Acorn 8 4+
Image editing for humans
Flying Meat Inc.
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- $19.99
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Description
Acorn 8 is currently on sale to celebrate its release! Get it at this low introductory price while you can.
Discover Acorn: Your Ultimate Mac Image Editor
Meet Acorn — an award-winning, beloved image editor crafted exclusively for the Mac. Whether you’re touching up photos, creating detailed designs, or experimenting with artistic edits, Acorn offers the tools and power you need to make your vision a reality.
Why Choose Acorn?
Acorn is your all-in-one image editor, designed to combine simplicity with professional-grade features. Add text and shapes, create stunning collages, retouch photos, or start something entirely new — all with ease.
What’s New in Acorn 8?
Unleash your creativity with Acorn 8’s latest enhancements:
• AI Subject Selection & Background Removal: Isolate subjects in your images with incredible precision using AI.
• Live Text Tool: Detect and copy text directly in your images.
• Data-Driven Graphics: Automate personalized designs using our powerful Data Merge feature.
• Expanded Format Support: Import/export JPEG-XL, WebP, Animated GIF, and Animated PNG with new presets.
• Enhanced Shortcuts Integration: Streamline your workflow with Apple Shortcuts.
• On-Canvas Ruler: Align and measure with pixel-perfect accuracy.
• Look-Up Tables (LUTs): Instantly elevate your photo and video aesthetics with advanced color grading tools.
• Improved Vector Tools: Includes a new polygon tool and enhanced vector shape capabilities.
• Optimized for Speed: Fully compatible with Metal, ensuring fast and smooth performance.
What Can Acorn Do?
Explore a world of possibilities:
• Add text to paths or shapes to design logos and custom typography.
• Remove backgrounds with tools like Magic Wand and Instant Alpha Eraser.
• Combine images to create collages and layouts.
• Retouch images with tools like Clone, Dodge, and Burn.
• Adjust contrast, highlights, and shadows using Levels and Curves.
• Export like a pro with customizable color profiles, file formats, and precise size control.
Image & Layer Capabilities
• Create layered screenshots of open windows.
• Work with unlimited layers and over 25 blending modes.
• Use features like snap-to-grid, guides, and precise transformations.
• Handle image depths of 8, 16, and 32 bits per channel.
Filters, Effects & Styles
• Enjoy non-destructive editing with unlimited combinations of effects.
• Apply tilt shifts, vignettes, blurs, distortions, and more.
• Fine-tune color channels with curves and levels.
Powerful Tools for Every Task
• Utilize brushes for cloning, blurring, erasing, and more.
• Select precisely with polygonal, elliptical, or magic wand tools.
• Design custom brushes with the built-in brush designer.
Vector Excellence
• Create stars, arrows, circles, and Bézier curves with Acorn’s vector tools.
• Combine shapes using Boolean operations like union, intersect, and exclude.
• Use the Shape Processor to tweak, adjust, and perfect vector designs.
Extensive File Support
Seamlessly import and export a wide array of formats:
• Import: JPEG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, PSD, RAW, WebP, SVG, AI (with PDF compatibility), and more.
• Export: JPEG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, PSD, WebP, JPEG-XL, Animated PNG/GIF, CMYK files, and beyond.
Learn and Grow with Acorn
From detailed online documentation and tutorials to an active user forum, Acorn makes it easy to master new skills. Our responsive support team is always ready to help — reach out anytime at support@flyingmeat.com.
Take your creative projects to the next level with Acorn. Ready to get started?
What’s New
Version 8.0.1
# Bug Fixes.
* Fixed a problem where canceling a Data Merge export wouldn't reliably stop the export. Also fixed a problem where Data Merge was consuming gobs of memory.
* Fixed a problem where the RAW Import window would preview images with the wrong color profile, making images appear overexposed.
* Fixed a problem where sometimes the Data Merge palette wouldn't appear when asked for.
* Fixed a problem where you couldn't drag an image from the Finder into Acorn's layers list.
* Workaround for a macOS 15 Sequoia Photos bug where using the Image ▸ Edit With ▸ Acorn menu item would send a 16bpc wide gamut TIFF to Acorn, and then when Photos reads it back in, not notice the color profile has been updated and render it darker. Acorn no longer upgrades the color profile in this case, and keeps it exactly what it is given (Apple Wide Color Sharing Profile). (The image will still render in Photos _slightly_ darker, but the same is true if you edit the photo with Preview or any other app. But it's much better than before, and really only with wide gamut images).
* Fixed a problem where Acorn sometimes crashed when exporting as an SVG.
* Fixed a problem where you couldn't move the anchor points of a Bézier path with text.
* Fixed a problem where the checkboard background for the canvas would sometimes get lighter colors when Dark Aqua was the current UI.
# Other.
* Minor performance improvements for the RAW Import window.
If you like Acorn, we'd love it if you could take a moment and give it a nice review. It helps Acorn get noticed, which helps everyone in the long run.
Ratings and Reviews
Quite Useful
I have more powerful image editors than Acorn, but I definitely use Acorn the most. If I need to quickly resize or crop or overlay text, this app is my first choice. It’s very quick to open and has a nice compact UI that doesn’t try to turn everything into a big project. It does in fact have some pretty cool shape generation features and nondestructive filters, if you experiment and learn what they all do.
Won't install :(
I've tried to install this 4 times today, even rebooted my computer. Nothing. I paid for this assuming it would be great.
I hit the Report a Problem link and got a "page not found".
I'll try again tomorrow but I think I'll be installing from the website - and paying again.
Poor quality resizing
The machine learning (AI) image resizing is very poor quality. Pixelmator Pro produces much more natural looking and usable results, and Pixelmator Pro has had this feature for years. I was hoping that in trying to catch up to competitors, Acorn would have taken the opportunity to improve on such a core feature.
Developer Response ,
Hello!
Thanks for the feedback. I'd love to know more about the type of image you're resizing so we can possibly make Acorn better for everyone in the future. If you could reach out to us via our support email with a sample, it would be much appreciated.
Cheers!
App Privacy
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Data Not Collected
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Information
- Seller
- Flying Meat Inc.
- Size
- 82.5 MB
- Category
- Graphics & Design
- Compatibility
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- Mac
- Requires macOS 14 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Polish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2025
- Price
- $19.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.