Traveling without my Mac, unable to activate the copy of Adobe Creative Suite that was on my (now-lost anyway) clone, I was left without photo editing software. When I arrive at a location that has a Mac, but doesn’t have Photoshop, I am in need of photo editing software in order to do some of my work. (And because I want nice-looking photos at the top of this page.)
The solution?
The greatest find!
Pixelmator — by Pixelmator Team Ltd.
For anyone, this is a fabulous find. It does much of what Photoshop does, but costs only $29.99 as I write this.
When I am able to get my hands on the right OS X install disk and rebuilt my bootable clone, I hope, and expect, that I will be able to purchase this excellent software once and be allowed to use it from my clone on any Mac that I boot from.
I still love and miss my Adobe Creative Suite greatly. Dreamweaver is my most powerful website creation tool and I miss it and its integration with Photoshop. (Although sadly lacking compared to the integration that existed between GoLive and Photoshop.) I would very much like to be able to use CS again before returning home. But, when my Mac was stolen I was not able to ask the thieves to stop and de-authorize my installation, and as I am not home I am unable to do Adobe’s required fresh disk re-install, so Creative Suite and Photoshop are not a legal option as I travel. Still, I feel I must respect Adobe’s rules. I do not wish to pirate software. Anyway, this forced me into truly using Pixelmator, so I am happy for that part of things.