Posted on September 6, 2008
RapidoResizer is a nice image-resizing app for mac created by the aptly-named developer “app4mac”. It can batch resize images with ease to any proportions you set, and resize it on the spot. It has a nice little preview window and a HUD interface where you can change your settings. The only drawback to this app is that it has an annoying advertisement splash screen when you use command-Q to quit. Fortunately just closing the main window or using the Dock to quit avoids this behavior. All in all though, it’s a nice app that I use very frequently.
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Posted on September 2, 2008
OSXplanet is a fun project that displays a current view of the world from space–right on your desktop. It can display live data of clouds, volcanoes, storms, earthquakes, and many other natural occurrences. It also renders other planets as seen from other planets, which is awesome. It uses almost no CPU power and has a well-integrated UI. What more could you want?
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Posted on August 30, 2008
DrawBerry is a light vector drawing app that supports everything you’d want: image importing, color swatches, shape relativity editing, and tons of other great stuff. It’s great for small imaging projects that don’t require the bulk of an expensive app like Adobe’s Illustrator or Tweakersoft’s VectorDesigner (which is also a great app, by the way). This app, although slim, is packed with nice tools that will keep you busy for ages.
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Posted on August 28, 2008
Sequential is a simple image viewer for Mac that has a smooth, unobtrusive interface. It can read a ton of image formats, and has a great EXIF data reader that’s built with Leopard’s beautiful HUD interface window. It also works great for viewing comics and/or manga. And, of course, you can view images in full-screen. Sequential is a very simple app, but very nice all the same.
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Posted on August 26, 2008
Pop Rock is an interesting concept/hack that was created for one sole purpose: to make opening applications more fun. Pop Rock replaces the normal bouncing Dock icon animation with something a lot cooler: the app you opened is on a stage playing a riff on a guitar (whose icon was cleverly stolen from Garageband), and the other apps that are open are on the floor, cheering. the more apps you have open, the louder the cheering is. It’s really a sight to behold, and makes opening apps a lot more fun. Give it a try!
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Posted on August 16, 2008
img2icns is a simple imaging tool that converts image files (png, jpg, even psd) into Apple’s standard application icon format, ICNS. The beauty of the ICNS format is that you can store multiple sizes of an image in one image file (different sizes are used as representations around your system, like the app icon, the sidebar icon, and other instances). img2icns can convert anywhere from 1 to 1000 files to ICNS in a very short amount of time, or output pictures as folder icons or droplets. In addition, it supports the new Leopard ICNS files, which can contain a 512X512 icon.
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