As some of you might remember, MetaTools (MetaCreations, HSC Software) were known for their non-standard interface design. Thank you Kai! (A good thanks.) So, some of their apps can have some odd issues when running via CrossOver.
Thankfully, so far I've not encountered anything that was catastrophic when using Canoma. The non-standard GUI in some ways actually lends itself well to CrossOver use. Partially because that means CrossOver has to do nothing to convert windows from Windows to WINE, and partially because it hides many of the less than pretty WINE interface windows. (You be the judge ultimately.)
Due to its age, Canoma, even running in CrossOver, runs smoothly. I think this is due to the fact that the average speed computer when it was released was much slower. So adding a layer of Windows stuff underneath really doesn't slow it down one bit.
I've successfully created new projects in Canoma, loaded old ones, and had no issues. The only problem I had was the location of source photos and that was cured by moving them into the same directory as the Canoma file itself. I've also undertaken a bit larger of a project, something that would have given Canoma running natively in the day a work out, and it seemed to run just great.
I am not sure how to add Tips and Tricks, so I am going to make notes here and will put them in their right place if I figure that out.
If you have issues getting the primary "OS" menu bar to appear. (Seen at the top of my screen shots, this is where the File/Edit/View/Create/etc menus are that let you open files, etc.) The solution is to Minimize Canoma (CMD-M) from within CrossOver. Then restore it to full screen again. The menu bar should then appear. It will be a separate item from the Canoma GUI and can be moved around if you wish.
This is the menu bar:
http://www.robnkester.com/files/skitch/Canoma_1.0_menubar-20081107-115605.png
I've tested all of the output formats, and aside from them being partially outdated, they all output files correctly. When outputting animations, the only problem you will run into is needing QuickTime installed to render out movies. I've yet to get this working using either the included QT3 installer on the CD or the latest version of QT. Your other option by default will be to render out individual frames, which works fine. You will then just have to assemble the images into a movie with another piece of software.
NOTE: When quitting Canoma, it does not prompt you to save your work so be sure to do so first. I am not sure if this is a Canoma issue or CrossOver issue.