For many Mac users, buying a Mac and working with images in any application other than Adobe Photoshop is blasphemy. I can't count how many purchases for Macs I've seen that have the Mac on the first line and a license for Adobe Creative Suite on the second line. But if you want to do some basic image editing and photo manipulation, Photoshop might be overkill. Acorn on the other hand, is perfect. It's lightweight and affordable, and it incorporates most of the features a lot of people use in more powerful tools like Photoshop. It's no replacement for Photoshop, but it's simple, easy to use, and worth a look.
Tasks like editing and managing screenshots for blogs and technical documentation, basic photo editing, and image editing may not always require all the features and power of Adobe Photoshop or similar high-end image editing applications. Acorn combines a sleek and simple interface with power editing tools that will make most graphic designers happy that they saved some money by not choosing Photoshop.
Acorn has a number of features that Photoshop users will love, but also has a few unique tricks that come in handy. You can take screenshots using Acorn and immediately edit them, manage the opacity or blending of multiple image layers, and do auto image resizing just by changing the size of the image on your screen. You can create text styles and work with gradients all from within Acorn's simple interface. The app also allows you to write additional plug-ins if you're code-savvy and missing a feature that you'd like to see in the app.
Perhaps one of Acorn's greatest features is that it's completely powered by your graphics processor. That means no more relying on the CPU and no more slowing the rest of your system down while you do complicated image editing. Acorn is a universal binary and works on both PowerPC Macs and Intel Macs, but a Mac with a newer video card will really take advantage of Acorn's power. Acorn is only $39.99, and you can download it and give it a try before deciding to buy.
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