Intaglio 2.9.5a

Intaglio is a traditional Macintosh drawing & illustration application exclusively for Mac OS X. Patterned after the original Macintosh drawing applications, Intaglio is intuitive to beginners and familiar to traditional Macintosh users. Intaglio builds on the 2D graphics, text, color, and scripting capabilities of Mac OS X to provide unprecedented power and flexibility in an inexpensive drawing program.
Intaglio isnt just compatible with with Mac OS X, it was designed from the ground up to fully exploit the capabilites that make this platform ideal for graphics work. Naturally Intaglio is great for casual users, but it is also an ideal tool for experienced graphics experts who need special features or want a simpler experience than what is provided by the usual multi-platform graphic franchises.
Intaglio converts most ClarisDraw files to native Intaglio graphics.
This finally provides a native Mac OS X solution for people who have a large collection of ClarisDraw drawings. Since Intaglio adopts a similar user interface philosophy to traditional drawing applications like ClarisDraw, its also easy for old ClarisDraw users to get started right away. Intaglio doesnt currently support ClarisDraws "connector" lines or exotic text flow options. However it does convert QuickDraw PICT files to native Quartz graphics, providing another alternative for old drawings from just about any classic Macintosh drawing application.
Main features:
- Graphic Styles
- Word processors frequently allow a user to define several "styles" in a document to define the appearance of the text in that style. By changing a style, the user can change the appearance of all the text using that style in a single step. Intaglio brings this same concept to graphics with the addition of graphic styles to documents. Any change to a style in an Intaglio document, will also change all of the graphics using that style.
- PDF Conversion
- Intaglio converts most PDF images into native Intaglio graphics for editing (requires Mac OS X 10.3). Since PDF is the standard vector graphics exchange format for Mac OS X, this allows Intaglio to edit graphics received from many other applications. Conversion of text is currently limited to PDF fonts encoded as standard Latin or Unicode and PDF color spaces must conform to those supported by Intaglio (i.e., RGB, CMYK, and Gray).
- Effects
- Effects are vector and bitmap operations that produce the appearance of things like shadows, glows, and 3D lighting (requires Mac OS X 10.3). Theyre great for adding impact to an otherwise "flat" drawing.
Version restrictions:
- You cant save drawings.
- LinkBack is disabled.
- Printed drawings contain an "unlicensed" watermark.
- Drawings exported as PDF or bitmap images contain an "unlicensed" watermark.
Intaglio now runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel versions. The Universal version requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 7.0 or later for PowerPC or 10.4.7 or later for Intel.