Alas, but my nifty version of Adobe Illustrator 8 simply chokes at the thought of being placed on a 64 bit Vista (home) or 64 bit Windows 7 (work) machine. While CS3 and above will run on 64 bit OSs, I'm not in a big hurry to run out and spend hundreds of dollars (Illustrator CS5 goes for $600). Are there alternatives out there that would be cheaper?
EDIT: I found out through a friend of mine that OpenOffice has a drawing program that has a lot of functionality to it. I'm going to check that out, particularly since it's free.
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If OO doesn't cut it, try something like:
http://www.xara.com/uk/
Xara is pretty good (the interface is streets ahead of illustrator anyway, even if it doesn't have quite the same functionality - then again, trained monkeys could code a better UI than adobe),
http://www.xara.com/uk/
Xara is pretty good (the interface is streets ahead of illustrator anyway, even if it doesn't have quite the same functionality - then again, trained monkeys could code a better UI than adobe),
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Yes, the CS series will work on a 64-bit machine. Alas, but my version is too old.
One issue that has come up so far is OpenOffice's draw automatically converts RBG color codes to CMYK codes, so if precise color matching is an issue you should be aware of that.
One issue that has come up so far is OpenOffice's draw automatically converts RBG color codes to CMYK codes, so if precise color matching is an issue you should be aware of that.
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