Thanks are due to Gonzalo Huerta-Canepa for providing the patch used to restore this support.

In addition, the old Scons build system has been replaced with GNU Autotools. The configure script will automatically detect whether wxWidgets 2.8 or 2.9 is installed, and adjust compilation accordingly.

The new version is available from the download page as usual.

While you can install wxWidgets 2.9 manually, Gonzalo Huerta-Canepa has kindly put together a patch to restore support for wxWidgets 2.8 with the latest version of Tintii, 2.5.2, and you may like to try this.

The distribution model for tintii has been changed slightly in getting onboard the app bandwagon. The two versions, the standalone app and the plugin are still available from the one download on this site. The plugin version will continue to require registration. The app version will come with a free 21 day trial period, after which registration will be required. Registration of the app only will be at the price of $4.99 USD. Registration of both the app and the plugin together will be $19.99 USD. Users who have already registered will be entitled to use both the app and the plugin, using their existing registration code.

Only the app, and not the plugin, will be available from the Mac App Store. This version will be maintained to coincide with the version distributed through this site, with some delays possible due to Apple’s submission and review process. The version from the Mac App Store will not be provided with a 21 day free trial period, or with the plugin, as these are not permitted under Apple’s app store guidelines.

Tintii will continue to be available for free to Linux users, under a GPL licence (and to users of other Unix variants, of course).

Tintii 2.5.2 may be downloaded here, and registered here.

Tintii 2.5.1 for Mac is now available from the Mac App Store. This new version features some useful new features for the standalone application: more control over the panes of the user interface, easy access to recently opened files, and recalibrated saturation and lightness sliders for more sensitive control. A few minor tweaks have also been necessary to comply with the Apple Human Interface Guidelines.

Note that the version distributed through the Mac App Store does not include the Photoshop plugin, as Apple will only distribute standalone applications, not plugins, through this medium. Obtaining tintii this way will let you easily manage updates as new versions are released, however.

The new features are expected to be released for Linux, Windows and for the Photoshop plugin on both Mac and Windows platforms in the coming weeks. Until then, the download page has not been updated — use the Mac App Store to get your hands on this fresh release.

Screenshot of tintii 2.4.0 interface

A major update of tintii has been released with a raft of new features to take the filter beyond simple selective colour effects. The core of tintii remains the same, with its unique ability to automatically select the dominant colours of a photo. The program now supports hue, saturation and lightness adjustments on individual colours, as well as a new “Hardness” postprocessing slider that is particularly useful when working with subtle gradients.

New online help system in tintii 2.4.0

In addition to these new features, the interface has been given a fresh look to better position controls. A full online help system has been included for the first time also, documenting all controls and providing some advice on how best to achieve the right effect.

The new version may be downloaded for Linux, Mac and Windows here.

Note that both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are now consolidated in the one file on both Windows and Mac. The standalone version will operate in 32-bit only, but the plugin version in 32- or 64-bit as required.

I’d like to thank Roger Williamson for providing the new icon in version 2.3.0 — for Mac users in particular tintii should now happily sit alongside all those other applications on your dock!

I have not made a source release for Linux (and other Unix variants) this time around, for two reasons. Firstly, no new features have been added, so there is little point. Secondly, in order to support 64-bit Cocoa on Mac I’ve had to use wxWidgets 2.9, which is still in development and not readily available in distros. If 2.9 is not stable by the time of my next update, I’ll be trying to backport to 2.8, which shouldn’t require much effort.

The standard version of tintii will work for most users. The 64-bit version is only required if you are specifically using the 64-bit version of Photoshop CS4 on Windows. As this version is very fresh, please let me know whether or not it works for you.

• Added “click and drag” scrolling to preview image.
• Added “thumb tracking” to sliders — preview image updates live as sliders move.
• More performance improvements.
• Restored OpenMP support on Windows for multithreading on multicore processors, adding Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package to installer.
• Reduced flicker problems on Windows.

The new version may be downloaded here for Windows, Mac and Linux.