Animated gif editor

[Richmond]

On 01/20/2013 03:49 AM, Robert Sneidar wrote:
> Richmond, do you have a modern OS X computer with plenty of memory? If so, I am very tempted to buy you a copy of Parallels. Virtually (pardon the pun) everything that only talks to Windows Drivers and not to the hardware directly will work in Parallels.
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That is an extremely generous offer.

However:

1. My most 'modern' real Mac is one of the last PPC macMinis
(very useful for taking to University lectures and so forth for 
presentations).

2. I have just got Photoshop CS2 running seamlessly via WINE on one of my
Linux boxes.

3. I will probably almost never use Photoshop as GIMP gives me all I need,
with the possible exception of decent Bevel edges.

4. If I really "have an urge" I can always download the PPC Mac versions of
All the CS2 offerings and run them on one or more of the souped-up G3 iMacs
I have running anything from Mac OS 10.2 to Mac OS 10.4.

5. I also have Windows XP running inside VMware that I sometimes use for 
the
Free versions of Bryce and Poser offered by DAZ. [Bryce does not work
under WINE].

"plenty of memory"

Well memory is as memory does; my DELL Optiplex 745 currently sports 6 
GB RAM
(and may be maxed-out to 8GB on my birthday) of which 4GB is available 
for both my
VMware setups for Mac OS 10.6 and Windows XP; so eveything trots along 
at a speed
that is about twice as fast as I can cope with!

I ONLY use Macintosh nowadays for programming my Devawriter Pro as Mac 
standalones
hived off from the Linux recensions of Livecode are 'wonky'. All my 
graphic stuff is done
over on the Linux side or within Livecode itself. Ever since the Version 
4.0 Edinburgh conference
I have used the graphic stuff in Livecode an awful lot, and been 
impressed by it; especially as
it saves an awful lot of time by not having to do the application dance.

So, Robert, "Thanks but no thanks", although, as the saying goes, you 
will always have
a place close to my heart for your generosity.

Richmond.