Might be good to also compare both Draw and Illustrator with Inkscape,
another free and open source vector drawing program.
I've heard that Inkscape is very good. I haven't had a chance yet to
give it a try, but will probably be doing so in the next week or two.
--Jean
Gary Schnabl wrote:
Not being talented much with graphics, I decided to see how somebody
poorly skilled in graphics might fare with some current vector-graphic
applications. So, over this weekend (around midnight Friday/Sat AM), I
decided to purchase a new copy of Adobe Illustrator CS4. The best price
for Adobe's SRP $599 Illustrator CS4 was an ebay-store dealer with a 99%
positive feedback rate.
He wanted $299, but his price was negotiable from that. So, I bid $285,
leaving him a 48-hour window to accept it or not. He accepted it fairly
quickly, so, perhaps, I should have bid lower? Anyway, I paid for it
through ebay-owned PayPal, and I was contacted by him and its delivery
is already in motion. It will come with a DVD tutorial produced by Adobe
(standard for CS4 or not--I do not know), a physical US PostOffice DVD
delivery, a COA, no sales tax, and no S&H charges. IOW, $285 total for a
brand-new copy of Adobe Illustrator CS4, period.
Whenever it arrives, I intend to compare both Draw and Illustrator, and
eventually post how I rate them on an /ad hoc/ basis on my older
Technical Editor forum site on FreeForums.org, along with the other /ad
hoc/ material posted there.
Gary
