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I've committed to just maintaining an "offline" mac for CS6 as on my 2016 Mac running Mojave I have _weird_ problems with visual artifacting using CS6. I'm act

by lbotos 7y ago

I've committed to just maintaining an "offline" mac for CS6 as on my 2016 Mac running Mojave I have _weird_ problems with visual artifacting using CS6. I'm actually sad because I wanted to find a replacement that had: - layers - Good text engine - good magic wand I use Photoshop/Illustrator for very basic collage style works and those are the tools I need. I was excited to try gimp, but it was slow enough on this Mac that I gave up. Inkscape is on the list, but my hopes are low.

tomovo 7y ago
Try Affinity. Fast, actively developed and an affordable one time purchase.
Joeri 7y ago
Have you tried pixelmator? For me it has removed my need for photoshop.
vmokry 7y ago
Try Affinity Designer. It merges bitmap and vector tools. Works pretty good. And no subscription.
- scrumper 7y ago
  Seconded. It's just different enough from Illustrator to be unsettling for the first few days, but the core of it is immediately and very obviously excellent. I persevered (it's vastly less money) and I'm very pleased I did. It's significantly smoother and faster in daily use than Illustrator (at least on my machine) and that counts for a lot for me. Updates are thoughtful and contain useful features. There's very little now that I actually have to work around and some parts of it are just intrinsically better - snapping candidates, for example.
  - c0nsumer 7y ago
    I'm really liking it myself. Unfortunately I've got hundreds of hours wrapped up in making maps that I periodically update, and there's no good path to move them from Illustrator to Designer. PDFs move, but then every path comes over weird... And without the layers and groupings that are otherwise so helpful.
    - sbuk 7y ago
      You should be able to open Illustrator files directly in Affinity Designer.
- greggman2 7y ago
  There's also Affinity Photo (their Photoshop competitor). It's not bad if you only need to edit things once in a while.
- mortenjorck 7y ago
  Affinity Designer is an excellent option. It’s way beyond what you would expect a $50 app to offer, and bests Adobe Illustrator in several areas. That said, I think its low price point has started working against it. New releases come at a glacial pace, and a few broken features have literally had fixes in the works for years (expand stroke is the standout). When the last thing I bought from the company was a $50 purchase four years ago, I can’t really complain, but in retrospect, I wish Affinity had gone the Sketch route with an annual upgrade program. I’d like to pay more to see Affinity Designer advance faster, but presently there’s no option to do so.
- pier25 7y ago
  Also Corel Draw supports macOS now
jakobegger 7y ago
Acorn is another option.
- chipotle_coyote 7y ago
  It's a pretty great option, I think! Acorn doesn't get as much press, but it's really powerful for its price. Also, while people are even more likely to forget Graphic Converter since it first came out in 1859 or something (this may be a slight exaggeration, but my point is, it's been around a long time), it has some neat tricks up its sleeve. I sent business cards to a print shop that required CMYK PSDs by doing the work in Acorn and converting in Graphic Converter.
AlphaSite 7y ago
Pixelmator is pretty great.
- robin_reala 7y ago
  Pixelmator Pro, while not any more “pro” than the original Pixelmator, has a dramatically better interface in my experience.

by lbotos 7y ago

tomovo 7y ago

Try Affinity. Fast, actively developed and an affordable one time purchase.

Joeri 7y ago

Have you tried pixelmator? For me it has removed my need for photoshop.

vmokry 7y ago

Try Affinity Designer. It merges bitmap and vector tools. Works pretty good. And no subscription.

scrumper 7y ago
Seconded. It's just different enough from Illustrator to be unsettling for the first few days, but the core of it is immediately and very obviously excellent. I persevered (it's vastly less money) and I'm very pleased I did. It's significantly smoother and faster in daily use than Illustrator (at least on my machine) and that counts for a lot for me. Updates are thoughtful and contain useful features. There's very little now that I actually have to work around and some parts of it are just intrinsically better - snapping candidates, for example.
- c0nsumer 7y ago
  I'm really liking it myself. Unfortunately I've got hundreds of hours wrapped up in making maps that I periodically update, and there's no good path to move them from Illustrator to Designer. PDFs move, but then every path comes over weird... And without the layers and groupings that are otherwise so helpful.
  - sbuk 7y ago
    You should be able to open Illustrator files directly in Affinity Designer.
greggman2 7y ago
There's also Affinity Photo (their Photoshop competitor). It's not bad if you only need to edit things once in a while.
mortenjorck 7y ago
Affinity Designer is an excellent option. It’s way beyond what you would expect a $50 app to offer, and bests Adobe Illustrator in several areas. That said, I think its low price point has started working against it. New releases come at a glacial pace, and a few broken features have literally had fixes in the works for years (expand stroke is the standout). When the last thing I bought from the company was a $50 purchase four years ago, I can’t really complain, but in retrospect, I wish Affinity had gone the Sketch route with an annual upgrade program. I’d like to pay more to see Affinity Designer advance faster, but presently there’s no option to do so.
pier25 7y ago
Also Corel Draw supports macOS now

jakobegger 7y ago

Acorn is another option.

chipotle_coyote 7y ago
It's a pretty great option, I think! Acorn doesn't get as much press, but it's really powerful for its price. Also, while people are even more likely to forget Graphic Converter since it first came out in 1859 or something (this may be a slight exaggeration, but my point is, it's been around a long time), it has some neat tricks up its sleeve. I sent business cards to a print shop that required CMYK PSDs by doing the work in Acorn and converting in Graphic Converter.

AlphaSite 7y ago

Pixelmator is pretty great.

robin_reala 7y ago
Pixelmator Pro, while not any more “pro” than the original Pixelmator, has a dramatically better interface in my experience.