Seashore (software)
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| Seashore | |
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| Initial release | ? |
| Stable release | Seashore 0.1.9 [+/−] |
| Preview release | Seashore 0.1.9 RC4 [+/−] |
| Written in | ? |
| OS | Mac OS X |
| Available in | ? |
| Genre | Raster graphics editor |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | seashore.sourceforge.net |
Seashore is an image editor for Mac OS X, which was influenced by the GIMP and written using the Cocoa API.[1][2] Seashore uses GIMP's native file format, XCF, and has support for a handful of other graphics file formats, including full support for TIFF, PNG, and JPEG, and read-only support for BMP, PDF and GIF.[3] Seashore offers a smaller number of features in comparison with GIMP, including layers and alpha channel support, gradients and transparency effects, anti-aliased brushes, tablet support and plug-in filters.[3]
Seashore is currently at version 0.1.9 and is considered to be in Beta stages.[4] It lacks many of the features that GIMP has, but Seashore's purpose is to become an easy-to-use Free Software graphics editor that runs natively on Mac OS X. Currently there is a working version of GIMP for Mac OS X, Gimp.app. Gimp.app has many features that Seashore does not have, but it requires a version of X11 to run.[5] Seashore is written using the native Mac toolkit, Cocoa.
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[edit] Features
Seashore has a number of the more basic features found in graphics editing software, although it is still in development. Among the notable features are:[3]
- Full support for the XCF file format
- Reading and writing TIFF, PNG, JPEG and JPEG 2000 file formats
- Reading BMP, GIF, PDF, PICT, and XBM file formats
- Layers and layer merging effects
- Individual editing of layer channels
- Transparency effects and transparency in gradients
- Arbitrary selection regions (i.e. through a lasso tool)[6]
- Anti-aliased paint brushes
- 6 gradient effects
- Graphics tablet support
- Plug-in filter effects
Features to come in future releases are Core Image support, the introduction of editable text layers and improved text rendering, and shapes and vector objects.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Seashore - About. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
- ^ Why Seashore?. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
- ^ a b c Seashore - About. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
- ^ SourceForge.net: The Seashore Project. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
- ^ Gimp.app. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
- ^ Seashore - Screenshot. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
- ^ Seashore - Roadmap. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
