2832 Acorn 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.

Don't let Acorn's size fool you; it's a powerful little guy. Fancy math to keep your pencil strokes from having sharp edges, squeezing all the performance out of your computer's GPU as possible, and simple innovations to make your life easier.

• 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.
• And much much more. Download Acorn and try it out yourself.

New in Acorn 1.2.1:

• [Fix] Fixed a bug where the brush cursor would sometimes be clipped on the edges.


• [Fix] The filter window no longer jitters the expanded auto-fit preview when shrinking the window.


• [Fix] Improved drawing for shapes.


• [Fix] The "Last Filter" command now asks if you want to rasterize you invoke it on a shape layer.


• [Fix] Clicking on the filter window when the application is in the background now brings up all windows so you can see your filter preview.


• [Fix] The image resize window no longer goes wonky if you use the pixels/percentage popup without actually changing the value.


• [Fix] Fixed a bug where the filter preview would jump around if you had a selection in the canvas.


• [Fix] File actions no longer show up in the "Last Filter" menu item.


• [Fix] You can now print unsaved documents.


• [Fix] Fixed a bug in QuickLook where shapes on shape layers were drawn in the wrong order.


• [Fix] Fixed a bug in levels, where the preview would draw offset in certain situations.


• [Fix] Minor bug fixes to Fancy Crop.


• [Fix] Using cmd-option-k to bring up the crop widget when no crop widget is already up, uses the Fancy Crop functionality.


• [Chg] Smoother drawing of images when zoomed out.


• [Fix] The way gradients are applied now match the previews.


• [Fix] Dropping applications on the canvas now pastes the app's icon again.

System requirements:
Requires Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later.

System Support:
PPC/Intel

$49.95

For more information, visit:
http://flyingmeat.com/acorn/

For Charles W. Moore's full review of Acorn, click here.

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