[Lisa Dawson]

I'm looking for a copy of Superpaint 3.5 software
This porgram had a symetrical drawing feature that I can't find in nay other drawing program. Can any one tell me if they hav ena old copy to sell?

[voiceofra]

Originally Posted by Lisa Dawson 

I'm looking for a copy of Superpaint 3.5 software
This porgram had a symetrical drawing feature that I can't find in nay other drawing program. Can any one tell me if they hav ena old copy to sell?

Do you have a mac old enough to run it? The program is over 20 years old, not to mention LONG gone.

[bluedog]

You don't need the symmetrical drawing, draw one half and then clone the items with the tools in the new application. The Superpaint program will not be very useful in todays graphics standards or otherwise. It was a great app at the time. In any case you may wish to try it running on an OS9 machine natively before trying to run it in classic in osx.

Another alternative is to run the Basilisk II emulator, then download a free OS7 installation which Apple may still have on their website. That would put you close in the era of OS that ran Superpaint.

Good luck finding a copy. I'm sure if you look up classic mac you may find something online.

[andi*pandi]

I have it on a floppy somewhere... but don't have anything working that has a floppy drive. Illustrator or freehand can't do what you need?

[bluedog]

How about version 3? Unless the symmetrical stuff came in at 3.5.

http://macsoftware.umecit.maine.edu/

There's a link for it online.

[Lisa Dawson]

Hi,
Version 3 may still haveit I'm not sure.

[Lisa Dawson]

Unfortunately Illustrator and Freehand can't do what I want.This was such and easy way to do perfect symetrical drawing without all the manipulation. You can flop and image to create a mirrored effect but Super paint had six points on a square and I think 8 points on a radial grid, very effective for jewelry and pottery designs.

[Lisa Dawson]

Thanks, I don't have to check with my husband Steve my very own certified MAC repair man to see if he still has any thing that will read a flopy, I'll let you know.

[Lisa Dawson]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'm not looking to do high end graphics with Superpaint it was never meant for that any way.I was using the feature to make line drawings for pottery and jewelry designs. When you copy and flip you have a limit to how much you can manipulate the image. in particular on an angle you get a great deal of distortion. So I was looking to find an old copy as I still find it easier to draw my designs free hand within this application it's a very free way to work you see entire pattern unfold and can make adjustments as needed.

[Lisa Dawson]

I have a Mac that's still on OS9 it will run on that.

[art_director]

Originally Posted by Lisa Dawson 

Thanks for the suggestion, I'm not looking to do high end graphics with Superpaint it was never meant for that any way.I was using the feature to make line drawings for pottery and jewelry designs. When you copy and flip you have a limit to how much you can manipulate the image. in particular on an angle you get a great deal of distortion. So I was looking to find an old copy as I still find it easier to draw my designs free hand within this application it's a very free way to work you see entire pattern unfold and can make adjustments as needed.

On the surface, this description sounds like an easy job for Illustrator of Freehand. Have you tried a demo copy of either to see if it satisfies your needs?

[holstien]

I used superpaint in 10.2 under classic several times. I have since moved on to Expression 3 (ha! more vaporware!) but I can at least report that i'm very sure it will run fine in classic mode.

[macgeek2005]

Ah... superpaint. It was my favorite program on my Macintosh SE/30 back in the day.