Image Tricks For Mac
Image Tricks Lite latest version: Edit and create images with your Mac. Image Tricks Lite is a useful, free Mac program, that is part of the category Design. Image Tricks Pro is a powerful photo editing application that utilizes (Mac OSX) Core Image filters and Quartz Compositions to transform your favorite photos. Image Tricks Pro also contains a powerful image generator for creating random images, as well as photo frames and borders to decorate your images even further.
How many photo enhancement apps are there for Mac users? The Mac App Store has a Photography category with hundreds of apps.
Few of those under $10 are as worth as the free Image Tricks app which relies on the core image filters built-in to OS X, but the real bargain is with big brother, the little app that is packed with filters, masks, and effects. Hundreds and hundreds. Start Free, Go Pro As always, I recommend that any Mac user who wants more from their photos give the free version of Image Tricks a try. Even the Pro version has a try-before-you-buy trial version. What you get is an incredibly diverse photo enhancement app.
Here’s a look at some of the basic math in the big brother version. 149 Core Image filters (these are basic to OS X, so they’re lightning fast to apply). 225 unique photo masks.
116 photo frames. 62 vector borders. 43 Quartz compositions (also built-in to OS X) and 20 image generators. Along with all those filters and effects there are controls for saturation, contrast, tone, brightness, plus image blurs and masks, and options to blend everything together, layer upon layer.
The user interface is straightforward. Filters, Quartz, and Generators in the lefthand sidebar with details for each in the righthand sidebar. The image in them main photo window is updated instantly. All those different effects and filters can be applied to an imported photo with just a click.
Other effects let you colorize, tile, adjust, and distort certain features. Even the photo frames can be customized. Image Tricks isn’t called Photo Tricks because there are options to apply those same effects and filters to graphic elements, background images, or any kind of non-photo image. The built-in options make the number of unique images infinite in number.
Image Tricks has been around about a decade but the history is on again, off again, on again, including a few years where development lagged. The latest version brings Image Tricks up to date with OS X El Capitan, adds a bunch of new El Capitan filters (light tunnel distortion, perspective transform, smooth linear gradient, triangle kaleidoscope, and more), but many features are available and work fine on older Intel-based Macs going back to OS X Snow Leopard. Just remember that Image Tricks is an entry-level photo and image enhancement app, so it’s not much of a replacement for Photoshop or Pixelmator. It’s much easier to use, though, and the learning curve is nearly zilch. I can’t say the same for the trial-and-error factor.
It’s fun to try out all the filters and effects and that can suck up a few hours at a time.
Image Tricks Pro lets you apply macOS Core Image filters and Quartz Compositions to your photos to achieve amazing effects. In addition to photo effects, Image Tricks Pro has embedded image generator for creating random images, and a collection of photo frames and borders to decorate your images even further.
Share photos with effects applied to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and more. The Pro Edition includes:. 160 image filters;.
192 frames;. 74 vector borders;. 225 unique masks;. 41 Quartz compositions;. 20 image generators. Tricks with Filters and Compositions:. Adjust colors (Saturation, Brightness, Contrast, Sepia, etc.).
Blur images (Motion Blur, Sharpen Luminance, Unsharp Mask, etc.). Distort faces and more (Bump, Pinch, Twirl, etc.). Turn a photo into art (Mosaic, Color Pencil, Halftone, etc.). Blend two pictures together (Page Curl, Checkerboard, etc.). Tile an image, create a kaleidoscope out of it, crop it, and much more! Picture Frames and Borders. 114 photo frames and 65 vector borders for your photos.
Zoom in and position your photo inside. Flip frames and apply shadows to them. Image Generators:. Random images created using mathematical algorithms.
Control all of the parameters with easy-to-use controls. Set the core colors of the generated image. Introduced 'Use Background Color' in the Options dialog of Save/Export. Useful when a user doesn't want to preserve transparency, but use the background color instead. Added the ability to share an edited image to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and more.
New background images added. Improved program UI. Filter effects were revised and fixed where necessary. Filter parameters (Width, Radius, etc.) adopt to image size automatically when the picture is changed. Fixed the problem with incorrect transparency for some borders, frames and masks.
Photo Effects: Chrome, Fade, Instant, Mono, Noir, Process, Tonal, Transfer were grouped together. Similar filters were grouped as following: Kaleidoscope Tiles (Eightfold Reflected, Sixfold Reflected, Sixfold Rotated, Triangle Tile, Twelvefold Reflected); Rectangular Tiles (Glide Reflected, Fourfold Rotated); Acute Angle Tiles (Fourfold Reflected, Fourfold Translated). Fixed the problem with mouse/trackpad usage on Triangle Kaleidoscope filter. Removed filters: BL Sobel, BL Rectangular Splash, Accordion Ford Transition.
Multiple other improvements. 3.8.2 Oct 12, 2015. New filters and quartz compositions were added for OS X 10.10: Accordion Ford Transition, Linear to sRGB Tone Curve, Masked Variable Blur, Perspective Correction, sRGB Tone Curve to Linear, Black and White, Comic Book. Filters from 'Others' category were improved and moved to different categories: Blend with Alpha Mask, Color Clamp, Color Cross Polynomial, Color Polynomial, Photo Effect, Vignette, Vignette Effect.
Improved german, french and spanish localizations. Fixed 'File New from Clipboard' menu option.
The program can now automatically check for and download available updates using the Sparkle auto-updater technology. Fixed interface glitches on OS X 10.10. Improved program stability and performance. Other minor fixes and improvements. 3.8 Apr 23, 2013. Added Paintable Frames category with 76 new frames that can be easily colored; - Added support for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion; - Added 2 new Polaroid-styled frames; - Added support for Zoom and Rotate Trackpad gestures; - Export menu now allows for size adjustment; - Filter and Quartz categories now can be collapsed by clicking on name of category; - Fixed the problem with spontaneous collapsing of filter categories; - Sandboxing support implemented in App Store version; - Various bug fixes.
3.5 Feb 7, 2012. Introduced 114 photo frames (12 in Lite version) with the ability to move and zoom pictures inside.
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You can also apply shadows to, rotate, and flip frames;. Apply one of 65 vector boarders (12 in Lite version) to pictures and control the boarder color, distance from the edges, and the orientation;. 40 masks added to Pro version;. Border Masks category with 149 masks (12 in Lite version) added;. Updated program interface;. Added French and Spanish localizations;.
Added 8 new image filters for OS 10.7 users: Straighten, Stretch Crop (in Transform); Vibrance, Highlight and Shadow, Tone Curve (in Color); Depth of Field (in Focus); Droste (in Tile); Page Curl With Shadow (in Overlap). Note, Depth of Field, Droste and Page Curl With Shadow are available in the Pro version only;. Added an option to the View menu (CMD + 0) that lets you view an image in its actual size;. Various other minor improvements. 3.0.4 Sep 16, 2011. Introduced 'Use Background Color' in the Options dialog of Save/Export. Useful when a user doesn't want to preserve transparency, but use the background color instead.
Added the ability to share an edited image to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and more. New background images added. Improved program UI. Filter effects were revised and fixed where necessary.
Filter parameters (Width, Radius, etc.) adopt to image size automatically when the picture is changed. Fixed the problem with incorrect transparency for some borders, frames and masks. Photo Effects: Chrome, Fade, Instant, Mono, Noir, Process, Tonal, Transfer were grouped together. Similar filters were grouped as following: Kaleidoscope Tiles (Eightfold Reflected, Sixfold Reflected, Sixfold Rotated, Triangle Tile, Twelvefold Reflected); Rectangular Tiles (Glide Reflected, Fourfold Rotated); Acute Angle Tiles (Fourfold Reflected, Fourfold Translated). Fixed the problem with mouse/trackpad usage on Triangle Kaleidoscope filter.
Removed filters: BL Sobel, BL Rectangular Splash, Accordion Ford Transition. Multiple other improvements.