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Pixelmator 1.4.1 brings noise filter, Pixelmator Learning with it

by Mike Schramm (Apr 22nd, 2009)

Our friends over at Pixelmator have released a new update, and while it's not quite as big as their point versions, it does add a few new features and a nice online guide to the program. The main new feature in-app is a noise filter that allows users to add random specks and pixels to an image, ...

TapTapTap creates 10,000 iPhone apps mosaic

by Mike Schramm (Dec 5th, 2008)

This is awesome. TapTapTap, in order to celebrate over 10,000 apps in the App Store, has created a mosaic of (what else?) an iPhone loaded up with apps -- out of the icons of App Store apps. It's crazy. You can see the entire thing full scale over on Flickr, and World of Apple is selling a poster ...

Terminal Tip: Stop disk image verification

by Cory Bohon (Aug 18th, 2008)

Sure, we've all wanted to stop the pesky "Disk Image Verification" process that starts when you want to open that .iso, .dmg, or other disk image. While this process is a precaution against possibly installing/using corrupt files, sometimes it is completely unnecessary. To stop disk image ...

Iris: One window image editing for Leopard

by Steven Sande (Jun 17th, 2008)

After a public beta that started at Macworld Expo 2008, Nolobe today shipped Iris, a new image editing application for Mac OS X. Nolobe is the same company that brings the world Interarchy, a popular advanced FTP client. What separates Iris from the competition is the single-screen user ...

Mac Automation: image tweaking plug-in for Finder

by Cory Bohon (Jan 7th, 2008)

Here's a task that most computer users run into on a daily basis: cropping and dealing with small image tweaks. This could be a daunting task if it were not for the Mac and Automator. In this how-to, I will show you how to make a small Finder plug-in that will allow you to manipulate images quickly. ...

Blazing fast image viewing with Photon 1.0.2

by Brett Terpstra (Jan 3rd, 2008)

Photon just loaded 839 JPEG image previews for me in under 2 seconds. That's expletive worthy speed. And when it loads the full image, it's just as fast, even with RAW format images. And it loads every pixel of a RAW image. If you set the preview mode to fit-to-screen, clicking the image gives you a ...

Smudge photos with Seashore

by Lisa Hoover (Oct 2nd, 2007)

If you're looking for a quick and dirty way to smudge sensitive information in photos before putting them online then give Seashore a whirl. We've written about this neat little open source Mac-only app before and think it's great for basic image editing and touch-ups. To smudge parts of a ...

Skitch opens doors with invite-only public beta, begins sending out copies

by David Chartier (Jun 14th, 2007)

We may have been playing with Skitch and teasing you with screenshot galleries since the app's debut at Macworld '07, but today is the day that some of you can finally start teasing someone else for a change. That's right: the plasq crew have officially opened the flood gates and have begun ...

Pyro 1.6: Campfire client gains search, drag and drop file transfer enhancements and more

by David Chartier (Jun 12th, 2007)

It's been over a year since we first mentioned Pyro, the powerful Mac OS X client for 37signals' Campfire web-based chat service for groups and businesses. While I personally didn't pick up a copy back then since I wasn't a Campfire user, I'm not entirely familiar with every change that has come ...

TUAW Exclusive: Video of Pixelmator in action

by David Chartier (May 31st, 2007)

Click To Play The moment I saw John Gruber link Pixelmator - a powerful new Core Image-based image editor with support for layers, a wide variety of tools, iLife/iPhoto, Automator and more - I had to get a closer look. I remember the days of Apple hyping Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and all ...

TUAW Exclusive: Skitch screenshot gallery

by David Chartier (Apr 12th, 2007)

We've been blogging Skitch, a new 'hybrid' photo editing and web services tool from plasq (makers of Comic Life), since Scott first met and fell in love with it at Macworld 07. Using the app through its development, it's clear that Skitch is going to knock people's socks off, with a well-executed ...

Skitch private beta updates with major UI changes, more integration

by David Chartier (Mar 5th, 2007)

Skitch became an instant hit around the TUAW offices when we first heard about it at Macworld, and a couple of recent updates to this well-integrated screenshot app have only made it better. As you can see, watermarking has made an appearance for eBay sellers and paranoid bloggers alike, and the ...

Desky: drag and drop to change desktop wallpaper

by David Chartier (Feb 21st, 2007)

A while ago we found an Automator action that lets you drag and drop images to set them as your desktop background. No fuss, and no clunky System Preferences pane. I didn't notice it at the time, but TUAW reader Tice commented with a link to his little app, named Desky, that can do the same thing ...

Lifehacker script to automate Project 365 with iSight-enabled Macs

by David Chartier (Dec 20th, 2006)

Photojojo is a community focused on photography tips, tricks, DIY projects and other kinds of picture-taking goodness. Recently, they introduced Project 365, essentially coining a(nother?) term and offering tips for those take-a-picture-a-day-for-a-year-or-three projects that broke out on the ...

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom + Flickr Uploadr

by David Chartier (Oct 3rd, 2006)

Fraser Speirs already released a Flickr plugin for Aperture, but what about the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom users in the crowd (John Gruber has a nice piece on the ridiculousness of adding the 'Photoshop' prefix to Lightroom's name)? As it turns out, through a little trickery, Lightroom can be tweaked ...