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12 February 2018
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Flying Meat has updated Acorn, Gus Mueller's image editing software for macOS X to version 6.1 The new version features Metal 2 support on macOS High Sierra 10.13 and later for faster panning, brushing, fills, and just a general speed improvement.
Additional improvements include bug fixes and the following:
- Color icons are back and turned on by default.
- Support for HEIC/HEIF encoding for 10.13.4 or later (Save As..., Export... and Web Export).
- Support for opening EPS files.
- When taking screenshots the Touch Bar is now included on a MacBook Pro.
- Support for 30-bit image display for the new iMac Pro.
The Replace Color filter has a new option to ignore alpha when comparing colors. The $29.99 image editor is available as a 14-day free trial and may be purchased directly from Flying Meat.