Guys I am nothing to do with Lazy Nezumi, and I pay a yearly update fee the same as everyone else, but I am so impressed with some of LNP's recent updates, I feel the need to share, or point them out in case you missed them. There can be few people more committed to their product than Guillaume Stordeur, the person behind LNP, and any fears that he would loose steam after Adobe introduced Brush Smoothing to Photoshop were ill founded. Not only does he continue his policy of constant updates and new features, but some of them are totally killer, _and_ easy to use.
How many times have you added huge area to a Canvas in order to encompass projected perspective lines when they are too close to parallel to make it easy? Well Lazy Nezumi Pro now has a feature called Vanishing Lines that lets you place two pairs of angled lines for two point perspective, and the rest is like magic. I'd come close to paying the price of LNP for this feature alone, as it is going to save me so much time.
This month's update helps us with ellipse perspective. I have not tried it yet, but I am thinking car wheels and tires, which can be tricky to get right when the wheel is at an angle. I'll be testing this soon.
This is not a major feature, but it's definitely a time saver. It's called Box Mode and it is an improvement to the existing perspective lines in that it helps prevent overshoot. As with most of LNP's more clever features, there are some shortcuts to learn, but they are easy, and the resulting clean line work makes it worth the effort. This dates bake to March btw.
Anyway, go check it out for yourself, and if you use LNP, make the effort to read the News Page when updates are released. It still costs just $35 to buy, and I think I pay about $15 per year for the numerous updates. Unfortunately, it only comes in Windows flavour, and is unlikely ever to be released for Mac. It is an illustrator's dream tool, and essential for tablet users — and that still applies now that Photoshop does Brush Smoothing.
So apologies for the fanboy post, but I _love_ Lazy Nezumi Pro! 
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