Technical Specifications

File Formats

• Compatible with over 100 still image file formats
  • PSD, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, PICT, ART, AVI, AVS, BMP, CGM, CIN, CUR, CUT, DCM, DCX, DIB, DJVU, DNG, DOT, DPX, EMF, EPDF, EPI, EPS, EPS2, EPSF, EPSI, EPT, EXR, FAX, FIG, FITS, FPX, GPLT, GRAY, HTML, ICO, JBIG, JNG, JP2, JPC, MAN, MAT, MIFF, MONO, MNG, MPEG, M2V, MPC, MSL, MTV, MVG, OTB, P7, PALM, PAM, PBM, PCD, PCDS, PCL, PCX, PDB, PDF, PFA, PFB, PGM, PICON, PIX, PNM, PPM, PS, PS2, PS3, PTIF, PWP, RAD, RLA, RLE, SCT, SFW, SGI, SUN, TGA, TIM, TTF, UIL, UYVY, VICAR, VIFF, WBMP, WMF, WPG, X, XBM, XCF, XPM, XWD, YUV.
  • Supports Photoshop images with layers.

Image Processing

• Layers-based image editing
• Image processing is powered by Core Image technology
• Based on ImageMagick foundation
• Use over 20 tools for selection, crop, painting, retouching, typing, measuring and navigation
• Use over 15 color correction tools
• Use over 50 filters
• Adjust image size and resolution
• Specify canvas size
• Rotate canvas
• Transform images, layers or selections using transform tools
  • Free Transform, Scale, Rotate, Skew, Distort, Perspective, Flip (vertical or horizontal)
• Fill images, layers or selections
• Stroke images, layers or selections
• Graphics tablet support

Tools

• Use over 20 tools for selecting, cropping, painting, retouching, typing, measuring and navigation
• Selection tools
  • Rectangular Marquee
  • Elliptical Marquee
  • Polygonal Lasso
  • Lasso
  • Magic Wand
  • Move
  • Modify selection
    • Feather
    • Border
    • Contract
    • Expand
  • Inverse selection
  • Load selection from layer
  • Save selection as Mask
  • Edit selection in Quick Mask mode
• Crop tool
• Painting tools
  • Brush
  • Pencil
  • Gradient
  • Paint Bucket
  • Specify blend mode, opacity, brush for painting tool
• Retouching tools
  • Clone Stamp
  • Eraser
  • Blur
  • Sharpen
  • Specify strength, brush. Specify blending mode, brush, opacity for Clone Stamp tool.
• Type tool
  • Creates editable type layer
• Measuring and navigation tools
  • Eyedropper
  • Hand
  • Zoom

Color Correction Tools

• Use over 16 color correction tools
  • Levels
  • Auto Enhance
  • Curves
  • Color Balance
  • Brightness and Contrast
  • Hue/Saturation
  • Desaturate
  • Colorize
  • Replace Color
  • RGB Channel Mixer
  • Exposure
  • Invert
  • Equalize
  • Threshold
  • Posterize

Filters

• Use over 130 Core Image-powered filters
• Distortion filters
  • Bump, Circle Splash, Circular Wrap, Displacement, Glass, Glass Lozenge, Hole, Pinch, Torus Lens, Twirl, Vortex
• Blur
  • Gaussian Blur, Median, Motion Blur, Noise Reduction, Zoom Blur, Box Blur
• Sharpen
  • Sharpen Luminance, Unsharp Mask
• Color
  • Color Map, Color Monochrome, False Color, Mask to Alpha, Sepia Tone, Gamma Adjust
• Stylize
  • Blend with Mask, Bloom, Crystallize, Edge Work, Edges, Gloom, Height Field from Mask, Pixellate, Pointillize, Shaded Material, Spot Light, Comic Effect, Hexagonal Pixellate, Line Overlay, Spot Color, Spotlight
    
• Halftone
  • CMYK Halftone, Circular Screen, Dot Screen, Hatched Screen, Line Screen
• Tile
  • Affine Clamp, Affine Tile, Kaleidoscope, Op Tile, Parallelogram Tile, Perspective Tile, Triangle Tile, Eightfold Reflected, Fourfold Reflected, Fourfold Rotated, Fourfold Translated, Glide Reflected, Perspective, Sixfold Reflected, Sixfold Rotated, Twelvefold Reflected
• Generators
  • Checkerboard, Constant Color, Lenticular Halo, Random Generator, Star Shine, Stripes, Sunbeams
• Transitions
  • Copy Machine, Disintegrate with Mask, Dissolve, Flash, Mod, Page Curl, Ripple, Swipe, Bars Swipe
• Use over 60 Quartz Composer compositions as filters
• Distortion compositions
  • Bulge, Dent, Light Tunnel, Pinch, Squeeze, Twirl, Fish Eye, Mirror, Stretch
• Stylize compositions
  • ASCII Art, Blue Print, City Lights, Compound Eye, Concert, Crystallize, Dot Screen, False Color, Film Stock, Glow, Kaleidescope, Line Overlay, Line Screen, Monochrome, Neon, Pixellate, Pointillize, Posterize, Tracer, Zoom Blur, Black and White, Color Pencil, Comic Book, Pop Art, Sepia, Thermal Camera, X-Ray
• Generator compositions
  • Defocus, Fall, Floor, Gradient, Grid, Image Hose, Moving Shapes, Travelator, Wall
• Transition compositions
  • Copy Machine, Cube, Dissolve, Mask, Mod, Mosaic Flip, Push, Swing, Zoom Dissolve Other compositions: Blur, Color Controls, Exposure Adjust, Flip-Flop, Gamma Adjust, Image Resizer, Motion Blur, Sharpen, Color Invert
• Use filter rope to control center of the filter
• Use custom Core Image units
• Use custom Quartz Composer compositions as filters