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ChocoFlop - powerful image editing
Even as an alpha image editor, I think it's safe to dub ChocoFlop a true "poor man's Photoshop." It offers layers, real-time preview of filters and effects (of which there are many), a slew of selection tools, blending modes, masks, color adjusting and a whole bunch of file formats it can save to and even more it can read from - including many versions of RAW. For the full details, check out the longest image editor feature list I've seen in a long time.
As an alpha it's free, and the author has stated on his blog that, once it goes official and commercial, ChocoFlop won't cost more than $50 USD. I haven't cracked this open yet myself, but if you've been looking for a powerful image editor that offers quite a bit more than the standard CoreImage-based options out there, ChocoFlop should be right up your alley.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Thomas said 9:30AM on 5-04-2006
That looks awesome! Does it do vector?
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Digital Dog said 10:09AM on 5-04-2006
Anyone have a chance to compare this to the Gimp-based Seashore? It's freeware and has a native aqua interface.
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Brian said 10:56AM on 5-04-2006
I played around with Seashore once upon a time. It was neat, but really didn't seem to offer much in the feature department.
So far my thinking is Chocoflop (yes, still alpha) has a great feature set and tremendous potential!
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Brian said 10:57AM on 5-04-2006
PS, being able to read RAW files is a major brownie point earner!
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Jacques Lema said 12:39PM on 5-04-2006
Hm, well I wrote that app. The reason why it wasn't posted anywhere (macupdate whatever) was because it is still pretty unstable. Especially since 10.4.6 (locks up when drawing all the time). A customer of mine recently asked me about a free OSX app just to do basic image modifications (resizing, cropping) and I recommended Seashore, no kidding.
Anyway it seems my database at Dreamhost just died right now, that should keep curious people out :-)
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Jeedee said 2:44PM on 5-04-2006
Indeed, I tried it on 10.4.6 and it froze all the time but of what I could try, it is amazingly good and very fast. Keep up the good work, we need an alternative to photoshop for basic operations :)
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Entica said 9:08PM on 5-04-2006
GROWL is *manditory* in order to use this? F-that. Deal breaker for me. Anytime an app requires a 3rd party piece of software and cannot be self-contained, I worry. Not to mention I hate Growl.
E.
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