Bloom 1.0.593 Win/MacOSX Bloom1.x(Win/MacOSX) Bloomisafast,light-weight,cross-platformproceduralgraphicseditorthatletsyoutweakanyactionyouhaveeverperformed-organizedbylayer.Beautifyingimagesisasomewhatcommonpractice,butyouneedtohavetherighttoolsathandifyouwanttooptimizeyourwork.BloomisanOSXimageprocessorthatworkswithmultiplelayersinordertoprovidenon-destructiveprocessingsolutions.Thisway,youcanmakeuseoftheplethoraofavailabletoolswhileknowingthatyoucanadjusttheireffectlateronwithouthavingtoredotheentireprocess. -Bloomseamlesslyintegratesbothvectorandrasterediting,automaticallyconvertingbetweenthetwoasnecessary.Thisnotonlymakesitextremelyversatileandsuitableforanytaksfrominterfacedesigntophotoretouching,butalsoletsyouapplypurelyrastereffectsandfilterstovectorshapeswithoutlosinganyvectordata. -Bloomisthefirsteditortoallowtruenon-destructiveediting.Everyfilter,effect,brushstrokeorvectoredityouapplyisstoredseparately,andnothingisbakedin.Thisallowsyoutocomebacktoanythingyou'vedoneinthepastandadjustit-withoutredoingallofthesubsequentwork.Evenbrushstrokesareeditableafteryou'vedrawnthem! -Bloomisapurely16-bitperchannelapplication.Everything,includingimages,shapecolors,masks,andanyothercolordataisstoredwith16bitsperchannel.Thismeansyouneverloseprecisionandcoloraccuracy,allowingforthemostvibrantandpreciseimagestobecreated. -UnlikemanyotherappsthatclaimtoimportAdobePhotoshopPSDfile,yetimportminimalinformation,Bloomimportspracticallyeverything.NotonlydoesBloom'sPSDimportersupportlayersandgroups,italsoimportsmasksonbothofthem,layerblendingmodes,andevenlayerblendingeffects-onbothlayersandgroups! -Bloomfeaturesafullsuiteofblendingeffects,includingdropshadows,innerandouterglows,stroking,innershadows,andbevelling.Theseversatileeffectsallowyoutoeasilyeditlayershapeswithoutchanginglayerstyle,aswellashelpwithcompatibilitywithotherapplications. -Bloomfeaturesexcellentdigitaltabletsupport,recoginizingthedrawingvs.theerasertipofthebrush,penpressure,andscenescrollingwiththedigitalpenalone.Brushsettingsalsosupportabilitytocontrolaspectssuchasopacity,size,andanyothersettingwithpenpressure-allcustomizablebyyou. Generalfeatures -FirstCompletelyNon-DestructiveEditingWorkflow -VectorShapes&Editing -RasterImageEditing -Universal16bitsPerChannelSupport -Best-in-ClassAdobePhotoshop™PSDFileImporter/ExporterwithLayers,Groups,Masks,andLayerBlendingStyles -GroupandLayerBlendingStyles -OptimizedforLargeFiles -DigitalDrawingTabletSupport -OSX,WindowsandLinux -EditableLiquifyandBrushStrokes -StandardPhotoEditingToolsandFilters -CustomizableGuidesandRulers -AdobePhotoshop™Brush(ABR)andShape(CSH)LibrariesImport -CustomChannelsCreation&Editing -CustomizableUserInterface Import: 3FR(Hasselblad3FRAWImage) ARW(SonyDigitalCameraAlphaRawImageFormat) BMP(MicrosoftWindowsBitmap) CR2(CanonDigitalCameraRawImageFormat) CRW(CanonDigitalCameraRawImageFormat) CUR(MicrosoftCursorFile) DNG(DigitalNegativeFile) EXR(OpenEXRFile) HDR(RadianceRGBEImageFormat) ICO(MicrosoftIconFile) JPEG(JointPhotographicExpertsGroup) NEF(NikonDigitalSLRCameraRawImage) ORF(OlympusDigitalCameraRawImageFile) PCX(ZSoftIBMPCPaintbrushFile) PEF(PentaxRawImageFormat) PNG(PortableNetworkGraphics) PSD(AdobePhotoshopFilewithLayerSupport) RAF(FujiCCD-RAWGraphicFile) SRW(SamsungRawImageFormat) SVG(ScalableVectorGraphics) TGA,ICB,VDA,VST(TargaImageFile) TIFF(TaggedImageFileFormat) XCF(GIMPImage) Export: BMP(MicrosoftWindowsBitmap) HDR(RadianceRGBEImageFormat) JPEG(JointPhotographicExpertsGroup) PCX(ZSoftIBMPCPaintbrushFile) PNG(PortableNetworkGraphics) PSD(AdobePhotoshopFilewithLayerSupport) SVG(ScalableVectorGraphics) TGA,ICB,VDA,VST(TargaImageFile) TIFF(TaggedImageFileFormat) Requirements:Intel,64-bitprocessorOSX10.6.6orlater HomePage-http://www.thebloomapp.com/features/