A Raindrop for Acorn

Adam Preble has written a nice little extension for CloudApp:

CloudApp is one of my favorite tools for sharing images quickly, and I also use Acorn quite a bit for quick image editing tasks. I’ve been wanting a quick way to upload a snapshot of what I’ve got in Acorn using CloudApp, so tonight I wrote AcornRaindrop.

It's open source, and you can download it off the project page as well.

Acorn 3.1 has been submitted to the App Store. But if you are bought directly (or have already bought Acorn on the App Store and run it once), you can download Acorn 3.1 right now.

Full release notes are available. Acorn 3.1 is mostly about bug fixes, and adding native 10.7 features like full screen support + autosave and versions (which you can turn on in the preferences). We also managed to sneak in color management as well.

We've just released FlySketch 1.7.1, which fixes a crashing bug when running on 10.7 Lion. FlySketch 1.7.1 requires 10.6 or later.

We've submitted this update to the Mac App Store as well, but Apple rejected it (even though this update only contained bug fixes). We've appealed the decision and hopefully we can get things resolved with Apple soon.

So you've recently purchased 10.7 Lion, and want to know if your favorite Flying Meat apps will run on it?

Here's the status:

Acorn 3.0.3: Works great.

Acorn 2.6.4: It has a couple of issues, but we're just about done with Acorn 2.6.5 which fixes them. You can grab the latest 2.6 build from here: http://flyingmeat.com/download/latest/

VoodooPad: There is an issue where event scripts aren't running correctly, and you can't enter fullscreen mode on 10.7. We've got these fixed for the upcoming release of 4.3.4, and you can grab a preview of it from here: http://flyingmeat.com/download/latest/

FlySketch: There's a crashing bug on 10.7 that we recently found, we've got a fix almost out for ya. You can grab a preview of FlySketch 1.7.1 (which has this fix) from here: http://flyingmeat.com/download/latest/ (10.6+ only).

Update: FlySketch 1.7.1 is out.

If you've encountered a bug on 10.7 that we don't know about yet- make sure to let us know by email us at support@flyingmeat.com.

We've got a new update to Acorn out (version 3.0.2) both for direct and App Store purchases. This release is mostly to focus on bugs, so make sure to grab it. You can read the full release notes online as well.

I just put together a quick Quartz Composition filter for Acorn, which will add noise with a couple of different sliders for you to play with: Noiser.qtz.zip.


To install it, download Noiser.qtz.zip and unzip it (if this hasn't happened already). Then just drag and drop it on Acorn's application icon and Acorn will do the rest. Or if you want to do it manually, move it into your ~/Library/Compositions folder. The filter will then show up under the Filter ▸ Quartz Compositions ▸ Other menu. (You'll also have to restart Acorn if it was already running for the filter to show up).

Historical note for people from the future: This plugin was tested with Acorn 3.0.1.

This morning we released Acorn 3.0.1. If you've purchased it via the App Store check your Updates tab, otherwise use the Acorn ▸ Check for Updates menu item. Grab it while it's fresh!

It has been a busy couple of weeks, and we neglected to note here that Acorn 3.0 was released. Gus has been writing a bit about it on his personal site, so make sure to catch up on info + tips there if you haven't been reading it already. And of course the main Acorn website as well as the documentation has a ton of information for you.

We've got a twitter accounts for both VoodooPad and Acorn, as well as an official account for Flying Meat. And of course Mr. Programmer "ccgus" has a personal account as well.

Tips, silly comments, and other random bits are what you'll find there.

Jeremy Mack has written a JSTalk script which opens an iOS screenshot in Acorn and then wraps it in a frame that looks like an iPad or iPhone. It does batching as well- awesome!

I love seeing what folks are doing with Acorn and JSTalk these days.

Apple launched the Mac App Store today, and we're happy to say that we've got both Acorn and FlySketch available for purchase from within it. VoodooPad has been submitted, but not yet accepted - we hope it's not too long before it's approved.

We're cautiously optimistic about the App Store- but we're keeping around our own online store as well so we can continue to offer educational pricing, and upgrades.

Got questions? Shoot us an email: support@flyingmeat.com

VoodooPad for iOS was just released on the iTunes App Store this morning.

Here's the quick bits: VoodooPad for iOS is a universal binary (iOS 4.2+) that will run on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. You can create and edit documents just like VP for the Mac, or you can sync existing documents using VoodooPad's WebDAV sync or by transferring a document via iTunes's file sharing bits. Search, create, edit and sync.

This is our first real application for iOS (VP Reader doesn't count), and it's definitely a 1.0. But we'll be working on it and adding features over time (for instance VP for iOS doesn't display or edit your pages as rich text- that's something we'd love to add in a later release). If you buy it- make sure to give us feedback via support@flyingmeat.com.

Fun news! The official Flying Meat is now available for anyone with 19 bucks!

People have been asking me for years to put this up online. And after some (gentle) prodding from my wife Kirstin, and teaming up with the wonderful guys at buyolympia.com, they are finally available for everyone.

Buy one! Buy ten! They even look great on your pets.