i.Mage is a user-friendly and speedy image editor, specifically designed for simple pixel editing.
One of i.Mage's standout features is the ability to load and save various file types, including Gif, Tiff, Jpg, Pcx, Bmp, and Ico. The program also offers a 2-pane view and zoomed and 1:1 display options. Additionally, users can easily downsample or upsample bit-depth, use dithering, halftone, or error diffusion, and resize, crop, rotate, offset, and flip images as needed.
i.Mage's 8-bit palette editor is another useful tool for manipulating and adjusting images. It offers RGB/HLS ramps, color cubes/stock palettes, reverse ramps, and remapping options. Users can also take advantage of clipboard support, alpha blending, basic linear/radial gradient fill, and an undo queue for most tools.
Additional features include conversion of image to C/C++ code, transparency support, invert image, grayscale conversion, brightness/contrast adjustment, and the ability to save, load, flip, and rotate the current brush. The program also offers a range of drawing tools, including a flood fill, basic drawing primitives, polyline editor, and text tool.
In terms of color management, i.Mage employs Little CMS and does RGBRGB on load/save to the internal color space (sRGB). Users can also view color profile details.
The most recent release of i.Mage includes fixes for several bugs, such as issues with the undo queue and brush becoming part of the document after resizing. Overall, if you're looking for a simple, lightweight graphics editor, i.Mage is certainly worth considering.
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