Software you really like, Mac edition

[Sara_2814]

Don't think so, I think it's only one way communication (at least from what I can figure out...). Sorry. Also, I haven't used Unity in about 2 years, but even then it was a great program! Glad it's still trucking along! I like what I have seen of Pixelmator but... CS4 is just so solid right now (won't mess with 5 for a bit) that I can't imagine using much else right now.

Yeah, I figured the PS3 thing was a bust. Google searches had come up empty, too. Oh well.

I certainly wouldn't turn down Photoshop, I just can't justify the cost right now (once I get past the "tutorial" stage of Unity and start working on real projects, then I can justify getting Photoshop). But since Adobe treats Photoshop Elements for Mac as a second-class citizen and let it lag behind the Windows version, I'm starting to use Pixelmator more and more. I don't see it as a Photoshop replacement, but it definitely replaces Elements. Maybe in a couple years it will challenge Photoshop's domination.

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Has anyone tried blender.org - Get Blender I'm looking into it.

I have it, but haven't played with it much. It's got a learning cliff that I just haven't had time to climb.

There's also Cheetah3D. It's not free, but it's relatively cheap as far as 3D modelers go.

 

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I'm still using CS3. I haven't had a really compelling reason to upgrade, since it works fine for me.

Sara_2814: I know somewhere someone has pointed you to Gimp, which is GNU's answer to Photoshop. It's actually pretty good, and well-featured.

You know what I do miss from time to time? Jasc's Paint Shop Pro. Back in the day, I thought it was far superior to Photoshop (at least for the kind of things I like to do). I know that Corel still releases it, but I have no idea how it compares these days.

 

[Sara_2814]

I've tried Gimp, but I can't get past the interface. Once there's a native Mac version (not X11), I'll give it a try again.

 

[TNM]

Miro - Great free video player, has some fluff but I can't remember not being able to play a video file with this program.
Teamviewer - great free tool when you need to support someone's computer remotely. If they can access teamviewer.com and download the small client you can connect to their machine and troubleshoot the issue. Not Mac dependent, and fairly easy to walk someone through installing the small client remotely.