Seashore (software)
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| Stable release | 0.1.9 (April 5, 2007) [±] |
| Preview release | 0.5.1 (September 6, 2010) [±] |
| Written in | Objective-C |
| Operating system | Mac OS X |
| Type | 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 0.5.1 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
Although still in development,[6] 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)[7]
- 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.[8]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Seashore - About". http://seashore.sourceforge.net/. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ "Why Seashore?". http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=826648&forum_id=244287. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ a b c "Seashore - About". http://seashore.sourceforge.net/feature.php. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ "SourceForge.net: The Seashore Project". http://sourceforge.net/projects/seashore/. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ "Gimp.app". http://gimp-app.sourceforge.net/. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ "Seashore - Files". http://sourceforge.net/projects/seashore/files/. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
- ^ "Seashore - Screenshot". http://seashore.sourceforge.net/screenshot.php. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ "Seashore - Roadmap". http://seashore.sourceforge.net/roadmap.php. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
