ChocoFlop 0.908

ChocoFlop 0.908 is such a powerful tool which provides users an image manipulation program based entirely on Apple's new CoreImage technology which takes advantages of the processing power in your GPU (graphics card).

This is a preview release of the upcoming ChocoFlop, a graphics manipulation program. As a preview it is entirely free but still unstable and not feature complete.

Main Benefits:

• Small, Launches in a pair of seconds
• Real Time non-destructive filters
• Rich Text Layers
• Load and opens many image formats
• Supports layers, layer masks, selections
• Paint tools with table pressure support
• HDR (128 bits per pixel)
• Universal Binary
• Easy to use for photoshop users
• Can import many additional RAW formats with dcraw

Major features:

1. Non-destructive image editing
   • Chain multiple filters without applying them: modify them or remove them when you want
   • Rotate and scale your layers without applying the transformation on the pixels: zero loss of quality.
   • Unlimited layers and sub-folders
   • Layer masks, even for dynamic filters
   • Built-in HDR support (High Dynamic Range).
2. Filters and tools designed to take advantage of your graphics card's power
   • Dozens of filters included, more with standard CoreImage plugins.
   • Mix your layers with all industry standard blending modes and more.
   • All the tools you can need to either retouch or create.
3. File Formats and save for web
   • Load and save to dozens of formats.
   • Import RAW images, including rare formats thanks to dcraw.
   • Export to Jpeg, PNG, or GIF and obtain the smallest possible sizes.
   • Fine tune exportation with a real time preview (quality, colors, strip information)
4. Rich Text Layers and PDF/AI layers
   • Rich Text with all imaginable attributes : change fonts, colors, alignment, spacing... basically anything TextEdit can do.
   • Stored as simple RTF files for easy import/export.
   • Text can be affected by non-destructive filters, just like any other layer. You can for example apply a Perspective filter on a text and then edit this text and see the perspective update in real-time.
   • Import PDF and Adobe Illustrator (.ai) files as layers
5. A good mac citizen
   • ChocoFlop is a native mac application: this means there's no slow compatibility or portability code around. It's made for mac only. The application download file is only about two megabytes.
   • ChocoFlop can generate both preview and thumbnail images for in QuickLook (requires OSX 10.5 Leopard).
   • Spotlight plugin to efficiently tag and search your images (currently in development)
6. Advanced yet familiar GUI
   • Full Screen mode.
   • Real Time Preview for all filters and transformations.
   • Type simple math expression in the inspector
   • Industry standard shortcuts and user interface.
   • Easy transition from much more expensive packages.

• Mac Intel or PowerPC G4.
• Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.