Comments on: Iris, a Photoshop alternative, gets a thorough review. http://smokingapples.com/software/iris-a-photoshop-alternative-gets-a-thorough-review/ Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:01:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Milind Alvares http://smokingapples.com/software/iris-a-photoshop-alternative-gets-a-thorough-review/#comment-830 Milind Alvares Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:00:02 +0000 http://smokingapples.com/?p=25#comment-830 Well actually I was thinking of more like 'alternative', than 'duplicate'. I don't think Photoshop's interface is anything good, and was decidedly looking for something better. Photoline (ignoring the fact that it is a Cross platform app) is something that's worse than Photoshop, and definitely not an alternative. If that was the case, Gimp would have easily fit right in. Ugly interface et al. I guess those looking for a 'cheap photoshop', will find it in PhotoLine. Thanks for bringing it to my notice though, as I had never heard of it before. Well actually I was thinking of more like ‘alternative’, than ‘duplicate’. I don’t think Photoshop’s interface is anything good, and was decidedly looking for something better. Photoline (ignoring the fact that it is a Cross platform app) is something that’s worse than Photoshop, and definitely not an alternative. If that was the case, Gimp would have easily fit right in. Ugly interface et al.

I guess those looking for a ‘cheap photoshop’, will find it in PhotoLine. Thanks for bringing it to my notice though, as I had never heard of it before.

]]> By: Tonio Loewald http://smokingapples.com/software/iris-a-photoshop-alternative-gets-a-thorough-review/#comment-829 Tonio Loewald Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:54:52 +0000 http://smokingapples.com/?p=25#comment-829 Actually the closest thing I've seen to a genuine Photoshop alternative is the decidedly unsexy Photoline (http://pl32.com). Unlike Iris, Acorn, Pixelmator, et al, it has proper bezier layers, proper selection tools, proper text support, layer effects, and so on. Its interface is often frustrating (mainly because it's literally Photoshop's German UI translated into English, so various things are named differently from Photoshop for no readily apparent reason), it has an embarrassingly ugly icon, and its menus are badly organized (but then, so are Photoshop's -- I'm just more used to them). Actually the closest thing I’ve seen to a genuine Photoshop alternative is the decidedly unsexy Photoline (http://pl32.com). Unlike Iris, Acorn, Pixelmator, et al, it has proper bezier layers, proper selection tools, proper text support, layer effects, and so on. Its interface is often frustrating (mainly because it’s literally Photoshop’s German UI translated into English, so various things are named differently from Photoshop for no readily apparent reason), it has an embarrassingly ugly icon, and its menus are badly organized (but then, so are Photoshop’s — I’m just more used to them).

]]> By: Pixelmator 1.3 “Tempo” beta reviewed | Smoking Apples http://smokingapples.com/software/iris-a-photoshop-alternative-gets-a-thorough-review/#comment-807 Pixelmator 1.3 “Tempo” beta reviewed | Smoking Apples Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:16:03 +0000 http://smokingapples.com/?p=25#comment-807 [...] the old school floating variety, which I think should’ve been done away with. An interface like Iris would have been a better implementation, but the current one is not bad in any [...] [...] the old school floating variety, which I think should’ve been done away with. An interface like Iris would have been a better implementation, but the current one is not bad in any [...]

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