



LiveQuartz provides unlimited (per document) undos (since app opening).Uses layers-based editing and non destructive filters (filters can me merged onto their layer when using certain tools or when doing certain actions like cutting a selection, etc.).Uses technologies like Cocoa (API), Quartz (graphics layer), Core Data and Core Image.4 Version history (in decreasing date order).LiveQuartz was also, back in early 2005, the first macOS X image editing app to use a unique window user interface without "palettes". In May 2005, when the first beta of iMage (the original name of LiveQuartz) was released, its singularity was that it was the first graphic editor to use two new Mac OS X Tiger frameworks: Core Image and Core Data. LiveQuartz was one of the first public raster image editors built on top of Core Image to be made public. LiveQuartz features layers-based image editing, non destructive filters and selection, painting and retouching tools. LiveQuartz is a basic graphic editor developed for macOS by Romain Piveteau.Įach document is in a single window with layers and filters on both sides, tools are displayed on the top and document settings or at the bottom in the status bar.
