Where can I find a MacDraw-like program for Windows, preferably shareware or low cost?
Way back in the 1980's, I used to be able to use MacDraw to create decent drawings. I could choose shapes (circles, rectangles, lines, and so forth) from the palette, put them onto the canvas, resize them, color them, and so forth. It was easy!
Now all of the popular drawing programs (The Gimp, Photoshop, etc) seem to be layer-oriented instead of object-oriented.
I really need a simple yet powerful object-oriented drawing program for Windows. MacDraw-like functionality (20 years after the fact) would be just fine.
Any suggestions?
posted by jeffbarr to Computers & Internet (10 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
I've not used MacDraw but Inkscape and Sodipodi are opensource vector editors for windows.
posted by Memo at 1:11 PM on September 12, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by Memo at 1:11 PM on September 12, 2006 [1 favorite]
Deneba Canvas.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:19 PM on September 12, 2006
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:19 PM on September 12, 2006
So, in what may well be the first MacDraw breast replacement; she cloned and flopped her left breast and placed it on the right side of her body. Before the appearance of 'Does It Make Sense?' designers widely considered bit-mapped type and imagery not only unorthodox but unacceptable, straying too far from the clean, crisp precision of the. Anchor omkar age wikipedia. The best open-source office suite, LibreOffice 4.4, gets new release. The top open-source office suite offers a new, improved version with better Microsoft Office file format compatibility. Augusto pieroni leggere la fotografia pdf to excel.
- How to open a MACDRAW file: The best way to open an MACDRAW file is to simply double-click it and let the default assoisated application open the file. If you are unable to open the file this way, it may be because you do not have the correct application associated with the extension to view or edit the MACDRAW.
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Why not just use Paint (it comes with Windows)?
posted by internal at 1:52 PM on September 12, 2006
posted by internal at 1:52 PM on September 12, 2006
Now all of the popular drawing programs (The Gimp, Photoshop, etc)
These aren't drawing programs -- although people do draw with them -- they're largely photo-editing applications.
Illustrator is a drawing program (or, as Memo puts more specifically, a vector editor), and probably the largest in the field. I'm not familar enough with MacDraw to know if it was/is pixel-based at its lowest level, but probably a vector -based illustration program is still going to meet your needs best.
thus, open source illustrator on google will get you a number of pages discussing possible alternatives.
posted by fishfucker at 1:53 PM on September 12, 2006
These aren't drawing programs -- although people do draw with them -- they're largely photo-editing applications.
Illustrator is a drawing program (or, as Memo puts more specifically, a vector editor), and probably the largest in the field. I'm not familar enough with MacDraw to know if it was/is pixel-based at its lowest level, but probably a vector -based illustration program is still going to meet your needs best.
thus, open source illustrator on google will get you a number of pages discussing possible alternatives.
posted by fishfucker at 1:53 PM on September 12, 2006
posted by jeffbarr to Computers & Internet (10 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
I've not used MacDraw but Inkscape and Sodipodi are opensource vector editors for windows.
posted by Memo at 1:11 PM on September 12, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by Memo at 1:11 PM on September 12, 2006 [1 favorite]
Deneba Canvas.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:19 PM on September 12, 2006
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:19 PM on September 12, 2006
So, in what may well be the first MacDraw breast replacement; she cloned and flopped her left breast and placed it on the right side of her body. Before the appearance of 'Does It Make Sense?' designers widely considered bit-mapped type and imagery not only unorthodox but unacceptable, straying too far from the clean, crisp precision of the. Anchor omkar age wikipedia. The best open-source office suite, LibreOffice 4.4, gets new release. The top open-source office suite offers a new, improved version with better Microsoft Office file format compatibility. Augusto pieroni leggere la fotografia pdf to excel.
- How to open a MACDRAW file: The best way to open an MACDRAW file is to simply double-click it and let the default assoisated application open the file. If you are unable to open the file this way, it may be because you do not have the correct application associated with the extension to view or edit the MACDRAW.
- Apple Footer. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the.
Why not just use Paint (it comes with Windows)?
posted by internal at 1:52 PM on September 12, 2006
posted by internal at 1:52 PM on September 12, 2006
Now all of the popular drawing programs (The Gimp, Photoshop, etc)
These aren't drawing programs -- although people do draw with them -- they're largely photo-editing applications.
Illustrator is a drawing program (or, as Memo puts more specifically, a vector editor), and probably the largest in the field. I'm not familar enough with MacDraw to know if it was/is pixel-based at its lowest level, but probably a vector -based illustration program is still going to meet your needs best.
thus, open source illustrator on google will get you a number of pages discussing possible alternatives.
posted by fishfucker at 1:53 PM on September 12, 2006
These aren't drawing programs -- although people do draw with them -- they're largely photo-editing applications.
Illustrator is a drawing program (or, as Memo puts more specifically, a vector editor), and probably the largest in the field. I'm not familar enough with MacDraw to know if it was/is pixel-based at its lowest level, but probably a vector -based illustration program is still going to meet your needs best.
thus, open source illustrator on google will get you a number of pages discussing possible alternatives.
posted by fishfucker at 1:53 PM on September 12, 2006
Just tried out Inkscape and it was just what I was looking for. Thanks Memo, and everyone else.
posted by jeffbarr at 2:03 PM on September 12, 2006
posted by jeffbarr at 2:03 PM on September 12, 2006
Paint .NET is pretty cool, but is still layer-oriented.
posted by mrbugsentry at 3:00 PM on September 12, 2006
posted by mrbugsentry at 3:00 PM on September 12, 2006
Macdraw Replacement Os X
[MacDraw is vector-oriented. Paint is pixel-oriented.]
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 3:06 PM on September 12, 2006
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 3:06 PM on September 12, 2006
This just won an Apple Design Award.
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posted by Mikey-San at 5:18 PM on September 12, 2006
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posted by Mikey-San at 5:18 PM on September 12, 2006
Macdraw Replacement
Macdraw Replacement
Xara Xtreme might be worth looking at. Not free, but not terribly expensive, either.
posted by planetthoughtful at 11:59 PM on September 12, 2006
posted by planetthoughtful at 11:59 PM on September 12, 2006
Jeff, this is gonna sound nuts, but xfig does work under Cygwin. Some way overdetailed instructions here. Doesn't get much more old school than xfig.
posted by Nelson at 12:39 AM on September 13, 2006
posted by Nelson at 12:39 AM on September 13, 2006
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