Acorn

Acorn

Flying Meat
PhotoCraft

PhotoCraft

ArtCraft
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About

Acorn 8 is a powerful image editor for macOS, offering advanced tools for photo editing, graphic design, and digital art creation. It features AI-powered subject selection, a Live Text Tool for extracting text from images, and Data-Driven Graphics for automating designs with CSV integration. The software supports modern formats like JPEG-XL, includes Look-Up Tables (LUTs) for instant color grading, and offers Super Resolution machine learning for high-quality image upscaling. Optimized for Apple Silicon Macs and compatible with macOS 14 Sonoma and later, Acorn 8 provides a streamlined interface, enhanced export options, and integration with Apple Shortcuts to boost productivity.

About

PhotoCraft is a free, open-source raster image editor for photographers, digital artists, designers, and other creative users. It provides layers, masks, adjustment layers, layer styles, text, vector tools, and brushes in a native desktop application, with a WebAssembly build that can be hosted separately. Users can make non-destructive edits with adjustment layers and live-preview filters, select subjects and objects on-device, and refine masks locally. The editor opens and saves layered PSD and PSB documents, supports smart objects and smart filters, and includes color-management tools for RGB, CMYK, Lab, and grayscale documents at 8-, 16-, and 32-bit depths. PhotoCraft is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux, and is distributed as free, open-source software.

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

MacOS users who need an image editor solution to edit photos easily

Audience

Photographers, digital artists, designers, and other users who need layered raster-image editing.

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Not Supported

API

Offers API Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$19.99
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported

Pricing

Free
Free to download and use; open source. No subscription is required.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Reviews/Ratings

Overall 3.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 1.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 1.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • It had a nice familiar UI. It looks like Photoshop. That's the goal, and they achieved that. It's a good design.
  • What I like most is that it feels familiar immediately. The layout, tools, shortcuts, layers, masks, adjustment layers, and PSD workflow are close enough to traditional professional image editors that there is almost no learning curve. The performance is another big plus. PhotoCraft is written natively in Rust and uses the GPU instead of wrapping everything in Electron, so the whole app feels much more lightweight than I expected.

Cons

  • Everything else. It's barely more useful than MS Paint, and only because it has layers. You're better off with basically any other free raster editor with an actual developer behind it.
  • The main downside is that it is still early alpha. There are still some tools, advanced typography features, generative AI capabilities, and plugin compatibility on the roadmap, so it is not a complete Photoshop replacement yet.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Not Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Flying Meat
Founded: 2003
United States
flyingmeat.com/acorn/

Company Information

ArtCraft
getartcraft.com/apps/photocraft

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Categories

Photo Editing Supported

Categories

Graphic Design Supported
Photo Editing Supported

Integrations

Adobe Photoshop Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Not Supported

Integrations

Adobe Photoshop Not Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Supported
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