So you need to create, edit, crop, resize, or convert icons or other small images? Pixelformer can help. Pixelformer is faster, smaller, easier, more precise, and often more efficient than large bitmap editing tools at the same time it is more powerful and less limited than classic simple icon editors. Take screenshots using Acorn and edit them right away. Acorn feels right, and won't drain your bank account. Fast, easy, and fluid, Acorn provides the options you'll need without any overhead. Acorn is a new image editor built with one goal in mind – simplicity. The editor is open-source and written in Python and allows easy dithering, and in this first release offers checkerboard, x-line, y-line, light dither modes. It runs on 64-bit versions of Linux, macOS and Windows. Ditheridoo is a multicolour bitmap editor for C64. The damascene group Abyss Connection has started the new year with a new tool targeting the Commodore 64 scene. While I generally preferred Acorn's look and feel, Pixelmator's feature set and passionate userbase should not be overlooked.Pixelformer is a bitmap editor, specifically optimized for creating, modifying, and converting small and medium-sized images, such as icons, buttons, web graphics, sprites, etc. On the whole, I was terrifically impressed by both apps. If you're looking for a knowledge-base of solutions that you can use today, Pixelmator has the edge. The first three include a link to, a Pixelmator support page, and .Ĭompare that with the results for "glossy button in Acorn." These start off with a Flying Meat support page, followed by a bunch of acorn-shaped vector links, finishing with tutorials for Photoshop, Illustrator and GIMP. To give a sense of that, the Google results for "glossy button in Pixelmator" include videos and how-to articles from a variety of sites and vendors. While both developers have provided superb how-to support pages on their sites, Pixelmator offers a far larger existing support community. During my testing, I set myself common tasks like building buttons or blurring backgrounds in Acorn and Pixelmator, and quickly found myself searching for how-to answers on the web.
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Whenever I need to figure out how to do anything in Photoshop, I turn to Google and the thousands upon thousands of how-to articles and videos found there. I rely on community support for my photo-editing needs. There were almost always extra options on the Pixelmator side that I did not find (or, at least, not easily find) on the Acorn side. Although both tools have recently undergone major upgrades, I found the Pixelmator toolset more extensive than Acorn's. In power, however, I lean towards Pixelmator. I found the Acorn toolbar much easier for recognition tasks. Acorn's visuals were generally larger except for teeny tiny font choices in palettes.
But Acorn's fine details are palpably superior.īoth GUIs were polished and stylish, although I wish both apps would offer bigger font choices for older and visually impaired users. Both apps got OS X, in elevating interaction beyond Adobe's prosaic implementation.
It also achieves the most OS X-like look and feel. I found its toolbar easiest to understand and its adherence to Photoshop norms the strictest. In terms of general interface design, Acorn stood out. On the whole, Acorn seemed to support more shortcuts - such as 0 through 9 for transparency and Command-Shift-I to invert the selection, but both apps have the sense of Photoshop users in their DNA. You can tell this in the key equivalents added to both Pixelmator and Acorn - they responded properly to many of the Photoshop-standard text shortcuts I tried such as G for gradient, M for marquee selection and W for the magic wand. Both Pixelmator and Acorn have seriously targeted ex-Photoshop users, creating tool suites intended to seduce that audience. I quickly discovered that GIMP is not in the same class as Pixelmator or Acorn. What she asked me to do was to spend time, hands on, to get a sense of what kind of options were out there.įor Photoshop, I looked primarily at Pixelmator (US$14.99 "sale" price, but it's been on "sale" since November 2012) and Acorn 4 ($29.99), with a glance at the donationware GNU Image Manipulation Program, GIMP.
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We know that none of these apps provide a full replacement for Photoshop or Illustrator.
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Last week, after Adobe announced its move to a subscription-based cloud plan, our own Kelly Hodgkins asked me to look at software alternatives for some Creative Suite apps.
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