Topic: Image Tricks is a freeware application for editing your photos and images 10.5

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Image Tricks is a freeware application for editing your photos and images for Mac OS X 10.5

There is Free Version, and a Pro Version for $10. Software Santa LOVES his copy of the Free Version!
There is still a version for Mac OS X 10.4 available.

Image Tricks — Photo and Image Editing Software for Mac

Sample Tour
Image Tricks is a freeware application for editing your photos and images using Mac OS X Core Image filters and Quartz Compositions that unimaginably transform your photos. This program also contains a powerful random image generator for creating unique backgrounds and abstract images for business cards, web design, print materials and more.

You can also use Image Tricks directly in other BeLight Software applications — Business Card Composer, Disc Cover, Labels & Addresses and Swift Publisher. Launching the editor in these programs is as simple as double clicking on any image in your project.

Play with an Image
Tricks you can play with an image:

    * Adjust colors — Saturation, Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Sepia, adjust Color Matrix, etc.
    * Blur your picture in different ways.
    * Distort images using Twirl, Bump, Pinch and more.
    * Stylize your art: Make Mosaic, Crystalize, use Halftone effects, etc.
    * Use combinations of several Mac OS X filters called Quartz Compositions.
    * Blend your photos into one creative artwork using Overlap effects.
    * Transform your images by changing their shape and perspective.
    * Tile, Kaleidoscope and Crop images.


Image Generating:

    * Special mathematical algorithms to create original images.
    * Handy set of controls for each generator.
    * Render function allows to arrange objects in random order.
    * Ability to set colors of a generated image.

Key Features:

    * Image Tricks ScreenshotEasy to use and friendly Interface.
    * 77 Core Image Effects and Filters (95 in Pro version).
    * 35 Quartz Compositions (40 in Pro version).
    * 13 image generators (20 in Pro version).
    * About 100 unique masks can be applied to an image.
    * Import over 20 image formats (TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PDF, EPS among them).
    * Export to TIFF, JPEG, PDF, PNG and GIF formats.
    * Resize and rotate images.
    * OpenGL acceleration supported.
    * iPhoto integration.

Mac OS X Universal    
Availability: Free and Pro editions. Image Tricks is integrated with the BeLight programs available in the Printfolio suite (double click on the image).

Pricing: Standard edition is Free, Pro edition is $9.95.
System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later.
Available in: English, German.

http://www.belightsoft.com/products/imagetricks/overview.php