TOKYO (MacHouse) – It’s been a while since we released the last software title. Several hours ago, we did submit our 4th Mac software title of the month. This new software release is called simplyClip.

simplyClip is a desktop application that you can use to clip an area of a picture, which can be saved as an image file. It’s quite easy to use. All you have to do is define a clip area with the rectangular path. Then just click on the Export toolbar button to save that area as an image. As you relocate or resize the clip path, the the clip preview imagewell will show you how a clipped image looks like. What you see on the clip preview imagewell is what you get.  

Available at Mac App Store

Features

1. Choose a clip path color.
2. Create any number of clip path presets. Choose a preset to quickly define a rectangular clip area.
3. Manually relocate and resize the clip area with your mouse.
4. Export a clip image with or without border.
5. Export All: Export a clip image for each picture at a time.
6. Undo/Redo clip area position and size.
7. Language: English only.
8. The application supports the Retina display.
9. The application supports the fullscreen mode.
10. Application file size: 1.3 MB
11. The application comes with a complete user’s guide written in English. (Choose Help > User’s Guide.)

System requirements

1. Mac OS X 10.7 (tested with 10.7.5), 10.8 (tested with 10.8.4), 10.9 (tested with 10.9.5), 10.10 (tested with 10.10.0)
2. 64-bit system

Limitations

1. The user cannot scale down this picture. The entire picture will be put in a scroll view control.
2. The supported graphic formats for reading pictures are BMP, GIF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PDF, PNG, TIFF.
3. The supported export formats are BMP, GIF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, TIFF.

Version history

Note: Release dates are ones when updates are announced here, not when updates are actually released at Mac App Store. We make no promise that they will be accepted by iTunes Connect and then released at Mac App Store.

1.0.6 (November 19, 2014)

1. Fix: The application could fail to read a dragged-and-dropped image if the system language is anything other than English.
2. Deprecated methods and functions are fixed.
3. A few other changes and fixes are made.

1.0.3 (December 9, 2013)

1. When the user defined the clip path by manually entering numbers, the application could incorrectly activate export toolbar buttons and commands.
2. When the user pulls a path corner out with the Shift key down, the resized clip path will maintain the aspect ratio.
3. A few other minor changes and fixes are done.

1.0.1 (November 23, 2013)

1. When the user defined the clip path by manually entering numbers, the application could incorrectly activate export toolbar buttons and commands.

Trial/Demo version

Click here to download a trial version. Meanwhile, if you regularly review Mac software, you may be eligible for receiving free coupon codes, which can be redeemed at Mac App Store. Click here for more information.






Video tutorial

A video tutorial with text commentary is available in the form of a QuickTime movie. Click here. The data size is 90.7 MB and the movie duration is 9 minutes and 21 seconds.






simplyClip is a product of MacHouse.