Glass Eye 2000 Standard Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought The Glass Eye a few years ago just as I was getting ready to retire from a position as Systems Manager for CADD equipment (Computer Aided Design and Drafting). As a Systems Manager, I had more than fifteen years of experience managing, drawing, and teaching CADD in two different companies. I had been designing and drawing stained glass layouts using a variety of drawing packages. I have been working with stained glass for almost thirty years and have been selling my work, seriously, for about six years.
With The Glass Eye, I was amazed at how quickly I could put a design together. I was able to easily put any type of picture (or piece of a picture) into a bitmap background, draw the lead/foil lines over it to create my stained glass drawing, then scale it to the size I wanted, and print out my patterns. This was a simple, quick way to create my own custom designs. I used The Glass Eye for about a year and a half, until Glass Eye 2000 became available.
As soon as I read about the new features, I was ready to purchase the Professional Version without even trying it. But, I downloaded the trial version. After just a few days, I ordered the Professional Version. I was happy with The Glass Eye. I am ecstatic with Glass Eye 2000.
The best new feature, in my opinion, is the glass library. With it, I can choose manufactures' colors (with catalog number) and paint my design with streakies, waterglass, textures, etc. I have actual glass samples which I purchased from the glass manufacturers and the library takes a lot of guesswork out of how the glass will actually look in the finished project. I also like the new text writing feature and the fact that the individual pieces of glass in my design are numbered for me. To be able to email a drawing (in .JPG or other format) to a customer is a definite plus. And to be able to pull a picture into the background in a format other than bitmap (such as .JPG or from my scanner or digital camera) saves a lot of manipulation of file types.
Glass Eye 2000 is a very professional, easy to use, product and is essential for anyone interested in doing serious design work. Because it is designed specifically for stained glass use, it is far superior to any other drawing software package. Whoever designed it really did their homework! (And I have had enough experience with other products to know what I'm talking about!!)
I teach beginner's stained glass in an adult education course and highly recommend Glass Eye 2000 (the Standard and Professional versions) to all of my students as a potential future tool for them to purchase.
From Sunny Sandock Stained Glass, Littleton, MA


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