| Stable release | 0.1.9 (April 5, 2007) [±] |
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| Preview release | 0.5.1 (September 6, 2010) [±] |
| Written in | Objective-C |
| Operating system | Mac OS X |
| Type | Raster graphics editor |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | seashore.sourceforge.net |
Seashore is an image editor for Mac OS X, which was influenced by the GIMP and written using the Cocoa API.[1][2] Seashore uses GIMP's native file format, XCF, and has support for a handful of other graphics file formats, including full support for TIFF, PNG, and JPEG, and read-only support for BMP, PDF and GIF.[3] Seashore offers a smaller number of features in comparison with GIMP, including layers and alpha channel support, gradients and transparency effects, anti-aliased brushes, tablet support and plug-in filters.[3]
Seashore is currently at version 0.5.1 and is considered to be in Beta stages.[4] It lacks many of the features that GIMP has, but Seashore's purpose is to become an easy-to-use Free Software graphics editor that runs natively on Mac OS X. Currently there is a working version of GIMP for Mac OS X, Gimp.app. Gimp.app has many features that Seashore does not have, but it requires a version of X11 to run.[5] Seashore is written using the native Mac toolkit, Cocoa.
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Although still in development,[6] Seashore has many of the basic features found in graphics editing software, including:[3]
Features to come in future releases are Core Image support, the introduction of editable text layers and improved text rendering, and shapes and vector objects.[8]