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  1. Re:It is a fairly easy transition. by raga · · Score: 5, Informative · on Windows to Mac Migration Guide/Advice?
    Drdink's list of apps is a good start. I have a list of OS X software I made for two of my "switcher" friends, and now that you are in the same boat, here it is.

    These are all the free (as in beer) applications I use all the time:

    WireTap: Save an audio file of any sound being played on the Mac by any other application.

    DVDBackup: Great for backing up DVDs (while removing region coding, CSS encryption, and Macrovision encryption.) You'll still need Toast to burn the DVDs though.

    PixelNhance: A must-have to tinker with the color/brightness/contrast etc. of your digital pictures.

    Pixen: The best pixel-level editor on any platform.

    MorphX: Morphs one image into another.

    SnapNDrag: For screen captures (Grab is another basic screen capture utility that comes bundled with OSX).

    Galerie: Puts your photos in a nice album-type gallery of web pages for being served by a web server.

    LaTex Equation Editor and Tex Fog: The equation editors I use. Requires Tex/LaTex to be installed..

    And if you are into LaTex, you'll also want CPlot: A parametric equation plotter.

    CyberDuck: Open source S/FTP client. (Other FTP clients for OSX include osXigen, Transmit, Fetch, Fugu...).

    Onyx: A must-have system utility.

    MenuMeter: Another must-have system info utility. Excellent.

    Books: A library software (book database).

    Xnippets: A decent information organiser.

    Carbon Copy Cloner: Backup software. (Donationware)

    A few apps I have gladly paid money to use:

    ChartSmith: Wonderfull for making all kinds of charts you have ever thought of (and some you haven't).

    EvoCAM: Great app to record/play (or otherwise control) a Firewire/USB camera hooked to your Mac. Well worth the shareware price. (Also checkout their other offerings - ImageDV and VideoScope)

    Intaglio: The 2D vector drawing/CAD program of my choice for simple CAD/ technical drawings.

    Keynote: A (much better than) PowerPoint replacement from Apple. I use this all the time. (When it came out originally, I paid $$ for it; I heard Apple is bundling it with iLife now?)

    Little Snitch: Keeps tabs on any stealth connections being made to/from your Mac, Shareware.

    Intuem: Nice MIDI app with a clean interface. (GarageBand, one of Apple's iLife apps, is great for Audio/MIDI as well, but I find it limiting for my purpose because it does not do MIDI-out to my keyboard/synth.)

    cheers- raga

  2. Re:Adobe setting itself up for a Quarking by Watts+Martin · · Score: 1 · on Adobe Says PCs Are Preferred

    I'm curious about TIFFany. The company that made it (Caffeine Software) seems to have ceased operations on March 3, and while their website now consists solely of a link to their products in one big archive, that archive still contains demos of their commercial products, which suggests they're still hanging onto their assets.

    While I've argued that Apple taking on Photoshop strikes me as highly unlikely--and it still does--TIFFany might be a really good base to start from. The synchronicity between them going under and this public questioning of the seriousness of Adobe's commitment to the Mac is probably a coincidence, but it's an interesting one.

  3. Re:What about TIFFany by freshmkr · · Score: 2, Informative · on Photoshop for OS X
    A quick note for those of you with old NeXT boxes or NEXTSTEP/OpenStep on your PC or workstation: it looks like Caffeine is offering licenses for the older version of TIFFany for free. Check out http://www.caffeinesoft.com/pricing.htm (scroll down to the bottom third of the page).

    --Tom

  4. What about TIFFany by skribble · · Score: 3, Informative · on Photoshop for OS X
    Caffine Software sells TIFFany which very well could be every bit as good as Photoshop. This is actually a cocoa app that was originally designed for OpenStep. On the plus side it's very powerful and very different. On the minus side it's pretty expensive (They really should offer a $149 competitive upgrade from Photoshop!) and it's very different.


    Anyway... I'll probably end up with Photoshop (I've been using it since Version 2.5). But there are options for OS X. (And I'm sorry, but GIMP is not an option for professional photo editing... It's a step above most graphics software, but it's not Photoshop or TIFFany. (I actually think people who use and like GIMP on OS X should really download TIFFany3 Trial, I think they'll be pleasantly supprised).

  5. stiff competition by Chris+Hanson · · Score: 5 · on GIMP And OS X
    Not only does GIMP have Photoshop for competition on the Macintosh, it will also be competing with tools like TIFFany3 from Caffeine Software.

    It should be good for innovation, though the results of the competition between the three may surprise some GIMP advocates.

    (Hint: User-centered design is paramount on the Macintosh. Focus on what users want and need and how they work with their tools if you want to gain any share.)

    --
    Chris Hanson
    bDistributed.com, Inc.

  6. stiff competition by Chris+Hanson · · Score: 5 · on GIMP And OS X
    Not only does GIMP have Photoshop for competition on the Macintosh, it will also be competing with tools like TIFFany3 from Caffeine Software.

    It should be good for innovation, though the results of the competition between the three may surprise some GIMP advocates.

    (Hint: User-centered design is paramount on the Macintosh. Focus on what users want and need and how they work with their tools if you want to gain any share.)

    --
    Chris Hanson
    bDistributed.com, Inc.