Acorn 6.2 – Bitmap image editor.

September 25, 2018

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.

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 6.2:

New Things:

New Appearance preference when running on Mojave: Pick either Dark Aqua, Aqua, or System to follow the system setting
The Rotate shape processor now has a cumulative option
The text palette now has a fill option right above the stroke field. Hurray- no more moving to the shape palette to turn strokes on and off

Changes:

Improvements to zooming your image in and out with the ⌘-1 through 5 shortcut keys
Better integration when editing from Photos.app and auto-save
If no documents are open, and you drag and drop a file into the layers palette, Acorn will now open up that image
Turned off the behavior where the selected tool is saved as part of the image, rather than global for the app. This means switching between open images will always keep the currently selected tool
Additional preset scale levels have been added to the Command+ and Command- shortcuts, which helps out on the lower end
The scale buttons (next to the canvas scale slider) will now stop at a point where the image is zoomed to fit
Acorn will now show a little warning on the canvas when you copy 100% transparent pixels to the clipboard
Canvas notifications are now shown at the top of the canvas instead of smack dab in the middle
Web Export uses fancier scaling, so the edges of circles that butt up against the last column of the image don't get blown out when the image is scaled down
When auto-save is turned on, non-native images (JPEG, PNG, TIFF, basically everything other than .acorn files) will open up as unsaved new images. This is to keep from re-encoding lossy image formats, and automatically losing data in general. If you enjoyed the previous option, you can turn off auto-save in the General tab of Acorn's preferences window
The subpixel anti-aliasing option for text boxes has been removed when Acorn is running on MacOS Mojave 10.14 (Apple has removed subpixel anti-aliasing from the system and made it impossible for Acorn to support)
When using Smart Export on single layer via the Export… button, the option to always smart export when saving is now available via the export sheet
Super minor: The web export window will now default to save your image in the same folder the original image was opened from

Fixes:

Various MacOS Mojave 10.14 fixes
Fixed a relatively small drawing problem with ovals
Fixed a problem where you could make an empty selection on layer masks
Fixed a problem where the color loupe would sometimes show up when you press the option key over a palette
Now supporting the new drag and drop stuff from Photos on MacOS 10.14, so we can all enjoy full res images
Fixed a problem where the Close All menu item was unlocalized
Zoom to fit refinements for folks who have their scrollbars set to always show
Fixed a problem where web export wouldn't remember the "Remove metadata" settings between uses
Fixed a problem when opening certain PDFs and creating an image out of the first page
Fixed some rounding errors when drawing selections
Fixed flickering when selecting text
Fixed a problem where View ▸ Draw Shape Vectors wasn't working correctly with Metal
Fixed a bug where clicking the mouse with the control key down wouldn't bring up the contextual menu on the canvas
Fixed a problem where the pencil cursor would go away when drawing
Fixed a scaling issue with text boxes