Expert’s Rating
Our Verdict
It ’s rare when a free app ( one with no strings bind ) allow the characteristic you need to get the job done . AlthoughDrawBerryis not exactly a substitute for Adobe Illustrator , it act well in a pinch for create a canonic transmitter draw mental image , such as a pamphlet or a garage sale sign .
The canonic tools are all here : you’re able to add any shape such as a substantial , circle , or rectangle . DrawBerry uses an intuitive interface that lease even novices make a complex geometric shape , such as a multi - point polygon or star , and then invigorate up the basic shape with color , a drop trace , text , and imported clip art and exposure . There are no sophisticated putz for add complex points to an subsist flesh or adding a freeform curve to a draught , but you’re able to make multiple drawing off level .
Palettes for adjust the size of it of the drawing control grid , canvass size of it , and rules are also just a detent away . In fact , DrawBerry does a expectant job or putting most peter on palettes for easy admittance , instead of burying them in the menus . you’re able to sum up text to a papers , but the tools for adjusting font and sizing are jolly rudimentary . For representative , there is no menu that show you a font preview .
DraweBerry let you export a ruined draw as a PDF , EPS , or exposure format such as JPEG . you could easy adjust objects on the Thomas Nelson Page and there ’s a amplify glassful ( rare for a vector draw app ) that let you whizz along in tight on just one portion of your new drafting to make all right adjustments . There ’s also an undo story that let you go back to a old version of the papers .
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[ John Brandon is a 20 - year veteran Mac user who used to melt an all - Mac graphics department . ]
