Something I've JUST begun to explore is the potential of a computer
tablet in design work. I recently got a tablet which attaches to my
computer and came bundled with Adobe Photoshop Essentials. The program
is probably a less powerful version of Photoshop, but provides layers to
work in, and allows the bottom layer to be a photograph or grid or
whatever you want to scan in. I love working with a stylus instead of a
mouse, and my initial attempts have been promising, although I'll need
some practice to learn the program better, and to control the lines
better. I have noticed a "snap to grid" option in the toolbox...
I've worked with Lace 2000 for a few years - and have nothing to show
for it really, although that's my problem, not a reflection on the
program!! But this tablet system frees things up a lot and may even work
with Lace 2000 - I'll have to try it! So I'll keep you posted on how
things are going.
Clay
Brenda Paternoster wrote:
Hello Rosemary
For years I've been using an old RISC OS Acorn machine for lace
designing, but I know that when it dies I won't replace it, so I've
recently bit the bullet and bought Adobe Illustrator CS2 for the Mac.
The reason I went for the Acorn is that I could bend and stretch lace
patterns (drawn with the built in !Draw program and distorted with
!TypeStudio) more or less any way I wanted. At the time, late 1980s,
there was nothing for PC that could touch it - apart maybe from
AutoCad which would have cost more than a computer.
CS2 can do all I want it to with the envelope tool. It's not as
intuitive to me (yet!) as the Acorn but I have been able to draw a
torchon pattern and then bend and wave it, so I know it's got the
potential. It will also do a great deal more than I'll ever need!
However, if all you want to do is draft accurate grid based laces then
*any* CAD program should be able to do it. After all a lace pattern is
only lines and dots! Try Googling 'CAD Mac'
Brenda
On 11 Jul 2006, at 20:01, Rosemary Naish wrote:
Greeting fellow Spiders,
I have been following the thread on designing with interest, and
wondered if any of you used Macs as opposed to PC's? If there are any
fellow MAC addicts out there who have found some lace design software
that is properly compatible with Mac's I'd be very grateful to learn
about it.
Rosemary in sunny Somerset.
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