Acorn 3.1 | Mac OSX is a new image editor built with one goal in mind - simplicity. Fast, easy, and fluid, Acorn provides the options you'll need without any overhead. Acorn feels right, and won't drain your bank account.
Take screenshots using Acorn and edit them right away.
Chain together image filters to create stunning effects.
Layer based image editing, an industry standard.
Make new images and layers using your built-in iSight.
Easy image and canvas resizing, just by changing the size of your window.
Take advantage of every pixel of your monitor with full screen image editing.
Tablet sensitive for pressure strokes and using the tablet's eraser.
Vector shape and text layers.
Freeform, elliptical, rectangular, and magic wand selections.
Gradients.
Create and apply custom text styles.
Control opacity and blending modes for each layer.
Write plugins using the Python scripting language, as well as in Objective-C.
GPU powered. The same graphics card that makes your gaming experience smooth, helps Acorn fly through the toughest of graphics operations.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 3.1:
New: Native Mac OS X 10.7 full screen support.
New: Acorn now supports Mac OS X 10.7's autosave and versions features (but it's off by default- turn it on in the preferences window).
New: You can now change the image's color profile with the Image ▸ Assign Color Profile… menu item.
New: You can now select a default color profile in the advanced prefs.
New: If you have PDF content on the clipboard and a shape layer is currently selected, Edit ▸ Paste will insert a special PDF/vector shape into the layer which doesn't care what size you scale it to. So if you want to make a complex vector shape in another application that will copy PDF content to the clipboard, you can then keep that shape in a vector format in your Acorn image.
Change: The default color space is no longer the device color space, and is now "Generic RGB".
Change: It's now easier to drag and drop folders onto Acorn's icon in the Dock (for opening an image browser).
Change: Rearranged the preferences window a bit.
Change: Now using cmd-control-f to enter and exit full screen (the single keystroke 'f' still works as well)
Change: The opacity layer style now shows it's value as a percentage instead of a decimal number.
Change: The default location for the Drop Shadow filter and layer style has been moved a bit.
Fixed a bug where saving as a PNG while you were in a crop would not render all layers to the saved file.
Fixed a bug where duplicating a layer by option dragging it would sometimes put it in weird locations.
Fixed a bug where the "Keep aspect ratio" button could be disabled with the Lanczos scaling algorithm selected (which can only scale keeping the aspect ratio).
Fixed a bug where using the Image ▸ New Image from Layered Screenshot would clip the main window's shadow on Mac OS X 10.7.
Closing a document while it has a web export window open will now close that web export window.
Fixed a bug where the Bring Forward command wasn't working correctly for the very first layer.
Fixed a bug where using levels would sometimes cause your layer to jump.
Holding down the space key while making an elliptical selection will move the origin of the selection.
If a crop preset is too big to fit on the current canvas, it is now scaled down to fit.
Fixed a bug with the Do JavaScript Automator Action, where your changes wouldn't always be saved.
Fixed some drawing bugs when using the brush or pencil tool with a drawing opacity not set to 100%.
Fixed a bug where images would be left open after you closed them (only on Mac OS X 10.7).
Fixed a bug where the effects from layer styles weren't fully updated in realtime when scaling an image.
Fixed a bug where the font panel wasn't always updating correctly when you selected some text.
Fixed a bug where inverting a selection would sometimes give weird bounds.
Fixed a bug where swapping palette colors while editing a text area would cause the swap to not complete.
Fixed an issue where memory would grow unexpectedly with lots of zooming in and out.
REQUIREMENTS
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later
Take screenshots using Acorn and edit them right away.
Chain together image filters to create stunning effects.
Layer based image editing, an industry standard.
Make new images and layers using your built-in iSight.
Easy image and canvas resizing, just by changing the size of your window.
Take advantage of every pixel of your monitor with full screen image editing.
Tablet sensitive for pressure strokes and using the tablet's eraser.
Vector shape and text layers.
Freeform, elliptical, rectangular, and magic wand selections.
Gradients.
Create and apply custom text styles.
Control opacity and blending modes for each layer.
Write plugins using the Python scripting language, as well as in Objective-C.
GPU powered. The same graphics card that makes your gaming experience smooth, helps Acorn fly through the toughest of graphics operations.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 3.1:
New: Native Mac OS X 10.7 full screen support.
New: Acorn now supports Mac OS X 10.7's autosave and versions features (but it's off by default- turn it on in the preferences window).
New: You can now change the image's color profile with the Image ▸ Assign Color Profile… menu item.
New: You can now select a default color profile in the advanced prefs.
New: If you have PDF content on the clipboard and a shape layer is currently selected, Edit ▸ Paste will insert a special PDF/vector shape into the layer which doesn't care what size you scale it to. So if you want to make a complex vector shape in another application that will copy PDF content to the clipboard, you can then keep that shape in a vector format in your Acorn image.
Change: The default color space is no longer the device color space, and is now "Generic RGB".
Change: It's now easier to drag and drop folders onto Acorn's icon in the Dock (for opening an image browser).
Change: Rearranged the preferences window a bit.
Change: Now using cmd-control-f to enter and exit full screen (the single keystroke 'f' still works as well)
Change: The opacity layer style now shows it's value as a percentage instead of a decimal number.
Change: The default location for the Drop Shadow filter and layer style has been moved a bit.
Fixed a bug where saving as a PNG while you were in a crop would not render all layers to the saved file.
Fixed a bug where duplicating a layer by option dragging it would sometimes put it in weird locations.
Fixed a bug where the "Keep aspect ratio" button could be disabled with the Lanczos scaling algorithm selected (which can only scale keeping the aspect ratio).
Fixed a bug where using the Image ▸ New Image from Layered Screenshot would clip the main window's shadow on Mac OS X 10.7.
Closing a document while it has a web export window open will now close that web export window.
Fixed a bug where the Bring Forward command wasn't working correctly for the very first layer.
Fixed a bug where using levels would sometimes cause your layer to jump.
Holding down the space key while making an elliptical selection will move the origin of the selection.
If a crop preset is too big to fit on the current canvas, it is now scaled down to fit.
Fixed a bug with the Do JavaScript Automator Action, where your changes wouldn't always be saved.
Fixed some drawing bugs when using the brush or pencil tool with a drawing opacity not set to 100%.
Fixed a bug where images would be left open after you closed them (only on Mac OS X 10.7).
Fixed a bug where the effects from layer styles weren't fully updated in realtime when scaling an image.
Fixed a bug where the font panel wasn't always updating correctly when you selected some text.
Fixed a bug where inverting a selection would sometimes give weird bounds.
Fixed a bug where swapping palette colors while editing a text area would cause the swap to not complete.
Fixed an issue where memory would grow unexpectedly with lots of zooming in and out.
REQUIREMENTS
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later
