<br>Hi Sean,<br><br>There's a lot of mature open source options (which may or may not suit your needs):<br>- The Gimp: <a href="http://www.gimp.org">http://www.gimp.org</a> - I use it almost everyday. Yes it's different from Photoshop (
e.g. different menus and windows layout) but once you 'know where things are', it's as useful/usable as Photoshop. (well, of course, Photoshop has some more advanced features and integrates with the CS suite, but you can't beat the Gimp's price ;-)
<br>- Inkscape: <a href="http://inkscape.org/">http://inkscape.org/</a> - This is an Adobe Illustrator open source copy. Works very well (though I haven't done that much work with it).<br>- Scribus: <a href="http://www.scribus.net/">
http://www.scribus.net/</a> - that's if you're looking for an InDesign type of software. This is for Page layouts.<br>- OpenOffice Draw: htttp://www.openoffice.org - Yes, Draw is good enough for many needs! If you really want Aqua support, get Neooffice, otherwise, the X11 versions of OpenOffice works flawlessly.
<br><br>And while I'm at it, you might be interested in these too:<br><a href="http://del.icio.us/Satri/macessential">http://del.icio.us/Satri/macessential</a><br><br>Have fun,<br><br>Alex<br><a href="http://slashgeo.org">
http://slashgeo.org</a><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/25/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Sean Finnegan</b> <<a href="mailto:johnf4@mac.com">johnf4@mac.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style="">Would like recommendations and advice on Drawing packages suitable for Apple Mac Computers, possibly free-ware or shareware.<br><div><br></div><div>All comments appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>regards
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