A full Mac image editor without a subscription
Acorn 8 is a native image editor for macOS 14 or later, delivered as a universal binary for Apple silicon Macs. It brings bitmap editing, vector shapes, text, layers, masks, selections, and non-destructive filters into one unified window. The maker sells it as a one-time purchase and provides a 14-day trial.
Move from selection to export in one workspace
Version 8 adds tools for both one-off edits and repeatable production work:
- AI Subject Selection isolates a subject for composites or background changes.
- Live Text detects text in an image and copies it to the clipboard.
- Data Merge fills image and text boxes from a CSV for bulk personalized graphics.
- Super Resolution enlarges images with machine-learning processing.
- Über Export previews size, quality, compression, and resulting file size before export.
- Apple Shortcuts actions cover filters, cropping, resizing, rotation, enhancement, watermarks, and text replacement.
Keep edits flexible
Curves, levels, and filters remain adjustable rather than being permanently baked into the image. Acorn also includes layer masks, Bézier and boolean shape tools, RAW import, animated GIF and PNG editing, LUTs, a perspective correction tool, and JPEG-XL import and export. Its export window supports common raster, vector, layered, and web formats, including PNG, JPEG, WebP, PSD, PDF, and SVG.
