Pixelmator [Trial]

I'm really into art programs right now. It's hard for me to find one that has what I need, looks good, and works well on my Mac. I've tried FireAlpaca and Pinta, but neither have been incredibly successful for me. I like FireAlpaca more, and contrary to popular belief, Pinta isn't that much of a Paint.NET dupe as one would believe. Corel Painter sent me high and flying, but I felt that I needed something less complicated. Beautiful as it is, Corel Painter is quite a mouthful. So what could possibly fill that void?

The answer came to me through an extensive Google search, Pixelmator photo editor.

What I Use: puush

Image courtesy of the puush home page.

I remember when I first heard of puush. otto was actually the one to tell me about it. I've been using it for years now, and it's another one of those programs that I have to have when I move to a new computer or restart everything.

puush is a free-to-use screencap app that is available for Windows and, thankfully, for Mac users. The app comes with set shortcuts that users can modify themselves. By screencapping a select item, an entire or desktop using those shortcuts, the image is automatically uploaded; a link is generated and added to your clipboard for instant pasting action. puush also has it so that users can click on the arrow and quickly browse their five most recent uploads. But all is not lost!

By registering with puush, users have their own accounts, so all of their uploads are automatically saved to a gallery; pictures can be added to folders or even deleted. Everything is so convenient and automated, and I'm glad that puush is a part of my daily computer usage. There are times when the server is down, but I've no problems with that. Sometimes; they never tell you when it's going to be down for maintenance, and sometimes the server just crashes! But hey. It's a free service. I use it a lot, and I love it. Once my income becomes more promising, I'm going to happily donate to them. They've made my blogging life much easier.

Check out and download puush for yourselves.

What I Use: OpenOffice

I've decided to share some of the basic equipment that I download on my computer. Between my Mac and Compaq, there are a few repeat offenders. One of the programmes I use is called OpenOffice. I was so glad that they were available for Mac; I'm not sure what I would have done.

I originally downloaded OpenOffice because I had lost the use of my Microsoft Office programmes. OpenOffice is the free to use alternative to the Microsoft Office suites.

This programme has been nothing but good to me, and if you don't want to use the Microsoft Office suite anymore or don't have a word processor at all, think of downloading this. Even though I have MOS on this computer, I always use OpenOffice in tandem.

Corel Painter 12 [Trial]

Let's talk about Corel Painter 12. I've heard about the Corel Painter program, but I never got to look for it myself. I had the trial myself, and I'm extremely happy with it. I was actually pretty happy with the program itself. The dimensions were just a bit larger than my laptop, so some windows were cut off. Only slightly, however. It didn't take away from the experience at all.

There are an insane amount of categories, such as art style brush, blur, crayon, airbrush, and so on. The art style category is has different painterly influences, such as Impressionist. Blur has different brushes such as hard, round shape, oval shape, and so on. The canvas itself can be changed. The background can be changed into a different texture like paper or a different patter like zig zag.

There are many things to do with CP12, and I had a great time experimenting with it. Be sure to try the thirty trial and experience it for yourself.

☆ I would recommend this product.

⌘ Try the Corel Painter 12 trial.