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June 14, 2005
[ NEW MICROSOFT IMAGE EDITING APP ]
MICROSOFT LOOKS LIKE IT IS GETTING SERIOUS about plugging the image editing gap in its application line-up. The company has just posted a beta version of a new program called Acrylic -- at least that is its current code name.
Acrylic is a 77.6MB download. The MS server is fast, so the average transfer rate on broadband is about 300 KB/sec, meaning that the download doesn't take long.
The file is a zipped installer. There are no instructions, but any Photoshop user will easily find his/her way around the interface. dpexpert has taken a quick glance and concluded that Acrylic is in the PaintShop Pro/Photoshop Elements class.
Microsoft short-circuited the development phase by buying the Hong Kong company, Creature House, and acquiring the Acrylic program.
At first glance the beta doesn't appear to be crippled in any way, [except for being time-limited to expire in October] so for the adventurous this could be an easy path to temporarily acquiring a decent image editing program for no charge except the cumbersome Microsoft registration routine.
If you do try it please keep dpexpert informed about its usefulness or otherwise. Post your comments here as you get to know Acrylic's ins and outs.
READ THE FULL CNET STORY ON ACRYLIC.
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Posted by terry at June 14, 2005 10:45 AM
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Requires Windows XP with SP2. That's fine by me --I've been meaning to upgrade all year. Is there some functionality in Acrylic that can't be delivered in earlier Windows versions? Are we about to see more of software with this requirement?
Posted by: DaveH at June 17, 2005 06:33 PM