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Version 3.8 is out and does the job for my needs 
- Version: 3.7, 4/30/2009 05:40PM PST
Born Yesterday
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"Useless" is in the eye of the beholder - Version: 3.7, 12/3/2008 07:10AM PST
drtimothyjames
I want to add to the reply to "Absolutely Useless." I agree that one should not expect Illustrator-level abilities from a program at this price. There are those of us who need basic drawing tools and do not have the budgets to buy the industrial-strength options. For myself, I'm still exploring what program(s) to buy. At present, I do not have a license for DrawIt, but I asked the author for some technical assistance. I was given far more support than I would have imagined, and for free. And I don't think it was just to make a sale; I honestly got a sense that the author is simply helpful. I think that speaks very highly of both the author and the program. Just try to get that from Adobe.
Absolutely Useless 
- Version: 3.6.1, 10/5/2008 06:24PM PST
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jarlaxle.merc
Still hoping that someone might get the right mix of OS X features into a lightweight drawing tool DrawIt fails on every level. I'm not going to waste my time going into detail, just try it and before long you'll see how lacking this is. It's also little surprise that yet another OS X based drawing app has a very weak gradient feature set.
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Finally it works! - Version: 3.3, 2/13/2008 12:00AM PST
cravencondor
After my previous negative comments I must say that this looks like a very nice program
I am glad to see that the price is reduced and that the previous policy of only being allowed one trial period total as new versions of the "beta" were released has changed
As mentioned by the previous reviewer the manual is skimpy (dense) which when combined with the somewhat unusual interface will lead to a significant learning curve
it has many unique and useful features which may be worth the learning curve, it will take me some time to see if it is worth it
I am happy to see that the trial version seems to be full featured and not time limited (limited only in the number of layers which seems not to be a problem)
I am glad to see that the price is reduced and that the previous policy of only being allowed one trial period total as new versions of the "beta" were released has changed
As mentioned by the previous reviewer the manual is skimpy (dense) which when combined with the somewhat unusual interface will lead to a significant learning curve
it has many unique and useful features which may be worth the learning curve, it will take me some time to see if it is worth it
I am happy to see that the trial version seems to be full featured and not time limited (limited only in the number of layers which seems not to be a problem)
3.1 final released this week - Version: 3.1b3, 12/8/2007 01:04AM PST
francois.pellegrini
I must admit that Drawit has improved a lot and is right now a very nice application. I have tried Acorn and Drawit and the point is that Drawit is by far superior. I had bought the license for the former and have stopped using it since I discovered Drawit.
In my humble opinion, the other comments are totally unfair, or maybe they were fair when issued, but they do not apply any longer to v3.1 which has just been released (download it from the developer's site, as VTracker for some reason points to 3.1. Beta3 which was buggy).
I am a registered user of both Pixelmator and Drawit, and think that in Drawit there are some nice functions that are totally missing in Pixelmator: For instance, Drawit contains a powerful vector drawing tool (Beziers curves), with the ability to transform any vector shape that you may have created into masks, or text formatting abilities (kern, ligature, baseline) that are not available in Pixelmator.
Although Drawit is not a photography editing tool and Pixelmator claims to be one, I interestingly managed to do exactly the same with both Pixelmator and Drawit, e.g. add some water droplets onto a picture. Worth noting: Both Pixelmator and Drawit are 8 bit editors (16 bit is a must for photographers).
The interface is very nice and simple, in the vein of Apple's products; It could be from Apple themselves.
The user manual is a bit light at the moment, but the help available in the software is relatively good. It takes some time to get familiar with Drawit, but once familiar with it's non standard approach to drawing, it becomes very easy to use.
In my humble opinion, the other comments are totally unfair, or maybe they were fair when issued, but they do not apply any longer to v3.1 which has just been released (download it from the developer's site, as VTracker for some reason points to 3.1. Beta3 which was buggy).
I am a registered user of both Pixelmator and Drawit, and think that in Drawit there are some nice functions that are totally missing in Pixelmator: For instance, Drawit contains a powerful vector drawing tool (Beziers curves), with the ability to transform any vector shape that you may have created into masks, or text formatting abilities (kern, ligature, baseline) that are not available in Pixelmator.
Although Drawit is not a photography editing tool and Pixelmator claims to be one, I interestingly managed to do exactly the same with both Pixelmator and Drawit, e.g. add some water droplets onto a picture. Worth noting: Both Pixelmator and Drawit are 8 bit editors (16 bit is a must for photographers).
The interface is very nice and simple, in the vein of Apple's products; It could be from Apple themselves.
The user manual is a bit light at the moment, but the help available in the software is relatively good. It takes some time to get familiar with Drawit, but once familiar with it's non standard approach to drawing, it becomes very easy to use.
Improved since last year - Version: 3.0.4, 10/8/2007 10:50AM PST
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cravencondor
Well I would like to say something nice, I am reporting on last months version since they will not let me try V304 since my trial of v303 has expired
Much improved since the other reviews on VT (including mine) all of which are from 06
seems like a nice little program some of the manual now works
V303 was not worth $50 who knows what was improved in 304 certainly not I ?
Much improved since the other reviews on VT (including mine) all of which are from 06
seems like a nice little program some of the manual now works
V303 was not worth $50 who knows what was improved in 304 certainly not I ?
Ok for Kids - Version: 0.2.1, 11/12/2006 06:52AM PST
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MacRNF
When the tools are developed and the elements respond more intuitvely this app will be good for kids. It is not a competitor for any professional drawing app.
not a beta - Version: 0.2, 11/3/2006 11:24AM PST
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Jean-Michel Decombe
This is a promising application, but I would not call it a beta, in fact, not even an alpha. This is an application in development. I am interested to see where it is going though, so let us know when you have a reasonably finished product. Cheers!
Pay for a beta?? - Version: 0.2, 10/19/2006 02:44PM PST
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cravencondor
I attempted to try out this program
the manual/help is worthless
some functions do not work at all
For this we are expected to pay?? he should be paying anyone who attempts to use this thing
the manual/help is worthless
some functions do not work at all
For this we are expected to pay?? he should be paying anyone who attempts to use this thing
This is a very lightweight tool for those of use that don't need a full fledged desktop publishing program, especially one of the ones that cost hundreds of dollars.
Why would I want to waste money buying a gold plated Viper 2000 car if I only need a pair of shoes to travel 100 feet
This program has great support, the developer adds user suggested features every version and the price is very reasonable.
And this is an excellent program for kids to get a feel for DTP too without being overwhelmed with a million and one options they have no clue how to use.