Acorn

@acornapp
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I'm a pixel nut.
URLhttps://flyingmeat.com/acorn
@AnimeAndVisial We don’t have an iPad version planned, sorry (and sorry for the slow reply!)
Apple announces finalists for the 2025 App Store Awards

Apple announced the finalists for the 2025 App Store Awards, recognizing 45 app and game developers for their achievements in innovation, user experience, and cultural impact.

Apple Newsroom
@timpritlove I'd love to take a look at a file that's not working for you. Can you send it to [email protected] so I can see what's going on?
@konfluenzpunkt sending an email to [email protected] will do the trick!
Acorn 8.2 is out! Gus wrote a blog post about it <https://shapeof.com/archives/2025/9/acorn_8.2_and_tahoe_plans.html>

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.

Say Hello to Acorn 8

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/

GitHub - edenwaith/OneBitOrderedDither: 1-Bit Ordered Dither plug-in for the Acorn image editor

1-Bit Ordered Dither plug-in for the Acorn image editor - GitHub - edenwaith/OneBitOrderedDither: 1-Bit Ordered Dither plug-in for the Acorn image editor

GitHub
@jasonmedeiros @neilsardesai And it still is!

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.

A Quick Tip for Cropping a Single Layer

Acorn 7.4 is out. Clone tool improvements, corner radius for bezier shapes, updated color picker, AppleScript stuff, and more: https://shapeof.com/archives/2023/4/acorn_7.4_is_out.html
Acorn 7.4 Is Out