Psykosoft releases Psykopaint as standalone Mac App
Psykopaint 1.2.1 is a painting application with a twist, that allows you to paint while the colors are selected automatically based on a photo. Until now the app was accessible exclusively online and now as a fully packaged app for Mac. Psykopaint features 6 different brushes, with 72 built-in presets and so much more. Sporting a complete redesign of the interface, version 1.2.1 introduces support for Retina Display, an improved mad cannon brush, fixes canvas zoom issues and more.
The app has been used widely as a tool for art teachers and as an art therapeutic tool. The web version receive more than a million visits per month, created an entirely new category in between painting and photo-editing, and is according to Chrome Store reviews the best painting experience on the web today.
Features round up:
* 6 brushes : Paint Brush, Spraycan, Ribbons, Cannon, Knife, Pointillist and Eraser
* 72 built-in presets (variations for a brush): like Monet, Van Gogh, Renoir etc.
* Apply some FXs: Saturate, Black & White, Brightness, Hue, Old Style and more
* Colorize your photos
* Paint with or without photo
* Layers: with blend modes
New features include:
* Complete design overall
* Support for Retina display
* Available in French, German and Spanish
* Up to 8000px image support
* New interactive persona giving you tips
You can download a trial of this app here – or if you would prefer to download the full version, it retails for $29.99/£20.99/download.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photographer, photography journalist, editor and curator and the founder and editorial director of TheAppWhisperer.com, an independent international photography publication established in 2009.Her journalism, criticism and commentary have appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Popular Photography, Android Magazine, NikonPro, DPReview, Which Digital Camera and Which Camera. She has lectured internationally on photography and mobile art, served as a juror for international photography awards, and exhibited her own photographic work across the UK, Europe, South Korea and the United States.Alongside her editorial work, Joanne's photographic and postgraduate research explores death, grief, memory, representation and social inequality through contemporary photography, participatory practice and visual research methods, with the longer-term aim of developing this work through doctoral research.Through TheAppWhisperer, she continues to publish independent photography journalism spanning contemporary photographic practice, mobile imaging, photographic apps, computational photography and emerging imaging technologies.Joanne is available for editorial commissions, photography projects, judging, curatorial work, speaking engagements, consultancy and selected collaborations.
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