Say Hello to Acorn 8: https://shapeof.com/archives/2024/12/say_hello_to_acorn_8.html

Mask Subject, Remove Background, LUTs, Data Merge, Quick Processor, Canvas Ruler, new shape tools, Export Presets, SVG improvements, QOL things, in/cm support in all the UI, Shortcuts rewritten to use App Intents, JPEG-XL support, Live Text. And more.

It's on sale for a limited time, so grab it at a discount while you can: https://flyingmeat.com/acorn/

Acorn is one of the few remaining independent full featured image editors left, built just for macOS.

New plug-in for @acornapp -- introducing OneBitOrderedDither, which creates black & white dithered images using a Bayer matrix for that distinctive Monkey Island gradient look.

https://github.com/edenwaith/OneBitOrderedDither/

From the FM blog - A Quick Tip for Cropping a Single Layer: https://flyingmeat.com/blog/archives/2023/5/quick_tip_for_cropping_a_single_layer.html

TLDR: Commit the crop action with the option key down.

You can of course get the same effect using the select tool, using the Select ▸ Inverse menu item, and then pressing the delete key. But our minds all work a little different so it's nice to have multiple ways of doing something.