In fact the presence of applications like AD (49€) means that Canvas really must shine on all levels to be able to compete.
If they want to regain that confidence, their product must be a killer out of the gate. They single handedly destroyed the product and the confidence in it of its Mac users. General consensus on the Internet is that Canvas Draw still feels like a beta release and this fits very well with the nature of ACD and Canvas for Mac. That makes it much more than a rumour but the point of my message is the same.
In fact, Canvas Pro is currently in the second round of beta testing and the beta testing program is mentioned on the ACD support forums.
I got an email in August on Canvas Draw that said Canvas Pro for Mac is scheduled for 2015 release and when I checked the Canvas Draw page yesterday it linked me directly to the canvas pro page. Canvas Pro isn't available yet for Mac but is far from a rumour. I was generalísing a due to lack of time.
If the rumor of Canvas X Pro becomes reality, then I will purchase it-whether or not ACDSee offers an upgrade path. I have seen complaints from other users that Canvas Draw has issues with Canvas 3.5.6 files that that don't have file extensions. I have been most pleased that it handled every Canvas X file that I threw at it. Rumors do not count as released products. To the best of my knowledge, Canvas X Pro is a rumor. Canvas X 16 is exclusively a Windows product.
The newly released Mac version of Canvas comes in one flavor, Canvas Draw.
We'll try the trial but won't invest again until we see the proof in the pudding, which when it comes to ACD, is not something that fills us with hope.Ĭorrection. We'll try the trial but won't invest again until we see the proof in the pudding, which when it comes to ACD, is not something that fills us with hope. Of course a major requirement of any new release (for old Canvas users) would be bulletproof opening/editing of old Canvas files. Unfortunately, it would seem that ACD has released a version 1.0 product which (from the comments I'm seeing around the web) seems to be Beta quality.
Canvas Draw would seem to be a kind of Canvas Lite, but to convince us to invest we would need some real commitment from the owners (ACD) and a rock solid initial release of the product. The newly released Canvas for Mac now comes in two flavours (Canvas Draw and Canvas X Pro). My wife is currently trying Affinity Designer which looks to be a contender. Another problem is that similar applications to Canvas haven't been available. They basically left the mac users high and dry. My wife is heavily dependent on Canvas (Canvas X) and has suffered since it was left to die on the Mac.The problem we have is that we've been burnt far too many times over the years with the owners of Canvas failing to deliver the quality/stability that we are now used to with other products. If only Adobe would gain similar insight and return FrameMaker to the Mac. I am thrilled that ACD Systems has come to its senses. I had begun to think about running Windows in Parallels for the sole purpose of running Canvas and FrameMaker, my other mission-critical application that does not run on MacOS X past the MacOS X 10.4.11 Classic environment. I continue to stick with it, thus forestalling the completion of my transition to Intel because Canvas™ X is PPC-only. This is one of my two reasons for sticking with the application with each subsequent version up to Canvas™ X when ACD Systems, Canvas's new developer withdrew MacOS X development. For better or worse, however, even bad Canvas had no real competition-particularly given the fact that I had so many illustrations in the format. Canvas 5 taught me the hard way that it was possible to take a terrific application- Canvas 3.5.x-and totally screw it up. I completely agree that Canvas 3.5.6 had just about the best interface ever.