect, export formats aren't always perfect
Summary
A true graphic tool that's a jack of all trades, but a master at none. It's a relief to be able to open everything in one place, and if you have a format export problem, just export through a different format... this program can do that. Hard to be sure what this program should be doing though... besides everything.
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"Canvas 12 is irrelevant. Requiem for Canvas on Mac"
Version: Canvas 12.00.1389
Pros
None. It's gone.
Cons
Sadness at the loss of a great program.
Summary
Canvas on Mac was perfect. True some new features would have been nice but it did everything I needed and it did it with a minimum of fuss. I do both engineering drawing as well as image annotation and page layout. I need accurate snap-to guidelines, scaling, dimensioning, etc. etc.
I completely agree with wrbtu that there is nothing comparable currently. I've looked at everything I can find and tried demos of a few: Cadintosh, Intaglio, Lineform, and TurboCAD Mac Designer 2D. The latter comes close but lacks the simple elegance and some critical features.
I'd love to thank the authors of Canvas for Mac; maybe they'll see this and understand.
Meanwhile, I'll stick with Mac OS 10.6 and Canvas 8. -
"Best Object-Based Mac Drawing Program, Fails in Lion"
Version: Canvas 12.00.1389
Pros
No Pros for Mac Users. Unsupported, doesn't run in Lion
Cons
No version works on the latest Mac OS
Summary
This outstanding object-based drawing program was easy to use, bug-free, and full-featured. There is no substitute available in any other software for the Mac. It was the industrial version of MacDraw, but amazingly, in spite of its importance to scientists, engineers, artists, architects and others, it was abandoned for the Mac
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"No longer works on Mac"
Version: Canvas 12.00.1389
Pros
no pros for a Mac user
Cons
No longer works on Mac
Summary
This review is written to assist Mac users find a replacement for Canvas, which no longer works on the Mac platform.
I used Canvas from 1988 until they abandoned the Mac platform, & it had been my favorite program. Looking for a replacement wasn't easy, & finding a full replacement has been impossible. I've tried 7-8 different programs, but they were either too simplistic, too complicated, not intuitive in the least, feature-empty, or just plain poorly implemented.
VectorDesigner, in my opinion, & for my needs, is the best alternative available, & the only one that got past the trial/demo stage for me.
I design forms & simple one-page 8x10 posters (with text & graphics). Canvas was by far the best program for what I need to do. Now, I can get away with using NisusWriter Pro (a word processor), but it's not very good with graphics. VectorDesigner is better for graphics features, but is not very good with text. So I use both, depending on what I need to get done.
VectorDesigner costs only a fraction of what Canvas cost, so it's understandable that it does only a fraction of what Canvas used to do. I have hundreds of Canvas documents that I can't modify, can't print, can't "save as", but I keep them, because I can still open it using Mac OS 10.6, & copy from a Canvas document & paste it elsewhere.
And that, like it or not, is the best solution I've found.
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