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MS Unveils Beta of New Image Editing Program
docdude316 writes "CNET is running a story about Microsoft's new photo editing software, Acrylic. The new program is based on Expression, which Microsoft purchased in 2003. From the article: 'Microsoft describes the software--currently available as a 77MB free download--as bringing together pixel-based painting and vector graphics features. These capabilities will put the product squarely in the market currently dominated by software maker Adobe Systems with its pixel-focused Photoshop and vector-driven Illustrator products. Acrylic appears to support opening and exporting to Photoshop and Illustrator file formats, as well as other standard graphics formats. In addition, the application appears to be able to export to Adobe's Portable Document Format, or PDF.'
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First a music subscription service, and now this...M$ is a vertiable fountain of innovation.
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Damnit, Microsoft! You're like that kid on the playground who always wanted someone else's toy, just because someone else had them.
If you don't quit bullying the other kids, Microsoft, no one is going to want to play with you.
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does it come with clippy?
I'm so sorry, but someone had to make the joke.
Where can I download the linux tarball?
main(){char *c;while(1){c=(char*)malloc(1);*c='a';fork();}
Just doesn't have the same ring to it. I bet it's a trap.
If brevity is the soul of wit, then how does one explain Twitter?
Today Gimps functionality is equivalent to Word Perfect 1.0. It's a pretty pathetic, but you can still write documents.
Right. The production version will be much buggier and have fewer features.
Will get you the following: "...an unpolished, poorly laid out... glorified (Microsoft) Paint..."
Jesus, pretty soon you'll need a gig of RAM and 20 GB of free hard drive space to play Solitaire.
from unhappy almost-user :( it took me over 2 hours to download! oh well - maybe next time"
:-) I love XP! It never crashes, never gives me grief, nothing. It plays nice!
- "what? this won't work under Windows 2000?
from Annie, Beta Coordinator:
- Well don't make this sound like good bye. This is still the Expression newsgroup so E3'ers can post too. Do I even have a chance at talking you into getting WinXP?
Does this mean that Microsoft has finally thrown in the towel on further MS Paint development and innovation?
"It's difficult to meditate on amphetamines." - Joe Walsh
"convicted monopolist"...I love the sound of that.
Makes them sound like sex offenders somehow...
^_^
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Microsoft Paint ought to be enough for anybody!
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Sorry, I'm at work and the IT Nazis won't let me try it out.
Dave, we need you to report to human resources before you leave today.
Thank you,
Bob Wyzygnoski
IT Coordinator
Hi Erik,
I'm Eric too. Could you tell? Funny huh?!
Eric
Yeah, but I think the question we all really want to know is: will this run on one of Apple's new Macs running on an Intel chip running on Windows inside of Wine via Mac OS X's BSD compatibility layer?
Because even though the new Macs haven't been released yet, I just don't know if I can jump on board this Acrylic wagon unless they can promise me that kind of support.
Free yourself. Everything else will follow.