VectorDesigner1.7.0

I have version 1.5.2. The current version is 1.7, and is only available in the App Store. According to Tweakersoft's web page, there is no way to upgrade to version 1.7 without buying the whole thing again from the App Store. So, if I want to get bug fixes, I have to shell out $29.99 to get these. So long, and thanks for all the rotten fish...

This app is almost certainly dead, website leads to aroundmeapp.com. No hint what happened anywhere.

Was about to buy the App Store version (the sole working version) today, and lo and behold - it's gone. Vanished. Just yesterday it were there (I deliberated whether to buy it or not. At least, it cost less than DrawIt and Sketch (though more than ArtBoard), and has both an equally appealing interface and functionality… my critique is limited to their update policy, not has not remotely anything to do with the merits of the app - for I really like it), and their website worked. Now - gone. Both the app and the webpage. That's a pity…

VectorDesigner 1.7.2 will not open a VD 1.7.2 document that was just created less than 48 hours ago. I am using OS X Lion... any similar issues?

Will not launch in Lion :-(

What? Pardon me, can one not upgrade from version 1.x to version 1.x free of charge? That's original! That sort of originality, however, doesn't precisely dictate loyalty! A very imprudent move!

I have version 1.5.2. The current version is 1.7, and is only available in the App Store. According to Tweakersoft's web page, there is no way to upgrade to version 1.7 without buying the whole thing again from the App Store. So, if I want to get bug fixes, I have to shell out $29.99 to get these. So long, and thanks for all the rotten fish...

I had high hopes for this app at the beginning, but I could never use it for real work without it crashing or falling down. Looks like development has stopped and the product is abandoned. Too bad. Hard to believe they're still selling it for $69.95.

I'm a professional Graphic designer who spent 50% of the time using Adobe Illustrator being the other 40% Adobe Photoshop and other 10% in different stuff. For Photoshop I already found the perfect replacement in Pixelmator but.... The first time I downloaded the demo I had really high hopes for VD but that soon came to end. The catchphrase says SIMPLE, INTUITIVE POWERFUL. I grant the first one 100%. The second one has some things that are hard to grasp, LAYERS to name only one. BUT the third one, sorry, but definitely not. I really tried hard to complete a Pamphlet that I started in Illustrator and I challenged myself to do it in Vector Designer. I don't know what are TweakerSoft's plans for the future, but so far version 1.5.1 barely accomplishes the necessary things for a very basic job. I'm not talking only about the results, I can get a pamphlet done in Microsoft Paintbrush (not being arrogant), but VD's user experience is really poor. The selection tools are really limited, layers are deficient, color swatches restricted, vector manipulation inadequate at best, no real SVG compatibility, the list could be endless. The job can be done but it would take 2, 3 or 4 times longer than Illustrator. Probably the objective is that, "vector illustration for the rest of us", in that sense VD is accomplishing an outstanding job. But for a serious professional tool, better look somewhere else. If Inkscape didn't use X11 that would be a real Illustrator contender, at least in the Mac OS platform. I gave VD 2 stars, they are not bad, but they have a loooooooooooooong way to go before I can call VD at least a decent application.

The Inspector is much too long. When you have an old Mac with 1024x768 screen, the underside of Inspector Window disppears under my Dock. And you can't collapse certain parts of the Inspector, like other apps do. While these old G4 Macs are not state-of-the-art, they are quite capable machines to do light graphic stuff. But the size of the Inspector Window just bugs me.

I have one huge beef with this app: The toolbar button for Path editing (called 'Sketch') needs to be split into two separate buttons... one for path, and one for smooth path. ...AND, I really don't like that it automatically switches to the Select tool once you've closed/finished working on a path. In other words, I'd like to click the path button and then directly start working: i.e. _not_ having to choose between normal path or smooth path editing. And again, I can't stress this far enough: please make it so that you keep the path editing tool activated after making a path!! Other than that, the application is slowly beginning to take form.