Picturesque Changelog

What's new in Picturesque 2.4.5 Build 937

Mar 31, 2014
  • Picturesque now correctly resizes images when used on an external display with a Retina primary display.

New in Picturesque 2.4.4 Build 933 (Nov 6, 2013)

  • Fixed a crash when running on OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

New in Picturesque 2.4.3 Build 927 (Nov 19, 2012)

  • Fixed an issue where Picturesque would not open on older 32-bit Macs running Snow Leopard.

New in Picturesque 2.4.2 Build 923 (Aug 24, 2012)

  • Full compatibility with 10.8 Mountain Lion
  • Better behaviour on the new Retina display
  • Other miscellaneous bug fixes.

New in Picturesque 2.4.1 Build 902 (Jan 26, 2012)

  • Minor bug fixes and updated localizations.

New in Picturesque 2.4.0 Build 891 (Dec 1, 2011)

  • Better quality when resizing
  • You can now specify a final size for a single image with effects
  • Metadata & DPI now preserved when saving
  • Undo/Redo now supported for effect & preset changes
  • Localization improvements for all languages
  • Many other minor interface improvements
  • Fixed a bug relating to CYMK images
  • Other misc bug fixes

New in Picturesque 2.3 (Aug 25, 2011)

  • New image engine with much faster batching performance
  • Support for embedded color profiles
  • Transparency around the image is now preserved when saving.
  • Fixes a bug on 10.7 where some images could come out with pixel distortions
  • Many other misc improvements

New in Picturesque 2.2 (Jun 10, 2011)

  • Compatibility with 10.7 Lion.
  • Improvements in anti-aliasing quality when using the perspective effect
  • Other minor bug fixes

New in Picturesque 2.1.9 (Jan 5, 2010)

  • Fixes an issue with batch saving JPEGs.

New in Picturesque 2.1.8 (Sep 30, 2009)

  • Fixes an issue related to output quality on Snow Leopard.

New in Picturesque 2.1.7 (Sep 9, 2009)

  • Numerous bug fixes.

New in Picturesque 2.1.6 (Aug 26, 2009)

  • Compatibility with Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard.
  • Improved Russian localisation.
  • Price drop to $29.95 USD.

New in Picturesque 2.1.5 (Jun 1, 2009)

  • Fixed a blurry output bug.

New in Picturesque 2.1.4 (May 22, 2009)

  • Fixed a bug where a long reflection would get cut off when saving.
  • Improved the save panel.
  • Added Simplified Chinese localisation.
  • Much Improved Dutch localisation.
  • Updated Sparkle.

New in Picturesque 2.1.3 (Mar 26, 2009)

  • Fixed a bug that would cause a crash during some batch saves.

New in Picturesque 2.1.2 (Mar 24, 2009)

  • Updated French, Hungarian and Dutch localizations.
  • Fixed issue with batch resizing.
  • Numerous other minor bug fixes.

New in Picturesque 2.1.1 (Feb 7, 2009)

  • Updated localizations.
  • Numerous minor bug fixes.

New in Picturesque 2.1 (Jan 21, 2009)

  • Features:
  • Added "Overwrite image" & "Save to Desktop" a menus items, so you can quickly resize or crop your original image without needing to go through the save dialog.
  • Added reveal in finder after saving preference.
  • Added "open files in application" after saving preference.
  • Added effects menu with keystrokes to enable/disable effects quickly.
  • Interface:
  • Improved image browser so you can now scroll using buttons, or the scroll wheel.
  • Improved presets drawer, so it animates out of the side of the window.
  • Improved crop mode.
  • Improved inspector.
  • Added image size text to main window.
  • Image now displays actual size in the window (if it can fit, otherwise it scales down).
  • Can now use arrow keys to increment or decrement value in a text field.
  • Improved saving dialogs.
  • Moved single image resizing to it's own panel.
  • Output:
  • More accurate curves & stroke preview to final output.
  • Fixed blurry output with a centered stroke bug.
  • Fixed bug that resulted in excess transparent pixels in some images.
  • Other:
  • Much faster when loading large images.
  • Added Spanish localisation.
  • Many other misc changes & bug fixes.

New in Picturesque 2.0.3 (Jul 1, 2008)

  • Fixed bug where the image output would blur slightly with the shadow effect.
  • Fixed pasting in screenshots from the clipboard bug.
  • Added Hungarian localisation (thanks Machonosit).

New in Picturesque 2.0.2 (Jun 11, 2008)

  • Added Portuguese (thanks Daniel), Czech (thanks Frantisek), Danish (thanks Thomas) localisations.
  • Improved other localisations.
  • Fixed output related bug.

New in Picturesque 2.0.1 (May 21, 2008)

  • Fixed numerous bugs including those relating to reflection, stroke, curve, pop-ups & presets.
  • Added French, German, Russian, Chinese & Japanese localisations.
  • Many other minor improvements.

New in Picturesque 2.0 (May 13, 2008)

  • Totally rewritten for Leopard, using Core Animation to power the graphics engine.
  • New "all-in-one" interface with popup inspector bubbles.
  • New "3D perspective" effect, seen in CoverFlow, Apple.com & iChat AV, etc
  • New presets feature lets you save and manage styles.
  • Added innovative cropping feature.
  • New thumbnail view makes it easier to work with multiple images.
  • Much improved batch resizing options now appear in the save window.
  • Can now stroke outside, inside or centered.
  • New icon dynamically displays your current image in dock.
  • Edit numbers more precisely now by clicking on them and typing.
  • Image now displays at maximum size possible.
  • Vastly improved performance in importing large amounts of images.
  • Added media browser.
  • Many other additions and changes.

New in Picturesque 1.0.4 (Apr 14, 2008)

  • Fixed Automator actions for Leopard.
  • Fixed Help for Leopard
  • Added Japanese localisation