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This is from Gus Mueller, who writes my favorite image editor for macOS, Acorn (https://flyingmeat.com/acorn/ https://flyingmeat.com/acorn/). I've reported a bu

This is from Gus Mueller, who writes my favorite image editor for macOS, Acorn (https://flyingmeat.com/acorn/ https://flyingmeat.com/acorn/). I've reported a bug to Gus and received a new build with a fix within minutes. I highly recommend his software, even his pizza-themed blog http://maybepizza.com/ http://maybepizza.com/ which includes a nerdy pizza dough recipe generator. I wonder if Retrobatch could have been made as a series of Automator plugins, allowing integration with more complicated workflows (e.g., upload the processed images or put them in a specific Photos app album or something).

refresher 6y ago
Does Acorn have a ‘content aware fill’ type feature?
- rgovostes 6y ago
  I don’t think so. Most effects are done through Apple’s CoreImage filter API, but content-aware fill doesn’t quite fit that mold. I would like to see this as well.
  - refresher 6y ago
    Alright, thanks for the reply. I've not found Affinity Photo or Pixelmator's to be that great, at least compared to the paint.net plugin I was using on Windows, so was hoping for an alternative.
fouc 6y ago
I'm curious if you can make a recommendation for a good image viewer/organizer app. That's the main thing I was hoping for when I saw your Acorn recommendation.
- rgovostes 6y ago
  I use Apple's Photos app which for me is pretty good: photos I snap on my phone appear automatically on my Mac; I can search by date, location, person, or object; I can share photos with family; the Memories feature is sometimes delightful; touch-ups can be reverted any time in the future. But if you are asking for recommendations I'm guessing Photos doesn't fit your needs.
danpalmer 6y ago
I have a feeling Retrobatch could export Automator actions if it wanted to. I think they’re distributed as part of an application? Unfortunately I think Automator is on the way out. I suspect we’ll see Shortcuts for Mac fairly soon, so it may make sense for FM Software the wait for that.

refresher 6y ago

Does Acorn have a ‘content aware fill’ type feature?

rgovostes 6y ago
I don’t think so. Most effects are done through Apple’s CoreImage filter API, but content-aware fill doesn’t quite fit that mold. I would like to see this as well.
- refresher 6y ago
  Alright, thanks for the reply. I've not found Affinity Photo or Pixelmator's to be that great, at least compared to the paint.net plugin I was using on Windows, so was hoping for an alternative.

fouc 6y ago

I'm curious if you can make a recommendation for a good image viewer/organizer app. That's the main thing I was hoping for when I saw your Acorn recommendation.

rgovostes 6y ago
I use Apple's Photos app which for me is pretty good: photos I snap on my phone appear automatically on my Mac; I can search by date, location, person, or object; I can share photos with family; the Memories feature is sometimes delightful; touch-ups can be reverted any time in the future. But if you are asking for recommendations I'm guessing Photos doesn't fit your needs.

danpalmer 6y ago

I have a feeling Retrobatch could export Automator actions if it wanted to. I think they’re distributed as part of an application? Unfortunately I think Automator is on the way out. I suspect we’ll see Shortcuts for Mac fairly soon, so it may make sense for FM Software the wait for that.