Seashore (software)

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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.

Contents 1 Features 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Features

Although still in development, Seashore has many of the basic features found in graphics editing software, including:^[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

1. ↑ Seashore - About. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
2. ↑ Why Seashore?. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Seashore - About. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
4. ↑ SourceForge.net: The Seashore Project. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
5. ↑ Gimp.app. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
6. ↑ Seashore - Screenshot. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
7. ↑ Seashore - Roadmap. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.

[edit] See also

• GIMP
• Pixelmator
• Comparison of raster graphics editors

[edit] External links

• Seashore home page
• Seashore Sourceforge project page