Software:Seashore
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| Original author(s) | Mark Pazolli |
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| Developer(s) | Robert Engels |
| Initial release | 16 January 2003 |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | Objective-C |
| Operating system | macOS |
| Type | Raster graphics editor |
| License | GPL-2.0-only |
| Website | AppStore |
Seashore is a free and open-source image editor for macOS, similar to Photoshop/GIMP, with a simpler Cocoa user interface.[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, JPEG, JPEG2000, and HEIC and read-only support for BMP, PDF, SVG and GIF. Seashore offers fewer features than Photoshop/GIMP, but is intended to be easy-to-use and to run natively on macOS. It includes layers and alpha channel support, gradients and transparency effects, anti-aliased brushes, tablet support and plug-in filters.
After several years without maintenance, development was restarted by Robert Engels in 2017 to allow it to run on newer versions of macOS.[2] Seashore version 3.16 was released in December 2022 and is considered to be stable.[3]
The latest release is distributed via the Apple Mac App Store.[4][2]
Features
Seashore has many of the basic features found in graphics editing software, including:
- Full support for the XCF file format
- Reading and writing TIFF, PNG, GIF, JPEG, JPEG 2000 and HEIC file formats
- Reading BMP, PDF, SVG, PICT, and XBM file formats
- Layers and layer merging effects
- Text layers
- Individual editing of layer channels
- Transparency effects and transparency in gradients
- Arbitrary selection regions (i.e. through a lasso tool)
- Anti-aliased paint brushes
- User defined brushes and textures
- 6 gradient effects
- Graphics tablet support
- Plug-in filter effects
- Core Image Filters
- Color levels and histograms
See also
References
- ↑ Sahag, Isaac (31 December 2015). "9 Ways to Get by Without Photoshop on Your Mac" (in en). https://mac-how-to.gadgethacks.com/how-to/9-ways-get-by-without-photoshop-your-mac-0165313/. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Prokoudine, Alexandre (17 January 2019). "Meet Seashore, free image editor for macOS with GIMP roots| Libre Graphics World". http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/meet-seashore-free-image-editor-for-macos. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ "GitHub: Seashore". http://github.com/robaho/seashore. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
- ↑ "App Store: Seashore". https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/app/seashore/id1448648921?mt=12&app=apps. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
External links
- Download Seashore on the Mac App Store
- Seashore on GitHub
- Original SourceForge site: Seashore on SourceForge.net
- How to use Seashore videos
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