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> lquinta@animal.inescn.pt (Luis Miguel Quinta) writes:
>I'm considering to buy a draw program. This appears to be a very controverse
>subject since there are many differente choices. We generally use SuperPaint
>for bitmap painting and DrawII for drawing however we would like to use only
>one program to do both things.
>It looks that the right choice is Canvas 3.0 but DrawII fans are all talking
>me about the new Draw (Professional) so I'd like to listen to some
>experienced users first.

I would take a serious look at Intellidraw from Aldus.  They were
demo'ing it at Macworld, and claimed it was released, but I haven't
found anyone who has it in stock yet.  I don't know about it's bitmap
editing capabilities, but for general line-art, fills, etc. it is very
sophisticated.  It has several `intelligent' tools, like the
`connectigon' and `symmetrigon'; the first providing `rubber-banding'
between objects, the second allowing you to draw one piece of a
multi-faceted symmetric object, and have the rest of the closed path
draw for you.  It looked like the ideal tool for doing informational
drawings (figures, annotations, org. charts, etc.); I don't think it
is geared for the `creative' professional.  Street price is about $195
when it's available.

Kurt Marko