- Acorn 6 3 1 – Bitmap Image Editor Word 2010
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- Acorn 6 3 1 – Bitmap Image Editor Word 2007
For years Adobe Photoshop was my image editor. I used it on a Windows PC. Then switched to the Mac version. Now my first choice image editor is Flying Meat’s Acorn 6.
Acorn only runs on a Mac. Last week the software updated from version 5 to 6. The upgrade brings a raft of new features, improvements and bug fixes.
Photoshop is a heavyweight image editor in every sense of the word. It has a vast array of features.
Acorn files are the native file type of Acorn. This is the most robust file format that Acorn supports. When saving in this format all of your layers, grid settings, text and shapes are saved. You are able to edit them when you re-open the image. This is the recommended format for editing images with layers in Acorn. If in doubt, save your image in this format.
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- SVG-edit is a robust browser-based vector editor that uses the open-source SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format. It has most of the fancy image-manipulation stuff you’d expect and works in every major browser. Related: 5 of the Best Photo-Editing Apps You Can Get for Free.
- It is the easiest method to edit an image in a clean and fast manner from PC, Laptop, iPad, Tablet and Mobilephone. It works on all formats like: PNG, JPG/JPEG, BMP (Bitmap) or animated GIF. You can even upload your own fonts to the editor and use them to add text to a photo, with your OWN fonts.
Designers and other professionals love its power. So do hardware makers. Photoshop chews through computing resources. You need a powerful processor and lots of ram to make it work. Even then it can be slow.
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Acorn 6 compared to Photoshop
Acorn is the polar opposite. It has fewer features. Relative to Photoshop, it sips resources.
I found Acorn when I moved to a MacBook Air . Photoshop runs on the Air, but it isn’t pretty. After asking around I found and purchased Acorn 5. I wish I had found Acorn earlier.
While there is power in Photoshop, I only ever scratched the surface of the software. Smasher 3 004 – font maintenance tool.
As a journalist, my image processing is cropping and tweaking to make pictures clearer. Often that’s simple. It means applying filters or adjusting colours and contrast.
On the rare occasion I want to do more, Photoshop’s steep learning curve is, well, steep.
It means struggling for a few minutes. Then giving up by reverting to a less ambitious plan B. If the job has enough budget, then a professional can do the job.
Which meant I wasn’t getting value out of Photoshop.
Acorn 6 3 1 – Bitmap Image Editor Word 2010
The cheapest way to buy Photoshop is to pay a little over NZ$30 a month for a subscription.
At the time of writing you can buy Acorn 6 outright for about three weeks’ Photoshop. There is a limited-time US$15 promotion. When the price returns to US$30, Acorn 6 will still cost less than two months of Photoshop.
Everyday image editing
Acorn 6 3 1 – Bitmap Image Editor Word Document
I use Acorn 6 every day. While I still only scratch the surface of the software, going deeper is less time consuming. It’s less daunting. Flying Meat software provides all the online help and tutorials you might need to solve problems.
The software never pushes against the resource limits of my MacBook Air. Acorn is snappy all the time, no matter what you throw at it. OK, that might not be the case if you try something heroic. That’s not somewhere I go.
I’ve yet to find any image editing task that I want to do, but can’t. If there’s something tricky and there’s a budget, I’ll still hire a pro to do the work with Photoshop.
Acorn 6 3 1 – Bitmap Image Editor Word 2007
Knowing when to walk away from time-wasting is a useful life skill for a freelance. So is knowing when to buy a low-joule image editing application.