GTK+ has been unacceptably slow for years, and its developers were constantly ignoring the huge flood of complaints from thousands of people – whenever there was an article about GTK+ 2.x, instead of discussing the new features, people were always talking only about its slowness. The GTK+ guys should really, finally, focus on performance. This makes sense though, considering the complexity of the drawing operations.” I can’t give you any numbers, but believe me… You’ll see and feel the difference. “That’s right, I’m working on a new version of Clearlooks … It’ll be shinier, prettier, and… oh right, slower. This is what Richard Stellingwerff says about it: On the contrary, it will be even much slower than it was – and it was already way much more than too slow. Photivo allows a little finer control but is also a little harder to use.This is really nice, but when will the Cairo stuff be used by programs? Also, when this is done, canw expect GTK+’s redraw issues to go away? My favorite is LightZone, which is not only quite powerful, but also fast, easy to use & very stable. As Photoshop gets more out of reach for most people (even many professionals), Gimp is becoming more popular, more powerful and easier to use.įinally, for high-level professional photographic editing, there are several choices, including two great free open-source apps that rival Aperture or Lightroom. Gimp continues to astonish me with all that it can do. Version 2.8 has even more available plugins than Photoshop (including many Ps doesn't have). Then, of course, there's always the amazing Gimp, the entirely free open-source alternative to Photoshop. Besides many amateur-level FX apps, there are also many more useful stand-alone FX collections, ranging from the very reasonably-priced JixiPix, to the very costly Filter Forge. There is even a very useful free version available on the AppStore. When I upgraded to 64 bit I started using ArtText, a stand-alone app that costs half as much, does way more than Blade Pro & is way easier to use. And now that you can only RENT Photoshop (which costs more than my monthly cable TV bill!), Photoshop plugins are simply a further waste of money.įortunately, there are much better & much less expensive stand-alone FX apps available on MacUpdate, the AppStore & elsewhere. Besides, it's nothing but a Photoshop plugin. Flaming Pear either needs to update their obsolete products or stop selling them to unwary customers. Yet Flaming Pear continues to sell it and say it works with "OS 10.3.9 OR LATER".
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