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This is terrific news. I completely agree that Canvas 3.5.6 had just about the best interface ever. Canvas 5 taught me the hard way that it was possible to take a terrific application- Canvas 3.5.x-and totally screw it up. For better or worse, however, even bad Canvas had no real competition-particularly given the fact that I had so many illustrations in the format. This is one of my two reasons for sticking with the application with each subsequent version up to Canvas™ X when ACD Systems, Canvas's new developer withdrew MacOS X development. I continue to stick with it, thus forestalling the completion of my transition to Intel because Canvas™ X is PPC-only. I had begun to think about running Windows in Parallels for the sole purpose of running Canvas and FrameMaker, my other mission-critical application that does not run on MacOS X past the MacOS X 10.4.11 Classic environment.
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I am thrilled that ACD Systems has come to its senses. If only Adobe would gain similar insight and return FrameMaker to the Mac. I thought your issue was that you didn't want to switch over to an Intel processor and lose your ability to use Canvas X. You can't use OS X 7 and later on a PPC processor anyway, so upgrade to an Intel based machine using Snow Leopard until Canvas 14 comes out. Then install whatever Maverick operating system is available in three or four years from now when Canvas 14 is available. Giving advice is not your strong suit. You should have read my entire post before chiming in.
If you had, then you would know that I have two applications that have not been ported to Intel-based Macs. FrameMaker is my other application that has not been posted to OS X. The lack of these applications or suitable replacements is why I said that I was considering running Windows under Parallels.
I want to swim across the ocean. You chime in with advice about how to swim half way. My wife is heavily dependent on Canvas (Canvas X) and has suffered since it was left to die on the Mac.The problem we have is that we've been burnt far too many times over the years with the owners of Canvas failing to deliver the quality/stability that we are now used to with other products. They basically left the mac users high and dry. Another problem is that similar applications to Canvas haven't been available. My wife is currently trying Affinity Designer which looks to be a contender. The newly released Canvas for Mac now comes in two flavours (Canvas Draw and Canvas X Pro).
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Canvas Draw would seem to be a kind of Canvas Lite, but to convince us to invest we would need some real commitment from the owners (ACD) and a rock solid initial release of the product. Unfortunately, it would seem that ACD has released a version 1.0 product which (from the comments I'm seeing around the web) seems to be Beta quality. Cusi fx audio drivers for mac.
Of course a major requirement of any new release (for old Canvas users) would be bulletproof opening/editing of old Canvas files. We'll see how that works out. We'll try the trial but won't invest again until we see the proof in the pudding, which when it comes to ACD, is not something that fills us with hope.
The newly released Canvas for Mac now comes in two flavours (Canvas Draw and Canvas X Pro). Canvas Draw would seem to be a kind of Canvas Lite, but to convince us to invest we would need some real commitment from the owners (ACD) and a rock solid initial release of the product.
Unfortunately, it would seem that ACD has released a version 1.0 product which (from the comments I'm seeing around the web) seems to be Beta quality. Of course a major requirement of any new release (for old Canvas users) would be bulletproof opening/editing of old Canvas files. We'll see how that works out. We'll try the trial but won't invest again until we see the proof in the pudding, which when it comes to ACD, is not something that fills us with hope. The newly released Mac version of Canvas comes in one flavor, Canvas Draw. Canvas X 16 is exclusively a Windows product.
To the best of my knowledge, Canvas X Pro is a rumor. Rumors do not count as released products. That said, I have purchased Canvas Draw. I have been most pleased that it handled every Canvas X file that I threw at it.
I have seen complaints from other users that Canvas Draw has issues with Canvas 3.5.6 files that that don't have file extensions. If the rumor of Canvas X Pro becomes reality, then I will purchase it-whether or not ACDSee offers an upgrade path.