Squiidly Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 I'm considering buying version 12 as an upgrade, and have heard that the software is now compatible with OSX, in the sense that it is now "carbon". This supposedly results in true line thickness being displayed on screen and printed when the line is curved or angled, something we Mac users haven't had to this point (the lines were always wider, due to bitmapped simulation of angled lines in a grid of bits). Can any Mac users vouch for this change in 12? Quote Link to comment
MullinRJ Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 I believe it's actually a "cocoa" application. Either way, it's true. There is a preference to use Quartz Imaging. When ON, VW loses the square pen altogether. Very nicely, too. When the preference is OFF, it displays with square pen as it always did. Raymond VW 12 Designer / Mac G4 / OS 10.3.9 Quote Link to comment
RubenH Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 It affects the prints too. The problem of angled lines has been solved. Quote Link to comment
matto Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Let's not forget to mention that with Quartz Rendering You have the option for Anti-alasing as well. Which is really nice for screen proofing prints. The Quartz rendering is really nice, but if you are going to use it, it's best to be using Tiger. Quote Link to comment
Squiidly Posted December 8, 2005 Author Share Posted December 8, 2005 What would be the reason to leave quartz imaging off? Quote Link to comment
matto Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 As noted in a couple of articles at place like Ars Tech, up until tiger Os X rendered the old Quickdraw screen render must faster than it did it's native Quartz Rendering. With Tiger that all changes and Quartz even in software mode renders fastest. So you maybe able to pick up a small difference on a busy screen. The other reason would be if you don't have the option someone is bound to want it. :-) Quote Link to comment
Kevin Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 How does one turn Quartz on and off? Quote Link to comment
propstuff Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 VW preferences, Display tab. cheers Quote Link to comment
Kevin Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Thanks propstuff. It must be a version 12 only feature. It does not appear in my copy of VW11.5. Quote Link to comment
propstuff Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Yep Kevin, New in 12. What I'm keen on is the new quartz true layer transparencies. I haven't got to try them yet (VW currently tied up in a 6 hour radiosity calculation :-O) but: transparency = watercolour-type display effects???! I'm hoping, but I don't want to get too excited yet ;-) Well there you go:...... just crashed VW and lost my rad calculation... so I tried the transparency thing. Looks very promising ! cheers N [ 12-08-2005, 11:14 PM: Message edited by: propstuff ] Quote Link to comment
MullinRJ Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 quote: What would be the reason to leave quartz imaging off?On my machine (G4/500MHz Dual/OS 10.3.9), panning with the mouse scroll wheel responds very slowly when Quartz Imaging is enabled - several second delay, even with only 3 objects in a file. It could be longer in a really large file, but I haven't timed that yet. I set up a toggle command to quickly enable/disable it. Raymond Quote Link to comment
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