Amazon.com Review

Streamline 4.0 is an excellent bridge between the worlds of freehanddrawing and resolution-independent graphics. At its heart, the software isbasically a conversion utility, a tool for importing bitmapped (raster) imagesand exporting them as vector-based line art. But it's a disservice to theupgrade to downplay what is so simply stated.

The value of Streamline becomes apparent after the first conversion--it quickensthe heart to see a hand-drawn, bitmapped image imported into a program likeAdobe Illustrator, where one can tweak the curve and width of any line, andscale it up until it fills a billboard.

The process starts with a drawing or image being scanned in or photographed witha digital camera and saved out from a program like Adobe Photoshop. It is thenopened in Streamline (it works with many file types, including native Photoshop)where the image is converted to vector lines.

The options for conversion are numerous: control point density, smoothness, linewidth, stroke or fill, curve smoothing. Additionally, areas of the originalimage can be selectively converted, with each area using different conversionsettings--some for smoother, thicker lines, some for rougher, more edgy lines,and variations thereof. Also, Streamline 4.0 now features a "convert to"command, for converting a roughly drawn shape into a standard shape; forexample, a crude egg shape on a cocktail napkin could be converted to a perfectcircle, or four rough strokes into a smooth, even rectangle. Streamline 4.0 alsosupports converting colors to vector-based areas of color. One can specify thenumber of colors to use and which color palette would best match.

Adobe-standard keyboard shortcuts improve one's efficiency with the application,and being able to drag and drop across applications is a handy feature thatanyone can grow to love.

Freehand drawing on a computer is not as easy or straightforward as takingpencil to paper--a natural quality is lacking, a texture more felt than seen.But graphics software offers features not found in "real-life" art, like theability to scale an image up and down without losing the sharpness of a line.For any serious digital artist, this upgrade is a must-have. It is one of thosetools that is used the least, but appreciated the most. --Mike Caputo ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

AppleWorks 6.2.2 is optimized for OS X and features six applications for your core tasks: word processing, page layout, image editing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentations. This version of AppleWorks opens and saves Microsoft Word and Excel files using DataViz translators, and converts your documents to PDF using Print Preview in Mac OS X. You can add text, images, sounds, movies, spreadsheets, charts, and tables to any document by dragging and dropping. For presentations, you can include titles, captions, pictures, music, and video, sort your slides using drag-and-drop, and prepare speaker's notes for each slide. You can also use an assistant or template to get a head start on your document, and tap into an expanding library of Internet-based templates. There are over 50 fonts to choose from. ... Read more

Reviews (2)

Time, time, time
It's incompatible with my MacLinkPlus; everything must become Appleworks 5 before it can then be translated into AW6 and the same thing works in reverse. I can't cut & past text from my old fave WordPerfect for Mac. And it's the slowest somemabitch, at least in iMac X+, that I've ever had the impatience to work with. Spinning wheel: working, working, working, all right already: finish working! It's basically sound, but I can't call up the usually codes to see what is really going on, as I could with WordPerfect. Its translation to html is a nice attempt but full of hesitancies, mistranslations, & that goddamned eternal spinning wheel: processeing, processing. I really think I *could* like this word process if they fixed up the speed, efficiency, & translatability, & added the "seeing within" features I like. [I had hoped WordPerfect would make something for Mac X+, but they say no.]

Appleworks-Small package, Big Punch
Appleworks 6.2 has all the features of Microsoft Office and more. For only $80.00 it is less than half the price of Office and since it is from Apple it is designed just for your computer. ... Read more

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Hunting Album
This is a great item! If you hunt this will be your prize to show to all your friends.Show them what a great hunter you really are.Keep track of all of your favorite "trophy" game.Veiw pictures of all the game you have ever hunted and killed.Your friends and family will be amazed when you show them your prized pictures.If you are a smart hunter this is for you.It is a great way to show off your collection of hunting pictures! ... Read more

Features

• Find fonts by file name
• View fonts in 5 different categories
• Choose from headline, modern, script and more

Features

• Perfectly reproduces your professional documents, preserving the correct columns of text, tables and graphics
• Retypes all the text in a scanned document, and imports all formatting, for a perfect Digital copy
• Extremely easy to use, thanks to the intuitive new interface
• Multiple Output formats - create a document, spreadsheet, graph or PDF File with just a click
• Ignore Exterior Area limits recognition zones for faster, easier scanning

Features

• Select from over 2,000 layout templates, and add any of 10,000 clipart images to them
• Multiple graphics tools for adding new design elements to your projects
• Includes over 1,000 fonts for Mac and PC
• Create fantastic layouts in 3 easy steps -Choose a Document Type, personalize your layout and Print!