Name: Image Tricks Lite
Rating: 3.4708 (19 reviews)

Free

Absolutely Free

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Image Tricks Lite overview

Image Tricks Lite is a freeware application for editing your photos and images using Core Image filters and Quartz Compositions.

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.

Features

Easy-to-use and friendly Interface.
107 Core Image effects and filters (149 in Pro version).
38 Quartz Compositions (43 in Pro version).
13 image generators (20 in Pro version).
12 photo frames (116 in Pro version).
12 vector borders (74 in Pro version).
Over 70 unique masks can be applied to an image (225 in Pro version).
Import over 20 image formats (TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PDF, EPS among them).
Export to TIFF, JPEG, PDF, PNG and GIF formats.
OpenGL acceleration supported.

What’s new in version 3.9.5

Updated on Jan 26 2022

New Features:

Image Tricks now runs natively on Apple Silicon M1, M1 Pro and M1 Max chips.
Added new image filters that become available in the latest macOS: Bokeh Blur in Focus category; Color Threshold, Dither, Document Enhancer, Gabor Gradients, Morphology, Morphology, Gradient, Morphology Rectangle in Style category; Color Absolute Difference, Mix in Overlap category.
Introduced support for HEIC format (photos made on an iPhone).

Fixes:

Improved dark theme appearance.
Fixed the problem with images drag and drop from Apple Photos.
Improved macOS 12 Monterey compatibility.
Moved some filters into new categories: CMYK Halftone, Comic Effect, Vignette, Vignette Effect into Style; Flash into Lumine; Composite Filters into Overlap.
Other bug fixes and usability improvements.

Information

License

Free

Size

24.3 MB

Developer’s website

https://www.belightsoft.com/imagetricks/

Downloads

77810

App requirements

Intel 64
Apple Silicon
OS X 10.10.0 or later

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RJC.NJNYC

Feb 9 2014

3.8

Version: 3.8

Hey MacUpdate, where is the Image Tricks Pro page?

pavlovroma

Dec 7 2012

3.7

1.5

Version: 3.7

Belight make it so difficult to update. Too many product to keep track of and update at different time. I contact them to tell them and they only rude to me. Sure they take money but no customer appreciate.

Jjbee

Mar 31 2010

3.0.1

Version: 3.0.1

Hi all If you wish to add a (free) mosaic type effect to Image Tricks 3.xx, have a look at BeLight Community website: http://belightcommunity.free.fr/display_file.php?id=44 Here's an example of this effect with default settings: http://belightcommunity.free.fr/4_belight_forum/mosaic_examples/mosaic_default_settings.png

Phaleron

Mar 23 2010

3.0

Version: 3.0

How does one upgrade from version 2?

Mtcobra

Nov 3 2009

2.4.2

Version: 2.4.2

I downloaded version 2.4.2, and when I ran the program, it no longer said "Pro Version." When I click on About Image Tricks I'm told I have version 2.4.1. When I click on "Check for Updates" I'm told I don't need to update because I have version 2.4.2. Me thinks there's one or two more "minor bugs" to fix.

Aug 6 2009

2.4

Version: 2.4

It seems Image Tricks Pro is out of development, without an update for the past couple of years (or 3?). I purchased the last version with high hopes to seeing more in terms of filters and UI controls, with much confidence in the BeLight nameâ€“ a confidence now in question.

Guest

Jan 17 2008

Install Xcode which comes with tiger installation disc. It includes Core Image Fun House.app which has all the tools. The only drawback is the size of Xcode - 2.4GB !!!

Cbx322

Jan 16 2008

1.0

The installer is dumb. You can only install as administrator. You can choose an install-location in the installer, but it does not let you choose your homefolder, i.e. ~/Applications. This is not the way of Apple-Guide-Lines. There is no reason why a local user shouldn't be able to install this app into their homefolder only.

philonous

Sep 26 2006

2.3.3

4.3

Version: 2.3.3

I've been using it for some time. It can be slow on extremely large photos, but I think it's about as fast as any other program I have ever used. This could be because my Mac is fairly old. I love it. I think it's a great program, considering it's free.

New-User

Apr 28 2006

2.0

4.0

Version: 2.0

Positives: * excellent straightforward interface * good number of effects Negatives: * unusually slow (compared to other CoreImage apps) * no effects stacking * no layering Summary: Poor performance and a limited feature-set hamper what could be a powerful application.

Attentionwandered

Slowest application evverrr. mac mini, 1.25 g4 but still, its sooooo slow and goes completely unresponsive while its doing anything at all.

Kurosan

Apr 26 2006

Kills EXIF data dead! Too bad, it looks like a perfect fit for my wife to tweak her photos, but I must have EXIF data intact.

Quiiick

Jan 20 2006

1.2

Version: 1.2

Please add a version-number to the name of the downloadable .dmg-file of Quinn. Like "ImageTricks_1.2.0.dmg" or "ImageTricks-1.2.0.dmg" or "ImageTricks120.dmg" or "ImageTricks 1.2.0.dmg" ... This makes it much easier to track the versions already downloaded and it is also quite handy when switching back to a previous version, in case the newest version is too buggy. Thanks!

Nov 5 2005

1.1

2.5

Version: 1.1

Greast little app. Had already a lot of fun with it. And it's free!

Sep 27 2005

Awesome. It doesn't start. To the trash, posthaste!

Sep 12 2005

Awesome free image app, seriously just what I was looking for. Much respect...!

Aug 10 2005

Version: 1.0

Opened Image Tricks only to have program crash . . . I have bought this fantastic SW developer's other programs so this isn't a vendetta which is biased. Will wait to see if this happens to others. Could be a one-time event. BCC and Mail Factory are fantastic. Thank you.

Aug 9 2005

I can't believe they didn't included a ROTATE option!!!!

Reverb

4.5

This is a good program for adding special effects to pictures. The effects themselves belong to Core Image, part of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Image Tricks exposes a good number of Tiger's built-in effects. Overall, it's stable and pretty easy to use. There are a few usage quirks, which are explained in the built-in help. Image Tricks also has some rough edges, which is to be expected with a 1.0 release. There is no "Revert" command. You can't un-apply a filter, except by choosing another filter, or reloading the original image. This gets troublesome when cropping, because the crop tool will save changes from the previous filter, whether or not you wanted that filter. Overall it's a pretty solid program, and you certainly can't beat the price. Tip: If you have Xcode Tools for Tiger installed, check out /Developer/Applications/Graphics Tools/Core Image Funhouse. It's a lot less stable and friendly than Image Tricks, but it has more effects, and it lets you add/remove effects more flexibly.